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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Venson Shaw, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jun Shen, Redmond, WA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, dividing a media content item into a plurality of media content segments, at each media content segment of the plurality of media content segments, applying motion estimation between at least two video frames of the media content segment to determine a content weight for the media content segment, determining a bit rate for the media content segment according to the determined content weight for the media content segment, and encoding the media content segment at the determined bit rates to generate a data stream for the media content segment, whereby a plurality of data streams for the plurality of media content segments of the media content are generated, and transmitting the plurality of data streams for the plurality of media content segments of the media content to the one or more media devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.