US 8832297

Patent Overview — US8832297B2

Title: Systems and methods for performing multiphase adaptive bitrate streaming

Patent number / application: US8832297B2; Application US13/339,992; Pre-grant publication US20130007297A1.

Inventors: Kourosh Soroushian, Auke van der Schaar, Jason Braness, William David Amidei.

Assignee: Original assignee Sonic IP LLC; current assignee listed as Divx LLC (the source lists Divx LLC's name).

Key dates (as stated in the source): Priority date 2011-06-29; filing date 2011-12-29; publication of US20130007297A1 on 2013-01-03; grant/publication of US8832297B2 on 2014-09-09. Anticipated expiration listed as 2031-12-29.

Purpose and plain-language scope: The patent concerns adaptive bitrate streaming carried out in multiple phases. The recurring terminology in the source ("playback device," "conditions," "streaming," "phase," "stream") indicates a scheme in which a playback device streams content and the streaming behavior changes across successive phases based on conditions. The classification entries describe monitoring of the downstream transmission path (e.g., bandwidth variations of a wireless network), adapting media to network and device capabilities, and responding to quality-of-service conditions—consistent with the title's adaptive bitrate approach.

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