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HTTP adaptive streaming server with automatic rate shaping

US9628532B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 2014
Grant dateApr 18, 2017
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2035

Classification

  • 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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