Patent ID: 9112938
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: monitoring, by a device including a processor, a download of a first media file from a media server at a throughput rate and a concurrent playback of the first media file, wherein the first media file is a first version of a media asset, the first media file is encoded at a variable bit rate and has a first overall average playback rate less than or equal to the throughput rate, the first media file has a plurality of portions with respective portion average playback rates, wherein at least two portions have different portion average playback rates; identifying, by the device, an undownloaded portion of the first media file that has a portion average playback rate that is greater than the throughput rate; and forecasting, by the device, whether an interruption will occur in playback of the first media file during the undownloaded portion, wherein the forecasting comprises: