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

Claim 10:
11. One or more non-transitory computer readable media including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to transmit encoded chunks of a media title by performing the steps of:
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;
generating a first response to the first encoded chunk request, wherein the first response specifies the first encoded chunk content;
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 response to be transmitted, via the media channel, over the TCP connection in accordance with the first parameter value.