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AUTOMATIC BIT RATE DETECTION AND THROTTLING

  • US 20100011119A1
  • Filed: 04/07/2008
  • Published: 01/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a computer networking environment comprising a plurality of computing systems including a client computer system and a server computer system connected over a client-server connection, a method for optimizing data flow based on the data'"'"'s encoded bit rate, the method comprising:

  • an act of receiving a request from a client computer system for data that is to be presented to a user at the client computer system;

    an act of accessing a portion of the requested data;

    an act of determining the encoded bit rate from the accessed portion of the requested data;

    based on the encoded bit rate for the requested data;

    an act of determining an initial amount of data that is to be transferred to the client computer system to enable prompt access to that portion of data; and

    an act of determining the transfer rate for transferring the remaining data to the client computer system, the transfer rate for the remaining data being lower than the transfer rate for the initial amount;

    an act of transferring the initial amount of data to the client computer system; and

    an act of transferring the remainder of the requested data to the client computer system at the determined lower transfer rate, subsequent to transferring the initial amount.

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