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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Arris Enterprises, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Thomas L. DuBreuil, Ivyland, PA (US);
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for distributing video content by a network operator. The method includes receiving media streams including programs having a prescribed duration; assigning a traffic index for each program contained within the media streams, each traffic index reflecting the volume of traffic expected to be associated with the program by client devices; selecting a predetermined number of programs to provide to client devices based at least in part on the traffic index for each program; encoding said selected program as individual adaptive bitrate streams; and streaming said encoded individual adaptive bitrate streams to client devices over the network as a managed bundle, wherein the adaptive bitrate streams in the bundle are multicast simultaneously to the client devices.