Methods and devices for efficient adaptive bitrate streaming
US8910229B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8456
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for providing video content from a server to a plurality of media devices is disclosed, the method comprising: determining, by the server, the bandwidth to allocate to each of the plurality of media devices using a hypertext transfer protocol-based live streaming client model or a need parameter vector and providing the allocated bandwidth to each of the plurality of media devices, wherein the video content is transmitted in a plurality of segments from the server, and wherein each segment is transmitted at a bitrate that may vary from segment to segment.
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