Patent ID: 11863805
Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A system comprising:
at least one physical processor;
physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the physical processor, cause the physical processor to:
identify a plurality of video streams being transmitted via a plurality of devices that transmit data to a network over a shared connection with limited bandwidth that is subject to fluctuations in maximum bandwidth, the maximum bandwidth representing a maximum possible amount of data that can be transmitted over the shared connection per unit time;
detect that the maximum bandwidth of the shared connection has decreased;
determine, in response to detecting that the maximum bandwidth of the shared connection has decreased, that viewership of a video stream within the plurality of video streams falls below a popularity threshold;
increase bandwidth availability for a remainder of the plurality of video streams by ceasing transmission of the video stream with the viewership that falls below the popularity threshold; and
continue to transmit the remainder of the plurality of video streams via the shared connection with the limited bandwidth.