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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Novatel Wireless, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ian Lockerbie, Calgary, CA;

Jordan McLeod, Calgary, CA;

Wayne Kushneryk, Calgary, CA;

Assignee:

Novatel Wireless, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08099 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 21/2146 (2013.01); H04N 21/2408 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/43637 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that allow a media streaming device to dynamically control the quality of service associated with streaming media content being presented to a user. To dynamically control the quality of service associated with the streaming media content, the local environment in which the media streaming device, and one or more downstream devices which may be configured to receive the streaming media content, if present, operate, is monitored. Feedback regarding the status of the local environment can be gleaned based on the monitoring, and based on the feedback, the quality of service associated with the streaming media content can be adjusted accordingly, or the streaming media content may be paused, altogether terminated, maintained, or initiated/re-initiated. To further refine the feedback, user behavior may also be monitored, which can be suggestive of a user's attentiveness to the streaming media content.


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