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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
James W. Norris, Kansas City, MO (US);
Daniel J. Sershen, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A video content distribution method is provided that comprises transmitting, by a video content distribution server, an initial portion of a scalable video file associated with a video to a mobile communication device via a first communication channel, transmitting an additional portion of the scalable video file to the mobile communication device via a second communication channel, and reconstructing, by the mobile communication device, at least some of the scalable video file based on reconstruction data using the initial portion and the additional portion of the scalable video file. The method also comprises playing, by the mobile communication device, at least a portion of the video at an initial resolution and frame rate based on the initial portion of the scalable video file and at least a portion of the video at an improved resolution and frame rate based on the reconstructed at least some of the scalable video file.