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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2024
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Teng Wei, Mountain View, CA (US);
Connor Smith, Seattle, WA (US);
David Chu, Seattle, WA (US);
Devdeep Ray, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bernhard Reinert, Seattle, WA (US);
Zengbin Zhang, Seattle, WA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A server transmits an encoded game frame over a network to a respective client system as a set of packets. In response to transmitting the set of packets, the server determines a bandwidth estimate based on the size of the encoded game frame and the timing data associated with the transmitted set of packets. The server then compares the bandwidth estimate to a current video bitrate of the game stream being transmitted from the server to the respective client device. In response to the comparison indicating an underutilization of the network, the server increases the encoding bitrate. Further, in response to the comparison indication an overutilization of the network, the server decreases the encoding bitrate.