Conviva Inc.

Davis Shepherd

Aditya Ravikumar Ganjam

Jibin Zhan

Faisal Zakaria Siddiqi

Alexey Serbin

Hui Joyce Zhang

Ion Stoica

Yan Li

Oleg Vasilyev

Xi Liu

Generating streaming decisions at one or more remote servers on behalf of a local client is disclosed. An indication of a content request, multi-dimensional client information, and local state information are received from a client device. A record specific to the client device is generated, in a data store, using the received local state information. The data store includes a plurality of records corresponding to respective different client devices. A set of instructions usable by the client device to obtain and play content is determined based at least in part the local state information received from the client device. The determined set of instructions is transmitted to the client device.

Streaming decision in the cloud

Selecting an optimal bitrate range is disclosed. A request for content from a first client is received. An optimal subset of bitrates for the first client is determined. The optimal subset of bitrates for the first client is determined based at least in part on one or more real-time quality measures. A different optimal subset of bitrates is determined for a second client. An indication of the optimal subset of bitrates determined for the first client is provided to the first client. The first client is configured to obtain content according to the indication of the optimal subset of bitrates.

Dynamic bitrate range selection in the cloud for optimized video streaming

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