Scrubbing noise remover and methods for use therewith

摘要

A scrubbing noise remover includes a proxy device that is operable to intercept a request from a video player to a streaming video server for at least one scrubbing segment of a selected one of a plurality of video programs, and in response, sending at least one corresponding fixed segment to the video player, and pass a request from the video player to the streaming video server for a plurality of non-scrubbing segments of the selected one of the plurality of video programs.

主权项

1. A scrubbing noise remover for use in conjunction with a video player and a streaming video server, the scrubbing noise remover comprising:
a proxy device that is operable to:
receive a segment request from the video player to the streaming video server to retrieve a corresponding segment of a selected one of a plurality of video programs for playback;identify the corresponding segment as one of: a non-scrubbing segment or a scrubbing segment;when the segment request from the video player corresponds to a non-scrubbing segment, pass the segment request to the streaming video server for retrieval and playback of non-scrubbing segment by the video player; andwhen the segment request from the video player corresponds to a scrubbing segment, discard the segment request to prevent retrieval of the non-scrubbing segment from the streaming video server, and instead send a fixed segment to the video player that does not contain the corresponding segment that was requested; wherein the proxy device identifies the non-scrubbing segment of the selected one of the plurality of video programs based on a comparison of a position of the non-scrubbing segment to a position of an immediately preceding requested segment of the selected one of the plurality of video programs.