Methods, systems, and devices for bandwidth conservation
US9894011B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/658
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of bandwidth conservation include monitoring, via a processor over a period of time, program state information for content streamed to an electronic device, and accumulating, in a memory device via the processor, inputs received over the period of time from a user of the electronic device. Each of the inputs is correlated to the program state information based on a location in the content at which the corresponding input occurred. Aspects further include identifying patterns of user behavior based on collective correlations between the inputs and the program state information, determining from the patterns a presence or absence of the user at the electronic device with respect to currently streamed content when no inputs are received by the user, and performing a bandwidth control operation with respect to the currently streamed content based on the determined presence or absence of the user.
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