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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:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2012
Applicants:

Srinivasan Venkatraman, Belmont, MA (US);

Anand Krishnamurthy, Acton, MA (US);

Jae Chung, Lexington, MA (US);

Paul Sherer, Danville, CA (US);

Deepak Garg, Nashua, NH (US);

Inventors:

Srinivasan Venkatraman, Belmont, MA (US);

Anand Krishnamurthy, Acton, MA (US);

Jae Chung, Lexington, MA (US);

Paul Sherer, Danville, CA (US);

Deepak Garg, Nashua, NH (US);

Assignee:

AFFIRMED NETWORKS, INC., Acton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/0014 (2013.01); H04L 65/4069 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 21/44004 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for mobile video delivery. A method includes, in a mobile network comprising at least a core element and one or more evolved Node Bs (eNBs), receiving a request to initiate a progressive download of a video object, splitting the requested video object into self-contained independent video segments, transrating each of the self-contained independent video segments for different rates, and delivering a segment from a rate bucket that matches a current network condition determined by bandwidth estimation.


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