Server and method for transmitting streaming media to client through a congested network
US7111058B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/658
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A server is provided with a transmit buffer, a transcoder, and a redundancy encoder. The server is for transmitting streaming media to a client through a communication network. A control unit senses when the network is temporarily congested, and activates the transcoder and the redundancy encoder. The frames require fewer bits, and thus arrive in the client's de-jitter buffer without interruption, notwithstanding the network congestion. This prevents network jitter.
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