Methods, systems, and media for delivering manifest-free streaming media content

• Main Authors: DEWEESE THOMAS, JURCZYK PAWEL, CARSON MATTHEW, CYR WILLIAM, KRAHNSTOEVER NILS, CALOW JEFFREY, SCHMELCHER TRISTAN, DINGER THOMAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 09.12.2022
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

The invention relates to a method, a system and a medium for delivering manifest-free streaming media content. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving, from a user device, a request for a URL corresponding to a format of a real-time stream provided in a plurality of formats, where the real-time stream includes a plurality of segments for each of the plurality of formats, and where each segment of the plurality of segments includes a respective sequence number; parsing the request as a particular segment of the real-time stream based on the URL, where the parsing comprises: identifying a format of the real-time stream associated with the request from among the plurality of formats based on the URL; identifying a serial number associated with the request based on the URL; and identifying a segment corresponding to the identified format and having a serial number matching the identified serial number in the plurality of segments; a segment file corresponding to the specific segment is loaded; and in resp