×

ADAPTIVE RATE SHIFTING FOR DELIVERY OF VIDEO SERVICES TO SERVICE GROUPS

  • US 20130239155A1
  • Filed: 05/20/2013
  • Published: 09/12/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A system for determining an encoding rate for a digital video information stream, the system comprising:

  • a service quality server further comprisingat least one processor,a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, coupled to the at least one processor, including computer-readable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to;

    receive a video quality service parameter from a service profile of a customer, wherein the video quality service parameter indicates a level of video quality to be streamed to the customer,determine whether, responsive to a previous request for video service, the customer is presently being provided with another digital video information stream, and if so, determine an associated encoding level of the another digital video information stream,determine a level of resource allocation related to bandwidth on a shared transmission medium serving the customer,determine an encoding rate from a plurality of encoding rates for the customer in response to a present request for video service,provide authorization for a server comprising a session manager to provide the digital video information stream, wherein the digital video information stream is encoded at the encoding rate, andupdate the level of resource allocation commensurate with the encoding rate used to encode the digital video information stream.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×