Patent ID: 11863814
Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A system comprising:
at least one physical processor; and
physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the physical processor, cause the physical processor to:
receive video stream data from a video streaming source;
select a specified rebuffering point from among a plurality of potential rebuffering points that are currently available for selection within the video stream data according to a determined level of need for rebuffering at the time of selecting, such that a first rebuffering point is selected at a determined first level of need and a second, different rebuffering point is selected at a second, different level of need; and
pause playback of the video stream data at the selected rebuffering point.