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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Whatsapp Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Manpreet Singh, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Brian Lange Acton, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Jan Boris Koum, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

WHATSAPP INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/647 (2011.01); H04N 19/186 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 19/186 (2014.11); H04N 21/647 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques to dynamically engage a reduced-color mode for streaming video encoding are generally described. For example, in one embodiments, an apparatus may include an encoding configuration component operative to receive network performance information for a video stream at a sending device, the video stream using a first number of variable bits for color encoding; and assign a reduced-color mode to a media component based on the network performance information, the media component operative to generate the video stream in the reduced-color mode, wherein the reduced-color mode uses a second number of variable bits for color encoding, the second number less than the first number, and a network component operative to send the video stream from the sending device to a receiving device using the reduced-color mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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