Patent ID: 8510375
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: causing presentation, by a client device, of a first media segment of a first representation of a selected media content file; determining at least one of a desired time point or a desired second representation of the selected media content file, wherein the desired time point is a point along a timeline of the media content file; identifying a second media segment associated with the determined at least one of the desired time point or the desired second representation; and retrieving, by the client device, the second media segment from a network server for presentation, wherein each of the first and second representations is independently accessible as a set of media segments, wherein the first representation includes at least the first media segment and the second media segment in an instance in which only the desired time point is determined, and wherein the first representation includes at least the first media segment and the second representation includes at least the second media segment in an instance in which the desired second representation is determined.