Patent SG-11201809282Q-A (SG)
Title: Streaming media state machine
Inventor: FURTWANGLER BRANDON C
IPC: H04N21/845
Filed: 2017-04-21
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD HIM 0 11101 HOE 010 1111 1 0 I 0111 11111 100 II040111111110 ill OEN Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\"\" WO 2017/185007 Al 26 October 2017 (26.10.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HO4N 21/258 (2011.01) HO4N 21/433 (2011.01) HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, HO4N 21/262 (2011.01) HO4N 21/845 (2011.01) KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, HO4N 21/2668 (2011.01) HO4N 21/44 (2011.01) MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, (21) International Application Number: PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, PCT/US2017/028900 SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (22) International Filing Date: (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 21 April 2017 (21.04.2017) kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (25) Filing Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, (26) Publication Language: English UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, (30) Priority Data: EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, 15/135,783 22 April 2016 (22.04.2016) US MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, (71) Applicant: HOME BOX OFFICE, INC. [US/US]; 1100 KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036 (US). (72) Inventor: FURTWANGLER, Brandon C.; 1100 Avenue Published: of the Americas, New York, New York 10036 (US). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (74) Agent: MICHALIK, Albert S. et al.; Amin, Turocy & — Watson, LLP, 127 Public Square, 57th Fl, Cleveland, Ohio = 44114 (US). = _ (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every — kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, _ AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, = (54) Title: STREAMING MEDIA STATE MACHINE (57) : The described technology is directed towards having multiple = paths through streamed media content, such as a video. The content may be = state Data Ghent ReData lated represented as a state machine of states, in which each state corresponds to other Data one or more periods of one or more segments, and transitions to one or more - = other states. When a state is able to transition to different states, one or more 1 08 0 2 may be to the transition to a next Seg- criteria used select one of paths state. = Ckent Input ments corresponding to unknown paths (where the transition decision is not = = Content Delivery Network 102 Giant twit Client Ifflut yet available) may be selected and streamed for buffering via a multiple path buffering mechanism. = = = El 1111 Ei U El El Gent( ) 104(1) 106(1) _ 1-1 1:11 IIII El El in El El Gent(2) IN © © 104(2) 106(2) e • • • • • kr) I:11 1111 Ot El El El I:I Gent( ) 11 IN 10408 10606 1-1 FIG. 1 0 r'l C