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Managed degradation of a video stream

  • US 9,826,259 B2
  • Filed: 01/31/2006
  • Issued: 11/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining if a first portion of a display stream is transmissible via a transmission link such that the display stream will be displayed in real time at a client device;

    compressing the first portion of the display stream in a first compression manner to produce a first compressed display stream portion when it is determined that the first portion of the display stream is not transmissible over the transmission link such that the display stream will be displayed in real time at the client device;

    wherein the first portion of the display stream is determined to be transmissible such that the display stream will be displayed in real time when an expected time of transmission of a second portion of the display stream via the transmission link is within a predetermined tolerance of an actual time of transmission of the second portion of the display stream via the transmission link; and

    wherein the first portion of the display stream includes data compressed in a second compression manner different than the first compression manner, wherein the first compression manner represents a high degree of data compression than the second compression manner.

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