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Determining an end time of streaming media

  • US 10,153,960 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2017
  • Issued: 12/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • means for analyzing bandwidth usage of streaming of media buffered to a buffer;

    means for identifying a transition between a first phase of the streaming of the media and a second phase of the streaming of the media, the transition corresponding to when the buffer is filled with a threshold amount of data associated with the media;

    means for calculating a size of the buffer based on a difference in the bandwidth usage during the first phase relative to the bandwidth usage during the second phase; and

    means for determining an end time of a playback of the buffered media based on the size of the buffer, the end time of the playback occurring after a time when the data associated with the media completes downloading to the buffer.

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