`US008806050B2
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`c12) United States Patent
`Chen et al.
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`(IO) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 8,806,050 B2
`Aug. 12, 2014
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`(54) MANIFEST FILE UPDATES FOR NETWORK
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`Inventors: Ying Chen. San Diego, CA (US):
`Thomas Stockhammer, Bergen (DE);
`:Vlark Watson, San Francisco, CA (US)
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`(73) Assigm:l!: QUALCOl\H'l Incorporated, S<1n
`Diego, CA (US)
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`( $) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the tem1 of this
`patent is extended or adjusted tmder 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 435 days.
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`(2 I) Appl. No.: 13/205,574
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2012/0042090AI
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`Feb.16.2012
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`Provisional application No. 61/372,399, filed on Aug.
`10, 2010.
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`Int. Cl.
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`ll(J4N 71173
`U.S.Cl.
`USPC ............................ 709/231; 709/227; 725/115
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`Primarr Examiner Ranodhi Serrao
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm - Sh111m1kcr & Sidkrl, P.A.
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`ABSTRACT
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`In one example, a device for rdricving mulLimcdia liHLa, the
`device comprising one or more processors con.1igurcd lll
`retrieve data of a first segment of a representation of multi(cid:173)
`media comcnt in accordance with d<1ta ofa copy ofa manikst
`lik stored by thl! device, rclricvl! <1 portion of a scnmd seg(cid:173)
`ment of the representation in accordance with the manifest
`lik, whcn.,-in the second scgmcnL occurs after the first segment
`in the representation, and wherein the portion of the second
`segment indicates that the manifest file is to he updated,
`update the copy of the manifest file stored hy the device based
`on the indication that the manifest file is to he updated, and
`retrieve media data of the second segment in accordance with
`the updated manifest file.
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`46 Claims, 11 Drawing Sheets
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