US 12,309,224 B2Granted

Assisted delivery service for networks

AssigneeAdeia Guides Inc.

InventorsDaina Emmanuel, Padmassri Chandrashekar, Reda Harb

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Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for switching computing devices between edge servers and peer groups. One example method includes receiving, at a client computing device and from a first computing device, media content. A request to initiate an assisted delivery service is sent from the client computing device to a second computing device. The assisted delivery service is initiated in response to the request. The assisted delivery service comprises identifying, at the second computing device, one or more peer computing devices receiving the media content. At the second computing device, instructions that enable the client computing device to discover at least one of the peer computing devices are generated. The instructions are sent from the second computing device to the client computing device. At the client computing device, a peer computing device is discovered. A request to receive a portion of the media content is sent from the client computing device to a discovered peer computing device. The portion of the media content is received at the client computing device from the peer computing device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, at a user device, a manifest file for media content, wherein the manifest file comprises:
identifiers of a plurality of variants of a time portion of the media content, wherein each variant of the time portion is indicated to have a respective size of a plurality of sizes;
and
a plurality of network addresses of a plurality of peer devices, wherein each of the peer devices hosts a respective subset of variants of the time portion of the media content;
identifying, at the user device, a condition of the user device;
based at least in part on the identified condition of the user device:
selecting a variant of the time portion of the media content of the plurality of variants of the time portion of the media content based on a size indication in the manifest file of the variant of the time portion of the media content;
identifying a particular peer device, from the plurality of peer devices, from which the selected variant of the time portion of the media content is indicated to be available by the manifest file;
referencing the manifest file for a network address from which the selected variant of the time portion of the media content at the particular peer device can be received;
requesting the selected variant of the time portion of the media content from the network address;
receiving, at the user device, the selected variant of the time portion of the media content from the particular peer device;
and
generating for display, at the user device, the selected variant of the time portion of the media content.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:

instructions that when executed by control circuitry cause the control circuitry to:
receive, at a user device, a manifest file for media content, wherein the manifest file comprises:
identifiers of a plurality of variants of a time portion of the media content, wherein each variant of the time portion is indicated to have a respective size of a plurality of sizes;
and
a plurality of network addresses of a plurality of peer devices, wherein each of the peer devices hosts a respective subset of variants of the time portion of the media content;
identify, at the user device, a condition of the user device;
based at least in part on the identified condition of the user device:
select a variant of the time portion of the media content of the plurality of variants of the time portion of the media content based on a size indication in the manifest file of the variant of the time portion of the media content;
identify a particular peer device, from the plurality of peer devices, from which the selected variant of the time portion of the media content is indicated to be available by the manifest file;
reference the manifest file for a network address from which the selected variant of the time portion of the media content at the particular peer device can be received;
request the selected variant of the time portion of the media content from the network address;
receive, at the user device, the selected variant of the time portion of the media content from the particular peer device;
and
generate for display, at the user device, the selected variant of the time portion of the media content.

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A system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:
receive, at a user device, a manifest file for media content, wherein the manifest file comprises:
identifiers of a plurality of variants of a time portion of the media content, wherein each variant of the time portion is indicated to have a respective size of a plurality of sizes;
and
a plurality of network addresses of a plurality of peer devices, wherein each of the peer devices hosts a respective subset of variants of the time portion of the media content;
identify, at the user device, a condition of the user device;
based at least in part on the identified condition of the user device:
select a variant of the time portion of the media content of the plurality of variants of the time portion of the media content based on a size indication in the manifest file of the variant of the time portion of the media content;
identify a particular peer device, from the plurality of peer devices, from which the selected variant of the time portion of the media content is indicated to be available by the manifest file;
reference the manifest file for a network address from which the selected variant of the time portion of the media content at the particular peer device can be received;
request the selected variant of the time portion of the media content from the network address;
receive, at the user device, the selected variant of the time portion of the media content from the particular peer device;
and
generate for display, at the user device, the selected variant of the time portion of the media content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/631,713Filed 10 Apr 2024 · continuation
Priority: 22 Jul 2021
Published: US 2024/0259467 A11 Aug 2024
Granted: 20 May 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04L 67/1063
Using node-based peer discovery mechanisms: discovery through centralising entities
H04L 67/1091
Using cross-functional networking aspects: interfacing with client-server systems or between P2P systems
H04L 65/612
For supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio: for unicast
H04L 65/752
Media network packet handling: adapting media to network capabilities

Family

Application17/383,055Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Jul 2021
Application18/130,581Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Apr 2023
US 11,652,876 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 16 May 2023
US 2024/0259467 A1Pre-grant publication · published 1 Aug 2024
US 11,985,189 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2023/0023528 A1Published application
US 2023/0239347 A1Published application
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