Patent ID: 8650289
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for estimating bandwidth for receiving content at a receiving device from a set of content transmitting devices, the method comprising: computing, by the receiving device, a first estimated bandwidth for data received from a first transmitting device that is an initial content transmitting device that starts transmission of content to the receiving device at a start of the communication session, wherein said computing the first estimated bandwidth comprises using a first bandwidth computation process; identifying, by the receiving device, that a transmitter of content to the receiving device has changed from the first transmitting device to a second transmitting device during a communication session, wherein the identifying comprises noting a change in network address for packets received during the communication session; and computing, in response to said identifying, a second estimated bandwidth by accounting for the change between the transmitting devices, wherein said computing the second estimated bandwidth comprises using a second, different bandwidth computation process.