Method and apparatus for changing received streaming content channels

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8739235
APP PUB NO 20120222076A1
SERIAL NO

13467744

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An apparatus and method is disclosed in which a buffer receives a first content stream carrying a content channel signal. The first content stream carries the content channel signal at a rate substantially greater than the streaming content playout rate, for initially loading the buffer. The buffer switches its reception of the content channel signal from the first content stream to a second content stream. The second content stream is at a rate substantially the same as the streaming content playout rate. Generally, this switch occurs when some predefined threshold of the content channel signal is buffered.

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  • THOMSON LICENSING

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Richardson, John William Hamilton, US 35 1319
Stahl, Thomas Anthony Indianapolis, US 33 1254

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