Patent ID: 11863607
Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for transmitting encoded chunks of a media title, the method comprising:
receiving, via a media channel, a first encoded chunk request that has been transmitted over a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection;
receiving, via a side channel, a first pacing specification that is associated with the first encoded chunk request and has been transmitted over the TCP connection, wherein the first pacing specification imposes a maximum pacing rate at which first encoded chunk content is permitted to be transmitted;
retrieving the first encoded chunk content that corresponds to the first encoded chunk request;
setting a first parameter equal to a first parameter value based on the first pacing specification; and
causing a first plurality of TCP segments corresponding to the first encoded chunk content to be transmitted, via the media channel, over the TCP connection in accordance with the first parameter value.