Patent ID: 8650602
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for input queued content switching across different content types, the method comprising: generating, by a first computing device, a retrieval sequence using a plurality of content requests, the content requests being based on content location information; requesting, by the first computing device, content of a first type to be queued at a first content source and content of a second type to be queued at a second content source using the retrieval sequence; generating, at the first computing device, a content stream of the content of the first type, the content of the second type, and proxy content, the generating comprising: transmitting the content of the first type and the content of the second type in the output buffer to a client device when the content of the second type is available; and transmitting the content of the first type and the proxy content in the output buffer to the client device when the content of the second type is unavailable.