Automated audio or video subset network load reduction
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsKulvir S. Bhogal, William A. Griffith, Mark W. Talbot
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Abstract
A multimedia data stream including an audio data stream and a video data stream is received from a server at a computing device. An audio output signal for the audio data stream and a video output signal for the video data stream are generated. A user interface action that blocks output of one of the audio data stream and the video data stream is detected via the computing device. A multimedia traffic reduction request is sent to the server instructing the server to stop transmission of a portion of the multimedia data stream associated with the blocked output of one of the audio data stream and the video data stream.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a computing device, a multimedia data stream comprising an audio data stream and a video data stream from a server;
- generating an audio output signal for the audio data stream and a video output signal for the video data stream;
- detecting, via the computing device, a user interface action that blocks output of one of the audio data stream and the video data stream;
- and
- sending a multimedia traffic reduction request to the server instructing the server to stop transmission of a portion of the multimedia data stream associated with the blocked output of the one of the audio data stream and the video data stream.
A system, comprising:
- a communication module;
- and
- a processor programmed to:
- receive, via the communication module, a multimedia data stream comprising an audio data stream and a video data stream from a server;
- generate an audio output signal for the audio data stream and a video output signal for the video data stream;
- detect a user interface action that blocks output of one of the audio data stream and the video data stream;
- and
- send a multimedia traffic reduction request to the server instructing the server to stop transmission of a portion of the multimedia data stream associated with the blocked output of the one of the audio data stream and the video data stream.
A computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium including computer readable program code, where the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
- receive a multimedia data stream comprising an audio data stream and a video data stream from a server;
- generate an audio output signal for the audio data stream and a video output signal for the video data stream;
- detect a user interface action that blocks output of one of the audio data stream and the video data stream;
- and
- send a multimedia traffic reduction request to the server instructing the server to stop transmission of a portion of the multimedia data stream associated with the blocked output of the one of the audio data stream and the video data stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.