Patent ID: 8775672
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: retrieving a playlist for a video stream of video content for a client, wherein the playlist is for a plurality of portions of video content for the video stream; determining, at a traffic shaping service, a set of rules for the playlist for a set of portions in the plurality of portions, wherein each rule is associated with a respective network condition to simulate operation of a computing device with the respective network condition via software simulation without instrumenting hardware of the computing device to operate differently to provide the respective network condition; for each rule, performing: during playback of the video content at the client, receiving, at the traffic shaping service, a request for a portion in the set of portions from the client; determining a port associated with the request for the portion; and sending the portion through the determined port, wherein the network condition is applied to the portion via the software simulation to simulate operation of the computing device with the network condition.