A system and method for enhanced streaming media viewing
CA 2306524 A1 · Owner: Reichmann, Abraham · Inventors: Reichmann, Abraham
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A system for providing an enhanced quality of service in a streaming multimedia system wherein, streaming media is delivered from a media server to a requesting client media player. The, streaming media is modified before transmission by the media server and includes a plurality of, markers located at predetermined positions indicating new content insertion points. The media, player receives the modified data stream monitors the bandwidth or data rate of the connection, and uses the markers to insert locally stored content in the stream to provide playback thereof, while buffering the received media stream. The media player resumes playback of the streaming, media when the buffer …
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- Filed April 25, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 25, 2020.
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