Patent ID: 9112933
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A61B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling adaptive HTTP streaming of media content between an HTTP server and an HTTP client in a communication system, the media content being arranged as a plurality of periods, each period comprising a plurality of representations of three or more media segments, the method comprising: providing temporal alignment information for the media segments of the plurality of representations, the temporal alignment information providing indications about a temporal relation common to all of the segments of the plurality of representations of the media content, wherein providing the temporal alignment information implicitly comprises: providing key frame location information for the media segments, the key frame location information indicating whether a key frame is located at a start of each segment of the plurality of representations, wherein the key frame location information indicates a key frame located in at least one segment of at least one representation; and controlling adaptation of the HTTP streaming of the media content based on at least one of the provided temporal alignment information and the provided key frame location information.