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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Avinash Priya Khurana, Beaverton, OR (US);
Timothy Prins, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Yongjun Wu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/2358 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for estimating the peak bit rate for content and specifying the BANDWIDTH tag value for HLS content. This disclosure also describes techniques by which live content and VOD content can be stitched together in a way that harmonizes the different requirements for the BANDWIDTH tag for the different types of content.