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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Aurash Steven Abnar Behbahani, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/2225 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/6373 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2225 (2013.01); H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04L 67/32 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01); H04N 21/6373 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract
Enhancements to adaptive bit rate techniques are described that relate to selection of the initial bit rate with which video content is delivered. The bandwidth available to a client device is estimated by determining the time required by the client device to download a specific amount of content, e.g., the 'above-the-fold' portion of a requested web page. An initial bit rate is selected for video content associated with the page that is within the estimated available bandwidth.