US11019125B2
patent
A method for reducing bandwidth needed for streaming media content. The method includes identifying, by the streaming media server, a subset of a plurality of media content items having a portion of media data in common and extracting, by the streaming media server, the common portion from a first media content item of the subset; generating, by the streaming media server, a common media package comprising the extracted common portion, provid ing , by the streaming media server to a client media device, the common media package , and receiving, by the streaming media server from the client media device, a request for an item of content. The method also includes selecting an item of content from the subset ; and transmitting, by the stream ing media server to the client media device, an identification of the common media package and an identification of a chunk of the selected item of content subsequent to the common portion . 20 Claims , 5 Drawing Sheets
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