Patent ID: 11902337
Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A device for managing capabilities of a media streaming network, the device comprising:
at least one memory configured to store program code; and
at least one processor configured to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including:
first receiving code configured to cause the at least one processor to receive a capability request for media streaming capabilities of an edge data network (EDN);
determining code configured to cause the at least one processor to determine the media streaming capabilities of the EDN;
first transmitting code configured to cause the at least one processor to transmit a capability response based on the determined media streaming capabilities;
second receiving code configured to cause the at least one processor to receive a media processing workflow request based on the capability response;
establishing code configured to cause the at least one processor to establish a media streaming session according to the media processing workflow request;
streaming code configured to cause the at least one processor to stream media content based on the media streaming session,
wherein the capability request is received by a 5G media streaming (MS) application function (AF) and from a media streaming application provider (AP), and
wherein a list, of a plurality of edge application servers (EASs) and any of environmental characteristics, a throughput and delay range, media processing function libraries, and input/output formats of functions, is transmitted from the 5GMS AF and to the AP through an edge discovery function (EDF) included in the AP, and
wherein a first capability request is transmitted using an edge application programming interface (API), and a second capability request is transmitted using a media streaming API.