APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE STREAMING OF CONTENT WITH USER-INITIATED QUALITY ADJUSTMENTS
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1. A digital device comprising:
- a content interface unit; and
a data processing unit adapted to receive incoming content from the content interface unit, the data processing unit comprises adaptive streaming logic to control a manual setting of play parameters and using values selected for the play parameters to adjust a display resolution of the incoming content and a data rate at which the incoming content is streamed to the content interface unit upon detection of a play condition.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a digital device comprises adaptive streaming logic to control a manual setting of play parameters that are used to adjust a display resolution of the incoming content and a data rate at which the streaming content is downloaded to the content interface unit. Hence, very low resolution content or greatly varying resolution which can be annoying to a viewer caused by excessive network congestion can be avoided or mitigated.
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1. A digital device comprising:
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a content interface unit; and a data processing unit adapted to receive incoming content from the content interface unit, the data processing unit comprises adaptive streaming logic to control a manual setting of play parameters and using values selected for the play parameters to adjust a display resolution of the incoming content and a data rate at which the incoming content is streamed to the content interface unit upon detection of a play condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising
generating a user interface by a digital device for setting at least one parameter of a plurality of parameters in order to adjust a rendering of segments of incoming content received by the digital device, the plurality of parameters include (i) a first parameter that sets a threshold for perceived resolution during rendering of incoming content and (ii) a second parameter that sets a threshold for a transmission rate of the incoming content supported by the digital device; in response to detection of an adverse play condition experienced by the digital device, adjusting retrieval of the segments of the incoming content at reduced clarity as limited by the first parameter or at a reduced transmission rate as limited by the second parameter. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Software stored in a tangible machine readable medium within a digital device being part of a network and executed by a processor to perform operations of:
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generating a user interface to set play parameters being characteristics that effect a quality level for content output by the digital device; determining if excessive network congestion exists where the digital device will experience problems in rendering incoming content; and retrieving successive segments of incoming content in accordance with the play parameters upon determining that excessive network congestion exists. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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