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Multi-interface adaptive bit rate session management

  • US 9,014,027 B2
  • Filed: 02/29/2012
  • Issued: 04/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A user equipment comprising:

  • a transceiver for communicating over at least a first interface and a second interface; and

    a processor in conjunction with memory for providing an adaptive bitrate (ABR) client;

    wherein the user equipment is configured to;

    manage a plurality of interfaces for communicating data, wherein the plurality of interfaces includes the first interface and the second interface,select which interface to send specific ABR requests over, using parameters available to the ABR client, wherein the parameters include at least (i) performance information for the first interface and the second interface and (ii) subscriber preference information, andsend a plurality of ABR requests for different fragments of a multimedia file across both the first interface and the second interface,wherein one of the plurality of ABR requests for one fragment of the multimedia file is sent over a selected one of the first interface and the second interface based on a playback time of another fragment of the multimedia file previously sent over one of the first interface and the second interface to the user equipment.

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