Patent ID: 9736730
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of optimizing wireless video download rates, comprising: receiving, at a system with a computer that includes a processor and memory, a request to provide a video file over a wireless network; determining, by the processor, an encoding rate required by the video file; determining, by the processor, a download rate at a time of the request; determining, by the processor, whether or not the download rate level is higher than the encoding rate at the time of the request; when the download rate level is determined to be higher than the encoding rate at the time of the request, providing the video file as soon as possible; when the download rate level is not determined to be higher than the encoding rate at the time of the request, calculating a specified interval T when the download rate level is expected to be higher than the encoding rate to download the video file; and providing the video file over the wireless network over the interval T to a client device that requested the video file.