Patent ID: 11968431
Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A content delivery server configured to provide video content to a client, the content delivery server comprising:
a memory storing computer-readable instructions; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to
receive a request for a segment of a video stream, the segment of the video stream including a series of chunks, each of the chunks including a set of video frames, a first of the chunks being aligned with a first Instantaneous Decoder Refresh frame in the video stream, and a second of the chunks being aligned with a second Instantaneous Decoder Refresh frame in the video stream, the second Instantaneous Decoder Refresh frame being subsequent to the first Instantaneous Decoder Refresh frame in the video stream,
determine whether a playback delay at the client exceeds a delay threshold based on a chunk production flow at the content delivery server, and
output one of a next chunk in the series of chunks or the second of the chunks for transmission to the client based on whether the playback delay exceeds the delay threshold.