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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Parag Garg, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nicholas LaVassar, Issaquah, WA (US);
Nicholas Seitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Teri Howe, Bothell, WA (US);
Michael Burbo, Kenmore, WA (US);
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing streaming content are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of determining that a user device participating in a content streaming service will transition from a first wireless service coverage area to a second wireless service coverage area that provides a lower quality wireless service relative to the first wireless service coverage area. The actions further include, prior to the user device transitioning from the first wireless service coverage area to the second wireless service coverage area, increasing a resource associated with the content streaming service and the user device. The actions further include, after the user device transitions from the first wireless service coverage area to the second wireless service coverage area, decreasing the resource associated with the content streaming service and the user device.