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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Inventors:
Samuel Joseph Reisner, Burbank, CA (US);
Michael Kidd, Burbank, CA (US);
Assignee:
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/164 (2014.01); H04N 19/115 (2014.01); H04N 19/156 (2014.01); H04N 19/162 (2014.01); H04N 19/184 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/115 (2014.11); H04N 19/156 (2014.11); H04N 19/162 (2014.11); H04N 19/184 (2014.11);
Abstract
A method including encoding a video program into a plurality of video streams, each of the plurality of video streams being encoded at a corresponding one of a plurality of bitrates; providing, to a plurality of viewing clients, an option to select one of the plurality of video streams; determining a streaming capacity of each of the viewing clients; and determining an improved plurality of bitrates based on streaming capacities of the plurality of viewing clients.