System and method for transferring adaptive streaming video between a server and a client

摘要

A system for transferring adaptive streaming video, comprising a plurality of segments, over an internet application protocol between a server and a client, said system comprising:
at the server: a manifest pushing unit configured for pushing a manifest, comprising information on at least availability of at least one segment of the plurality of segments, to the client when said manifest becomes available at the server;
at the client: a manifest parsing unit configured for parsing said manifest and determining which at least one segment is available;
at the client: a segment requesting unit configured for requesting said at least one available segment from the server;
at the server: a segment sending unit configured for sending said at least one available segment to the client;
at the client: a segment receiving unit configured for receiving said at least one available segment from the server.