Patent ID: 9037742
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the at least one processor, the computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code configured to permit throughput of video streams through a common link to at least two different destinations; computer readable program code configured to ascertain an effective flow rate for each video stream; computer readable program code configured to estimate a playout lead for each video stream, via measuring a round trip time for each video stream; and computer readable program code configured to equalize the playout leads via dynamically changing the effective flow rates of the video streams, wherein to equalize comprises managing the round trip time of at least one video stream via introducing a delay into at least one video stream, the delay being based on the measured round trip time and at least one other factor for at least one video stream, the at least one other factor comprising at least one of: an estimated timeout value of the at least one video stream and the ascertained effective flow rate of the at least one video stream.