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US 11,777,871 B2Granted
Delivery of multimedia components according to user activity
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsAnthony Werner, Weidong Mao, Sree Kotay
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media may be configured for establishing at least one session for delivery of multimedia. In an aspect, a first transmission of data fragments of a first component and a second transmission of data fragments of a second component may be transmitted and synchronized for presentation. If an inactivity event is detected the session may be maintained while reducing bandwidth consumption.
Claims44
A system comprising:
- a user device;
- and
- a computing device,
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- establish a session for delivery of:
- a first component of a multimedia content item;
- and
- a second component of the multimedia content item,
- wherein the first component and the second component each comprise a different one of video, audio, or data components of the multimedia content item;
- provide, during the session, the first component synchronized with the second component;
- monitor network conditions, wherein the monitoring comprises comparing bandwidth utilization rates, for the session, to a bandwidth utilization rate threshold;
- determine an inactivity event during the session;
- and
- after determining the inactivity event:
- maintain the session in an active state;
- and
- based on a bandwidth utilization rate, of the compared bandwidth utilization rates and for a time associated with the inactivity event, exceeding the bandwidth utilization rate threshold:
- cause delivery of the first component to be stopped;
- and
- continue delivery of the second component while delivery of the first component has stopped, and
- wherein the user device is configured to receive the multimedia content item.
18 more elements
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- establishing a session for delivery of:
- a first component of a multimedia content item;
- and
- a second component of the multimedia content item,
- wherein the first component and the second component each comprise a different one of video, audio, or data components of the multimedia content item;
- providing, during the session, the first component synchronized with the second component;
- monitoring network conditions, wherein the monitoring comprises comparing bandwidth utilization rates, for the session, to a bandwidth utilization rate threshold;
- determining an inactivity event during the session;
- and
- after determining the inactivity event:
- maintaining the session in an active state;
- and
- based on a bandwidth utilization rate, of the compared bandwidth utilization rates and for a time associated with the inactivity event, exceeding the bandwidth utilization rate threshold:
- causing delivery of the first component to be stopped;
- and
- continuing delivery of the second component while delivery of the first component has stopped.
13 more elements
A system comprising:
- a user device;
- and
- a computing device,
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- provide a plurality of components of a multimedia content item, wherein the plurality of components comprises an audio component and a video component;
- monitor network conditions, wherein the monitoring comprises comparing bandwidth utilization rates, for a session associated with delivery of the multimedia content item, to a bandwidth utilization rate threshold;
- based on a first event occurring while providing the plurality of components and based on a bandwidth utilization rate, of the compared bandwidth utilization rates and for a time associated with the first event, exceeding the bandwidth utilization rate threshold:
- cause delivery of the video component to be stopped;
- and
- continue to provide the audio component while delivery of the video component is stopped;
- and
- based on a second event occurring while delivery of the video component is stopped:
- determine a timestamp associated with the audio component or with the second event;
- and
- resume, based on the timestamp, delivery of the video component, and
- wherein the user device is configured to receive the plurality of components of the multimedia content item.
13 more elements
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- providing a plurality of components of a multimedia content item, wherein the plurality of components comprises an audio component and a video component;
- monitoring network conditions, wherein the monitoring comprises comparing bandwidth utilization rates, for a session associated with delivery of the multimedia content item, to a bandwidth utilization rate threshold;
- based on a first event occurring while providing the plurality of components and based on a bandwidth utilization rate, of the compared bandwidth utilization rates and for a time associated with the first event, exceeding the bandwidth utilization rate threshold:
- causing delivery of the video component to be stopped;
- and
- continuing to provide the audio component while delivery of the video component is stopped;
- and
- based on a second event occurring while delivery of the video component is stopped:
- determining a timestamp associated with the audio component or with the second event;
- and
- resuming, based on the timestamp, delivery of the video component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.