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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (US);
Subhabrata Sen, Westfield, NJ (US);
Shuai Hao, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Yanyuan Qin, Mansfield, CT (US);
Bing Wang, Storrs Mansfield, CT (US);
Krishna R. Pattipati, Storrs, CT (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, communicating with a source of streaming media, wherein the streaming media is variable bitrate encoded, wherein the streaming media comprises a first plurality of chunks, wherein each of the first plurality of chunks corresponds to a first portion of the streaming media, wherein the streaming media comprises a second plurality of chunks, wherein each of the second plurality of chunks corresponds to a second portion of the streaming media, wherein the streaming media comprises a third plurality of chunks, and wherein each of the third plurality of chunks corresponds to a third portion of the streaming media; obtaining, from the source, a first one of the first plurality of chunks; and determining which of the second plurality of chunks and third plurality of chunks to obtain. Other embodiments are disclosed.