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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Ericsson Ab, Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Kevin J. Ma, Nashua, NH (US);

Raj Nair, Lexington, MA (US);

Robert Hickey, Bedford, MA (US);

Jianguo Xu, Newton, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/6405 (2011.01); H04N 21/647 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 29/0809 (2013.01); H04L 29/08099 (2013.01); H04L 65/103 (2013.01); H04L 65/105 (2013.01); H04L 65/602 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01); H04L 67/2847 (2013.01); H04N 21/222 (2013.01); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01); H04N 21/64738 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system is provided for controlling bandwidth rate limiting and client rendering rate limiting in a video delivery network. The method provides network service providers with a means for overriding video delivery data rates selected through dynamic client bitrate adaptation, as well as video data rendering rates of the clients, to limit the impact of network congestion. A system is also specified for implementing a client and a proxy computer in accordance with the method. The system works transparently with standard HTTP-based video delivery systems and includes an HTTP proxy cache infrastructure to support bandwidth rate limiting and client rending rate limiting. The system further provides for administrative overrides of client bitrate selection and client bandwidth usage.


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