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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2012
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Joe S. Abuan, Cupertino, CA (US);

Xiaosong Zhou, Campbell, CA (US);

Sundararaman V. Shiva, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Hsi-Jung Wu, San Jose, CA (US);

Yan Yang, San Jose, CA (US);

Hyeonkuk Jeong, Saratoga, CA (US);

James O. Normile, Los Altos, CA (US);

Chris Y. Chung, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Roberto Garcia, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Thomas C. Jansen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04W 40/12 (2009.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 40/06 (2009.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01); H04N 7/14 (2013.01); H04L 45/70 (2013.01); H04W 40/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless device described herein can use information on data flow, in addition to indications from the physical network, to decide on suitable bandwidth usage for audio and video information. This data flow information is further used to determine an efficient network route to use for high-quality reception and transmission of audio and video data, as well as the appropriate time to switch between available network routes to improve bandwidth performance.


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