US 11,706,272 B2 · Adaptive streaming with early client indication

Abstract

Methods and systems for early identification of bitrates for segments in adaptive bitrate streaming can allow the server to begin processing or transcoding content as necessary for delivery, reducing processing and transmission latency. In a first aspect, a client may request a second segment before the first segment has been completely received. The server may begin any transcoding processes for preparing the second segment, and once the server has completed sending the first segment, the server may begin transmitting the now-prepared or partially prepared second segment. The server can then transmit the first and second segment contiguously, with essentially no network dead time. In a second aspect, the client may transmit an early notification of parameters for the request of the second segment, allowing the server to begin transcoding. The client may subsequently request the already-prepared or partially prepared second segment, similarly reducing request-response processing latency.

Claims25

Dependent claims

A device, comprising:

circuitry configured to receive a first parameter for a first request for a segment of content and receive a second parameter for the segment of content, wherein the circuitry is further configured to prepare a first portion of the segment of content in accordance with the first parameter, prepare a second portion of the segment of content in accordance with the second parameter, and transmit the first portion and the second portion of the segment of content.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/972,196Filed 24 Oct 2022 · continuation

Priority

10 Nov 2014

Published

US 2023/0037292 A19 Feb 2023

Granted

18 Jul 2023

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04L 65/60
Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication: network streaming of media packets
H04L 65/61
Network streaming of media packets: for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
H04L 65/762
Media network packet handling: at the source
H04L 65/80
Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication: responding to QoS

Family

Application62/077,553Us provisional application · filed 10 Nov 2014

Application14/923,113Parent of this division · filed 26 Oct 2015

Application16/925,896Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jul 2020

US 2023/0037292 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Feb 2023

US 11,483,360 B2Parent of this continuation

US 10,749,918 B2Parent of this division

Application16/925,896Parent of this division

US 2016/0134673 A1Published application

US 2020/0344282 A1Published application

US 11,706,272 B2This patent

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Adaptive streaming with early client indication

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Abstract

Claims25