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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Edgar V. Shrum, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
John Civiletto, Suwanee, GA (US);
Inventors:
Edgar V. Shrum, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
John Civiletto, Suwanee, GA (US);
Assignee:
COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/26 (2006.01); H04N 7/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 19/30 (2014.01); H04N 19/40 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/234327 (2013.01); H04N 19/30 (2014.11); H04N 19/40 (2014.11); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01);
Abstract
Transparent scalable video coding may be provided. Upon receiving a request for a content asset, such as from a subscriber's premises, a quality level associated with the content asset may be identified. A video coding layer and/or a plurality of layers associated with the content asset may be selected according to the identified quality level. The selected video coding layer(s) may be encoded into a video stream and provided to a display device (e.g., a television) associated with the request for the content asset.