Real-time processing capability based quality adaptation
US8990351B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L65/60
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The quality of a media stream transmitted to a client device is dynamically adapted based on real-time availability of resources on the client device. Central processing unit resources, memory availability, buffer usage, graphics processing unit usage, etc., are continuously monitored to evaluate the ability of a device to handle media streams of particular quality levels. When it is determined that resources at a client device temporarily can not handle a high quality media stream, a lower quality stream is selected and provided to the client device without having to establish a new session.
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