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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Lakshmi Chakarapani, Irving, TX (US);
Gaurav Rinwa, Irving, TX (US);
Rahul Aurora Srinivasan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 43/50 (2013.01); H04L 65/4069 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04L 41/5019 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user device may receive bitrate availability information identifying one or more bitrates associated with content; receive, from a user of the user device, a selection of a particular bitrate of the one or more bitrates; request segment files associated with the particular bitrate; and receive the segment files.