Sender side video telephony downgrade

• US 9,445,051 B1
• Filed: 08/14/2015
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Muthsandra Kantharaju, Manjunatha, Lakshmanaswamy, Shankar Ganesh, Wang, Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): LYTLE, JEFFREY P
• Application Number:
  US14/826,932
• Time in Patent Office: 396 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0014 by adapting the source coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5025 by proactively reacting to service quality change, e.g. by reconfiguration after service quality degradation or upgrade
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4053 without floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

In an example, a method of processing data includes, in a video telephony session between a local device and a remote device, where the video telephony session includes at least one video connection between the local device and the remote device, identifying, by the local device, degraded playback of video data at the remote device. The method also includes, in response to identifying the degraded playback, terminating, by the local device, a video connection of the at least one video connection.

Claims

1. A method of processing data, the method comprising:

in a video telephony session between a local device and a remote device, identifying, by the local device, degraded playback of video data at the remote device, wherein the video telephony session comprises a one-way video connection from the local device to the remote device or a two-way video connection having a first video connection from the local device to the remote device and a second video connection from the remote device to the local device; and

in response to identifying the degraded playback, terminating, by the local device, a video connection of the video telephony session, wherein terminating the video connection comprises at least one of;

when the video telephony session comprises the one-way video connection, terminating the one-way video connection to establish an audio-only connection, such that the local device transmits only audio data and receives only audio data, and

when the video telephony session comprises the two-way video connection, terminating the second video connection from the local device to the remote device to establish a one-way video connection, such that the local device transmits audio data without transmitting video data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the video telephony session comprises the two-way video connection, the method further comprising:

re-identifying, by the local device, degraded playback of the video data at the remote device;

in response to re-identifying the degraded playback, terminating the first video connection from the remote device to the local device to establish an audio-only connection, such that the local device transmits only audio data and receives only audio data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the degraded playback comprises receiving an indication of an amount of video data sent from the local device but not received by the remote device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving the indication of the amount of video data comprises receiving at least one of an indication of a number of packets of the video data lost or a fraction of packets of the video data lost.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the degraded playback comprises receiving a one or more Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Control Protocol (RTCP) packets and identifying the degraded playback based on the one or more RTCP packets.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the degraded playback comprises identifying an absence of one or more Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Control Protocol (RTCP) packets and identifying the degraded playback based on the absence.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein terminating the one-way video connection or terminating the second video connection comprises transmitting a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message from the local device to the remote device to terminate the video connection.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prior to terminating the video connection, performing bitrate adaptation on the video connection to reduce a bitrate of the video data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein performing bitrate adaptation comprises reducing the bitrate of the video data to a minimum bitrate supported by a video encoder of the local device.

10. A device for processing data, the device comprising:

a memory configured to store video data; and

one or more processors of a local device configured to;

in a video telephony session between the local device and a remote device, identify, by the local device, degraded playback of video data at the remote device, wherein the video telephony session comprises a one-way video connection from the local device to the remote device or a two-way video connection having a first video connection from the local device to the remote device and a second video connection from the remote device to the local device; and

in response to identifying the degraded playback, terminate a video connection of the video telephony session, wherein to terminate the video connection, the one or more processors of the local device are configured to perform at least one of;

when the video telephony session comprises the one-way video connection, terminate the one-way video connection to establish an audio-only connection, such that the local device transmits only audio data and receives only audio data, and

when the video telephony session comprises the two-way video connection, terminate the second video connection from the local device to the remote device to establish a one-way video connection, such that the local device transmits audio data without transmitting video data.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the video telephony session comprises the two-way video connection, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

re-identify, by the local device, degraded playback of the video data at the remote device;

in response to re-identifying the degraded playback, terminate the first video connection from the remote device to the local device to establish an audio-only connection, such that the local device transmits only audio data and receives only audio data.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein to identify the degraded playback, the one or more processors are configured to receive an indication of an amount of video data sent from the local device but not received by the remote device.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein to receive the indication of the amount of video data, the one or more processors are configured to receive at least one of an indication of a number of packets of the video data lost or a fraction of packets of the video data lost.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein to identify the degraded playback, the one or more processors are configured to receive a one or more Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Control Protocol (RTCP) packets and identifying the degraded playback based on the one or more RTCP packets.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein to identify the degraded playback, the one or more processors are configured to identify an absence of one or more Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Control Protocol (RTCP) packets and identifying the degraded playback based on the absence.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein to terminate the one-way video connection or to terminate the second video connection, the one or more processors are configured to transmit a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message from the local device to the remote device to terminate the video connection.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

prior to terminating the video connection, perform bitrate adaptation on the video connection to reduce a bitrate of the video data.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein to perform bitrate adaptation, the one or more processors are configured to reduce the bitrate of the video data to a minimum bitrate supported by a video encoder of the local device.

19. The device of claim 10, wherein the local device comprises at least one of:

an integrated circuit;

a microprocessor;

or

a wireless communication device.

20. An apparatus for processing data, the apparatus comprising:

in a video telephony session between a local device and a remote device, means for identifying, by the local device, degraded playback of video data at the remote device, wherein the video telephony session comprises a one-way video connection from the local device to the remote device or a two-way video connection having a first video connection from the local device to the remote device and a second video connection from the remote device to the local device; and

means for terminating, in response to identifying the degraded playback, a video connection of the video telephony session, wherein the means for terminating the video connection comprises at least one of;

means for terminating, when the video telephony session comprises the one-way video connection, the one-way video connection to establish an audio-only connection, such that the local device transmits only audio data and receives only audio data, and

means for terminating, when the video telephony session comprises the two-way video connection, the second video connection from the local device to the remote device to establish a one-way video connection, such that the local device transmits audio data without transmitting video data.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the video telephony session comprises the two-way video connection, the apparatus further comprising:

means for re-identifying, by the local device, degraded playback of the video data at the remote device;

means for terminating, in response to re-identifying the degraded playback, the first video connection from the remote device to the local device to establish an audio-only connection, such that the local device transmits only audio data and receives only audio data.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:

in a video telephony session between a local device and a remote device, identify, by the local device, degraded playback of video data at the remote device, wherein the video telephony session comprises a one-way video connection from the local device to the remote device or a two-way video connection having a first video connection from the local device to the remote device and a second video connection from the remote device to the local device; and

in response to identifying the degraded playback, terminate, by the local device, a video connection of the video telephony session, wherein to terminate the video connection, the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform at least one of;

when the video telephony session comprises the one-way video connection, terminate the one-way video connection to establish an audio-only connection, such that the local device transmits only audio data and receives only audio data, and

when the video telephony session comprises the two-way video connection, terminate the second video connection from the local device to the remote device to establish a one-way video connection, such that the local device transmits audio data without transmitting video data.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the video telephony session comprises the two-way video connection, and wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

re-identify, by the local device, degraded playback of the video data at the remote device;

in response to re-identifying the degraded playback, terminate the first video connection from the remote device to the local device to establish an audio-only connection, such that the local device transmits only audio data and receives only audio data.