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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2020
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yeping Su, Cupertino, CA (US);
Balu Adsumilli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and media for selecting video formats for adaptive video streaming are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving an indication of a video to be presented on a user device; identifying a group of quality metrics for each of a plurality of segments of the video, wherein each quality metric includes values for a particular segment and for a particular format of a group of available formats for the video; selecting a first format for a first segment of the video; causing the first segment of the video to be presented on the user device; identifying a quality of a network connection between the user device and a server that hosts the video; identifying a second format for a second segment of the video based on the quality of the network connection; determining whether a format of the video is to be changed from the first format to the second format based at least on the group of quality metrics for the second segment of the video; and, in response to determining that the format of the video is to be changed from the first format to the second format, causing the second segment having the second format to be presented by the user device.