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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2021
Applicant:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Michael Nilsson, London, GB;
Paul Farrow, London, GB;
Assignee:
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04L 65/613 (2022.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44004 (2013.01); H04L 65/613 (2022.05); H04N 21/845 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05);
Abstract
The invention provides a method of media content delivery, where the time taken to deliver each chunk of content is measured, from which the stability or consistency of delivery times are calculated. The amount of data buffered at the user's device awaiting decoding and play-back can then be adjusted (such as by playing out the content slower or quicker), in order to achieve a good compromise between continuous play-out and low end-to-end delay, taking into consideration the current network characteristics.