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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2024
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Alexander Giladi, Denver, CO (US);
Weidong Mao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
An encoder may determine one or more encoding characteristics associated with a content segment of a content asset. The one or more encoding characteristics may comprise an estimated bitrate required for transmission of the content segment over a network. The one or more encoding characteristics associated with the content segment may be inserted into a portion of an other content segment, such as into a header of the other content segment. The content segment and the other content segment may be configured for linear transmission, such as using adaptive bitrate streaming. When the other content segment is received at a playback device prior to the content segment, the playback device may use the one or more encoding characteristics of the content segment embedded in the header of the other content segment to determine one or more playback characteristics of the content segment.