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Predictive cached buffer for communication devices

US9973448B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignees

AT&T Mobility II LLC · US
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Emily Soelberg · Atlanta, US
Murali Narayanan · Redmond, US
Glenn Blumstein · Mercer Island, US
Brad Ree · Cumming, US
Ginger Chien · Bellevue, US
Venson Shaw · Kirkland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 25, 2015
Grant date	May 15, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 3, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/042
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes presenting a media content item at a communication device coupled to a network, and analyzing the media content item to determine a current desired cache size and to predict a future desired cache size for presentation of the media content item; the desired cache size varies during the presentation in accordance with properties of the media content item. The method further includes adjusting a cache of the communication device in accordance with the analyzing. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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