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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.05); H04N 21/2351 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for content delivery. In one aspect, a method in a device of receiving Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) content comprises receiving an ABR manifest associated with the content, the ABR manifest describing segments of content and specifying a plurality of policies and respective associated data transfer rules, receiving an indication identifying one of the policies, and requesting segments of the content from a content delivery network in accordance with the content delivery rules associated with the policy identified by the indication.