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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:
Oct. 24, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2013
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Ramana V. Munagala, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Vishwa M. Prasad, Matawan, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 21/222 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for providing downstream bandwidth aware adaptive bit rate selection is disclosed. The system may determine a fixed bandwidth available to transmit content to a client on a second network. The system may connect to a first network, which may be configured to have no specific bandwidth constraints, to obtain the content. Once the system is connected to the first network, the system may receive, from the first network, a content segment of the content that is encoded at a first bandwidth. The first bandwidth may be less than or equal to the lesser of the fixed bandwidth available to transmit the content to the client on the second network and a first adaptive bit rate that is selected based on a congestion condition experienced on the first network. The system may then transmit the content segment at the first bandwidth to the client on the second network.


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