Patent ID: 8234397
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of serving media content from a content server device to a client device, the client device having a decoder for decoding the media content, the decoder having a frame reading rate, the method, performed on the server device, comprising: receiving at the server device a request for the media content from the client device; transmitting from the server device to the client device a test packet at a default frame sending rate of the server device, the test packet comprising non-requested media content; determining by the server device a frame reading rate of the test packet by the decoder of the client device, wherein the frame reading rate of the decoder is the rate at which the decoder is reading frames; altering by the server device a frame sending rate from the server device to the client device by altering the media content to correct for the difference between the frame reading rate of the decoder of the client device and a default frame sending rate of the server device; and transmitting from the server device at least a portion of the altered media content to the client device prior to completing the formation of the altered media content as a whole.