Progressive download playback

摘要

The present invention provides methods and systems for enabling content streaming on mobile devices. The methods and systems may include encoding a content stream; providing the encoded content stream to a splitter embodied in computer executable code, which splits the encoded content stream into at least two channels, with each channel having data of a characteristic chunk size; downloading at least one data chunk into a playback queue, wherein a download algorithm determines the at least one chunk to be downloaded; and providing the at least one downloaded chunk to a media player.

主权项

1. A method for enabling content streaming on a mobile device, the method comprising:
encoding a content stream; providing the encoded content stream to a splitter embodied in computer executable code on a processor, which splits the encoded content stream into at least two channels, with each channel having a data chunk of a different chunk size, wherein the chunk size for each channel is based on a time interval of the content; downloading at least one data chunk into a playback queue, wherein a download algorithm determines the at least one chunk to be downloaded based on at least the size of the data chunk in relation to at least two of, an upper threshold, a lower threshold, and a current queue size of the playback queue at the time of download; and providing the at least one downloaded data chunk to a media player.