Patent ID: 8966370
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing, from a media streaming server, a streaming media file to a streaming media player in a first tab of a plurality of tabs of a user interface running on a user device, wherein a second tab of the plurality of tabs comprises content not including the streaming media player; receiving, at the media streaming server, data from the user device indicating a visibility status of the first tab of the plurality of tabs in the user interface running on the user device; determining, based on the data indicating the visibility status of the first tab, whether the first tab of the user interface is currently visible to a user of the user device, wherein the first tab is not visible to the user when the second tab of the plurality of tabs is selected; and if the first tab of the user interface is not currently visible to the user, decreasing, by a processing device of the media streaming server, a quality of a video component of a streaming media file being provided to the user device and playing in the streaming media player, while maintaining a current status of an audio component of the streaming media file.