DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH REDUCTION OF TRANSMISSION STREAMS
First Claim
1. A processor implemented method of conserving bandwidth capacity in a communication channel between a content transmitting server and a content receiving client computer while streaming multimedia content, the computer implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a content receiving client computer, a multimedia streaming content from a content transmitting server, wherein the multimedia streaming content has a video component and an audio component;
displaying the multimedia streaming content on a video display; and
in response to determining that a user of the content receiving client computer is no longer watching the video component of the multimedia streaming content, a processor generating and transmitting an inattention alert to the content transmitting server, wherein the inattention alert directs the content transmitting server to stream only the audio component of a remaining portion of the multimedia streaming content to the content receiving client computer.
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Abstract
A processor implemented method conserves bandwidth capacity by reducing the amount of bandwidth that is used in a communication channel between a content transmitting server and a content receiving client computer while streaming multimedia content. A content receiving client computer receives a multimedia streaming content from a content transmitting server. The multimedia streaming content has a video component and an audio component. In response to determining that a user of the content receiving client computer is no longer watching the video component of the multimedia streaming content, a processor generates and transmits an inattention alert to the content transmitting server. The inattention alert directs the content transmitting server to stream only the audio component of a remaining portion of the multimedia streaming content to the content receiving client computer.
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17 Claims
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1. A processor implemented method of conserving bandwidth capacity in a communication channel between a content transmitting server and a content receiving client computer while streaming multimedia content, the computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving, by a content receiving client computer, a multimedia streaming content from a content transmitting server, wherein the multimedia streaming content has a video component and an audio component; displaying the multimedia streaming content on a video display; and in response to determining that a user of the content receiving client computer is no longer watching the video component of the multimedia streaming content, a processor generating and transmitting an inattention alert to the content transmitting server, wherein the inattention alert directs the content transmitting server to stream only the audio component of a remaining portion of the multimedia streaming content to the content receiving client computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A content transmitting server comprising:
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a server link interface coupled to a communication link, wherein the communication link is communicatively coupled to a content receiving client computer; a multimedia content buffer, wherein the multimedia content buffer holds a multimedia content that has a video component and an audio component; and a multimedia-to-audio-only (MTAO) converter, wherein the MTAO converter converts the multimedia content into an audio-only content in response to receiving an inattention alert from the content receiving client computer, wherein the inattention alert is generated in response to a viewer attention detector at the content receiving client computer determining that a user of the content receiving client computer is not watching the video component of the multimedia content, and wherein only the audio-only content is transmitted from the content transmitting server to the content receiving client computer. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A content receiving client computer comprising:
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a client link interface coupled to a communication link, wherein the communication link is communicatively coupled to a content transmitting server; a viewer attention detector; and an inattention alert generator, wherein the inattention alert generator generates an inattention alert for transmission to the content transmitting server in response to detecting that a user of the content receiving client computer is not watching a multimedia streaming content that is being streamed from the content transmitting server to a video display on the content receiving client computer, wherein the multimedia streaming content includes an audio component and a video component. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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