Patent ID: 9544602
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for transmitting video content comprising: (a) encoding a plurality of frames of said video by a sender at a data rate; (b) transmitting said encoded video across a network interconnection to a receiver; (c) wherein said encoding includes allocating bits for a plurality of frames of said video based upon: (i) a delay constraint used to allocate a first quantity of bits to an upcoming block of video, the delay constraint estimating a waiting time for the first frame of the upcoming block to be sent to the receiver; and (ii) a rate distortion model used to further allocate the bits within the first quantity to individual frames within the upcoming block, and which models the change in distortion in at least one first frame as a mathematically linear function of a change in bits allocated to encode only an identified second individual frame.