Patent ID: 8670487
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a set top box, an indication of a user preference of one of increased video quality having decreased audio quality or increased audio quality having decreased video quality; and adjusting, by the set top box, video quality and audio quality of a plurality of internet protocol television channels supplied by an internet protocol television system to the set top box based on the indication of the user preference to create a new presentation configuration of the plurality of internet protocol television channels, while maintaining a consistent total digital stream bandwidth to the set top box, wherein the adjusting of the video quality and the audio quality of the plurality of internet protocol television channels comprises increasing a first number of layers of encoded video in a digital stream supplied by the internet protocol television system, while decreasing a second number of layers of encoded audio in the digital stream to increase the video quality and decrease the audio quality of the plurality of internet protocol television channels, or increasing the second number of layers of encoded audio in the digital steam while decreasing the first number of layers of encoded video in the digital stream to increase the audio quality and decrease the video quality of the plurality of internet protocol television channels.