Patent ID: 11877019
Assignee: V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method of streaming video content to a mobile computing device across a network, the video content being available in a plurality of differently encoded versions, the method comprising:
identifying, at a computer processor of the mobile computing device, a target version of a desired video content for streaming from a video streaming server, the target version having been encoded to a desired target value of at least one encoding attribute, the at least one encoding attribute comprising at least one of a frame size, color depth and frame rate for display of the desired video content on an integrated display of the mobile computing device,
wherein the desired target value is less than a maximum value of the encoding attribute which is decodable by a decoder capability of the mobile computing device, the decoder capability comprising at least one of maximum frame size, maximum color depth and maximum frame rate;
when the target version is available at the video streaming server:
requesting, by the computer processor of the mobile computing device, from the video streaming server to stream the target version of the desired video content even though a data communication speed from the video streaming server to the mobile computing device is sufficient to stream a version of the desired video content that is encoded at a higher value of the encoding attribute decodable and displayable by the mobile computing device;
receiving, at the mobile computing device, the encoded target version of the desired video content;
decoding, at a decoder of the mobile computing device, the encoded target version of the desired video content; and
displaying, on the integrated display of the mobile computing device, the decoded target version of the desired video content.