Patent ID: 8638755
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a system including a processor, a request for a handover of a wireless communication device between a first wireless band and a second wireless band; processing, by the system, video content of a content stream being communicated using the wireless communication device to detect a scene transition from video frames of the video content, wherein the scene transition is detected while a portion of the content stream is being received by the wireless communication device, wherein the scene transition is detected without identifying consecutive black frames in the video content and without identifying a pre-determined period of silence in audio content of the content stream; and delaying the handover until the scene transition within the video content is detected, the delaying accordingly having a delay time interval, wherein a length of the delay time interval has a constraint in accordance with connectivity options for the wireless communication device, wherein the handover is performed without input from a user, and wherein during the handover the content stream is communicated using both the first wireless band and the second wireless band.