Method and apparatus for delivering media content utilizing segment and packaging information
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorPrabhudev Hosur
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving multicast multi-bitrate streams that include segment and packaging information for media content where the segment and packaging information includes fragment start and end boundary point markers for the media content, generating an adaptive bitrate stream for the media content according to the segment and packaging information, and providing the adaptive bitrate stream to an end user device via unicast. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining predicted network conditions based on a monitored history of network conditions;
- identifying a geographic location for each media processor of a group of media processors resulting in a plurality of geographic locations;
- selecting a particular multi-bitrate stream from among multicast multi-bitrate streams according to the predicted network conditions and the plurality of geographic locations, wherein the multicast multi-bitrate streams are for delivery of media content;
- and
- providing the particular multi-bitrate stream of the multicast multi-bitrate streams to the group of media processors via multicast.
A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining predicted network conditions based on a monitored history of network conditions;
- identifying a geographic location for each media processor of a group of media processors resulting in a plurality of geographic locations;
- selecting a particular multi-bitrate stream from among multicast multi-bitrate streams according to the predicted network conditions and the plurality of geographic locations, wherein the multicast multi-bitrate streams are for delivery of media content;
- generating segment and packaging information (SPI) for the media content;
- and
- providing the particular multi-bitrate stream of the multicast multi-bitrate streams to the group of media processors via multicast.
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a processing system including a processor, predicted network conditions based on a monitored history of network conditions;
- identifying, by the processing system, a geographic location for each media processor of a group of media processors resulting in a plurality of geographic locations;
- selecting, by the processing system, a particular multi-bitrate stream from among multicast multi-bitrate streams according to the predicted network conditions and the plurality of geographic locations, wherein the multicast multi-bitrate streams are for delivery of media content;
- providing, by the processing system, the particular multi-bitrate stream of the multicast multi-bitrate streams to the group of media processors via multicast;
- and
- transmitting, by the processing system, multicast multi-bitrate streams to a network server for delivery of the media content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.