Ever-increasing quality for stored video streaming in a mobile wireless interworking environment
US7133486B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/06
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a method for managing the downloading and display of a video program using a mobile device in an networking environment that includes a first radio access network and a second radio access network that has a faster transfer rate than the first network. A layer of video program that has been encoded into multiple layers is downloaded via the first or second network. The downloaded video program is displayed at a playback rate that corresponds to a display quality. Excess portion of the downloaded video program that result when a rate at which the video program is displayed are buffered. The number of layers being downloaded and the playback rate at which the video program is displayed are increased to increase the display quality, when the buffered excess portions exceeds a threshold level.
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