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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Hulu, Llc, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Alexander V. Gutarin, Atherton, CA (US);
Baptiste Coudurier, Los Angeles, CA (US);
HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method determines data describing a temporal variability of a bit rate of a first bitstream and receives the first bitstream through a communication channel. A throughput for the communication channel is determined. The method then compares the throughput of the communication channel with the data describing the temporal variability of the bit rate of the first bitstream to determine a variance of the first bitstream from the throughput for the communication channel for a portion of the media program not already received. An amount of data currently buffered in a buffer for the media program is determined and then the method compares the amount of data currently buffered to the variance for the portion to determine whether to switch to receiving a second bitstream. The second bitstream has a different bit rate from the first bitstream.