Patent ID: 8843596

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a request from a client device that requests a playlist for accessing a media asset using a first media streaming communications protocol; and in response to receiving the request: identifying at least one media segment that corresponds to at least one time segment of the media asset, wherein the at least one media segment is identified from at least one file that is related to the media asset and that is used for providing access to the media asset via a second media streaming communications protocol different from the first media streaming communications protocol; generating, by at least one processor, the playlist for accessing the media asset using the first media streaming communications protocol based on the at least one media segment identifying using identified from the at least one file for providing access to the media asset via the second media streaming communications protocol, wherein the generated playlist comprises at least one identifier usable to identify at least one media segment corresponding to the at least one time segment of the media asset; and sending, by the at least one processor, the generated playlist to the client device.