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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Kevin Mchugh, Milton, GA (US);
Charles Dasher, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Chris Phillips, Hartwell, GA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin McHugh, Milton, GA (US);
Charles Dasher, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Chris Phillips, Hartwell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Ericsson Television Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An adaptive streaming server and a method are described herein for determining if a congestion level within a network exceeds a predetermined threshold and when this occurs then one or more lower bit rate segments of a content stream will be transmitted to a client.