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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:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brian Allan Heng, Irvine, CA (US);

Wade Keith Wan, Orange, CA (US);

Yong Li, San Diego, CA (US);

Xuemin Chen, Rancho Sante Fe, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06517 (2013.01); H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04L 65/605 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for transmitting content are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving an indication of a plurality of input streams of content. Each input stream is associated with an input bit rate. The method includes determining a plurality of output bit rates at which to transmit the content to one or more client devices, comparing the plurality of input bit rates to the plurality of output bit rates, and generating, by a server, a plurality of output streams of the content based on the comparison. Each generated output stream is associated with a corresponding output bit rate and includes a transcoded input stream or a non-transcoded input stream. The plurality of output streams is generated such that a number of output streams comprising non-transcoded input streams is maximized. The method also includes transmitting the generated output streams to the one or more client devices.


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