Patent ID: 9124914
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing an adaptive bitrate streaming service of programs; obtaining, by a network device, network state information pertaining to at least a portion of a network that provides the adaptive bitrate streaming service; generating, by the network device, a recommended bitrate for delivery of a program based on the network state information; transmitting the recommended bitrate to user devices; monitoring, by the network device, a compliance and a non-compliance of the recommended bitrate by the user devices; and assigning, by the network device, a credit commensurate with the compliance of the recommended bitrate to each of the user devices that complied with the recommended bitrate and a penalty commensurate with the non-compliance of the recommended bitrate to each of the user devices that did not comply with the recommended bitrate.