Patent ID: 7962637
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering video from a server to a client, the method comprising the steps of: during delivery of the video from the server to the client: receiving, at the server from the client, buffer information specifying an amount of video data that is currently stored in a buffer at the client; based at least partially upon the buffer information, determining, by the server, an adjustment to be made to one or more parameters of a set of parameters that govern delivery of the video from the server to the client to cause the amount of data that is currently stored in the buffer at the client to be maintained within a desired range, wherein the one or more parameters include a video quality parameter and a packet rate transmission parameter; and adjusting the one or more parameters by the determined adjustment to cause the amount of video data that is currently stored in the buffer at the client to be maintained within the desired range.