Patent ID: 11936704
Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A device configured to run at least one adaptive streaming session, the device comprising one or more processors configured to:
obtain access latency information regarding an access latency between the device and a network access equipment by using an auxiliary connection, wherein said auxiliary connection is distinct from a current network connection being used for receiving segments of a multimedia content available at one or more qualities; and
adapt the adaptive streaming session running at the device according to the obtained access latency information by:
decreasing the quality for one or more next segments of the multimedia content in the case where the access latency is greater than a first value and is stable over time;
maintaining the quality for one or more next segments of the multimedia content in the case where the access latency is greater than the first value and is decreasing over time;
maintaining or increasing for one or more next segments of the multimedia content the quality in the case where access latency is smaller than a second value and stable or decreasing over time; and
decreasing the quality for one or more next segments of the multimedia content in the case where the access latency is smaller than the second value and is increasing over time.