US 12,483,747 B2
Minimizing initialization delay in live streaming
Yongyi Yu, Beijing (CN); Le Yang, Beijing (CN); Jianping Chen, Beijing (CN); and Ye-Kui Wang, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN); and BYTEDANCE INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN); and Bytedance Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/487,342.
Application 18/487,342 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/086782, filed on Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2021/087646 (WO), filed on Apr. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048798 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/435 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/438 (2013.01); H04N 21/4402 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing media data, comprising:
identifying in a media presentation description (MPD) an indication of a Tuning-In Media Segment; and performing a conversion between a visual media data and a bitstream according to the MPD,
wherein the Tuning-In Media Segment comprises an initialization segment concatenated with a single media segment,
wherein the Tuning-In Media Segment comprises latest media data for a client device to start with when tuning into an ongoing live streaming service,
wherein the latest media data is selected from either a current media segment that is being generated by the ongoing live streaming service or a previous media segment generated by the ongoing live streaming service based on a length of the current media segment, and
wherein the MPD is stored by the client device prior to the client device tuning into the ongoing live streaming service.