On-demand adaptive bitrate management for streaming media over packet networks
US9473406B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/6379
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for acquiring media data to be transmitted through a media network to a terminal and receiving a receiver report from the terminal, and estimating the condition of the network using information from the receiver report. Determining a data path based on whether the media network is congested, wherein the data path is a compression data path if the media network is congested, or the data path is a pass-through data path if the media network is not congested; and providing the media data through the determined data path.
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