Patent ID: 9628796
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of transmitting a video stream from a transmitting device to a wireless video display, the method comprising: determining, by the transmitting device, a resolution of the wireless video display; determining, by the transmitting device, a native resolution of the video stream; determining a wireless connection protocol being used by the transmitting device and by the wireless video display, the protocol having a known connection speed; determining, by the transmitting device, a connection quality between the transmitting device and the wireless video display; determining available bandwidth between the transmitting device and the wireless video display based on transmitting information between the transmitting device and the wireless video display; determining, by the transmitting device, a connection speed between the transmitting device and the wireless video display, the determination of the connection speed based at least in part on (i) the connection quality, (ii) the known connection speed of the protocol, and (iii) the available bandwidth; selecting, by the transmitting device, a video compression format based on the resolution of the wireless video display, the native resolution of the video stream, and the connection speed between the transmitting device and the wireless video display; and transmitting, by the transmitting device, the video stream in the selected video compression format from the transmitting device to the wireless video display.