Amazon.com, Inc.
Dynamic rotation of streaming protocols

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for dynamic rotation of streaming protocols are disclosed. In the method and apparatus, a first portion of content is streamed to a client device in accordance with a first content delivery protocol. Further, information indicating client device attributes, network conditions or usage conditions is received. A plurality of content delivery protocols including the first content delivery protocol are evaluated based at least in part on the received information to identify a content delivery protocol for streaming the a second portion of the content.