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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2018
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Subhabrata Sen, Westfield, NJ (US);
Zhuoqing Morley Mao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shichang Xu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, upon receiving a request for media content, a first signal quality may be determined, a first quality level may be selected based on the first signal quality, and segments of the first quality level may be retrieved, stored in a buffer, and played from the buffer. When the buffer is sufficiently occupied first inferior segments stored in the buffer may be replaced by determining a second signal quality selecting a second quality level based on the second signal quality, identifying the first inferior segment based on the second quality level, and replacing the first inferior segment with a first replacement segment, the first replacement segment corresponding to the first inferior segment. These processes may be performed iteratively. Other embodiments are disclosed.