Methods and devices for controlling streaming over a radio network

US10880348B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Rickard Ljung · Helsingborg, SE
• Peter Karlsson · Lund, SE
• Martin Danielsson · Lund, SE
• Erik Bengtsson · Eslöv, SE
• Zhinong Ying · Lund, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2015
• Grant date: Dec 29, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L65/80
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Method carried out in a radio terminal for playing streaming media, which terminal includes a modem for connecting to a radio network, and a data streaming client including a streaming data buffer for receiving streaming data from a streaming data server through the radio network, the method comprising transferring data buffer size information from the streaming client to the modem; signaling the network, by means of the modem, to indicate streaming service initiation and data buffer size; buffering media data of a streaming media file received through the network according to a buffer scheme adapted dependent on the data buffer size; playing streaming media generated from buffered media data; and signaling the network, by means of the modem, to indicate streaming service termination. A buffer filling signal may be received from the network, which includes a recommendation of a suitable instance for buffer filling, wherein the buffer scheme may be determined dependent on the received signal.