Patent ID: 9253105
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first time, a data packet of a data stream transmitted by a sending apparatus through a transmission medium, wherein receiving the data packet comprises buffering the data packet in a receiver buffer of the receiving apparatus; generating, at a second time, a periodically generated receiver reporting message, wherein the receiver reporting message comprises at least an interval time, a registering of the receiving of the data packet and an identification of one or more lost packets; causing transmission of the receiver reporting message; determining, by a processor, the interval time defining an interval between the first time and the second time, wherein the interval time provides the sending apparatus with network information from which to determine a state of the receiver buffer; and following transmission of the receiver reporting message including the interval time, the registering of the receiving of the data packet and the identification of one or more lost packets, receiving additional data packets of the data stream transmitted by the sending apparatus through the transmission medium with transmission of the additional data packets having been controlled based at least in part upon the state of the receiver buffer.