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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Edison, NJ (US);
Rittwik Jana, Parsipanny, NJ (US);
Seungjoon Lee, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Hgts., NJ (US);
Kyung-Wook Hwang, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Vishal Misra, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Rubenstein, New York, NY (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving information from a tracker device indicating that a plurality of devices is associated with a media content item. The method also includes establishing peer-to-peer sessions with a first group and a second group of the devices, selecting the first group based on a first bit-rate satisfying a threshold bit-rate, and sending a first request, via a first peer-to-peer session, to a first device of the first group. The media content item is divided into a plurality of chunks. The first request identifies a first chunk. The method also includes receiving the first chunk, modifying the threshold bit-rate based on a number of buffered chunks, and selecting the second group based on a second bit-rate satisfying the modified threshold bit-rate. The method also includes sending a second request to a second device of the second group. The second request identifies a second chunk.