Patent ID: 8805171
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: at a media player, receiving a plurality of video frames from a media source, some respective frames of the received video frames being dependent on other video frames of the plurality of video frames, video frames within the plurality of received video frames being encoded to limit frame dependencies to a predetermined number of frames that respective frames reference when encoding the received plurality of video frames within the plurality of video frames, and respective video frames of the plurality of video frames having an assigned priority according to a number of video frames that the respective frames reference, the respective frames having an assigned higher priority indicating relatively fewer reference frame dependencies or an assigned lower priority indicating relatively more reference frame dependencies; processing the respective frames having an assigned higher priority via a more robust protocol stack; processing the respective frames having an assigned lower priority via a less robust protocol stack; and assembling the processed respective frames in order for video playback.