HTTP adaptive streaming server with automatic rate shaping
US8751679B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8456
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An adaptive streaming server and a method are described herein for determining if a congestion level within a network exceeds a predetermined threshold and when this occurs then one or more lower bit rate segments of a content stream will be transmitted to a client.
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