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:
- identifying a geographic location for each media processor of a group of media processors resulting in a plurality of geographic locations;
- identifying a network condition for a communication network based on traffic on the communication network according to the plurality of geographic locations;
- determining a bitrate threshold according to the network condition;
- selecting a highest multi-bitrate stream from among multicast multi-bitrate streams according to the bitrate threshold;
- and
- providing the highest multi-bitrate stream of the multicast multi-bitrate streams to the group of media processors via multicast.
A non-transitory 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;
- selecting a highest multi-bitrate stream from among multicast multi-bitrate streams according to a threshold that is based on the predicted network conditions and a geographic location of each media processor of a group of media processors;
- and
- providing the highest 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;
- selecting, by the processing system, a highest multi-bitrate stream from among a plurality of multi-bitrate streams according to the predicted network conditions and a geographic location of each media processor of a group of media processors;
- and
- providing, by the processing system, the highest multi-bitrate stream of the plurality of multi-bitrate streams to the group of media processors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.