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Patent US8189472 - Optimizing bandwidth utilization to a subscriber premises - Google Patents
Optimizing data rates for video services on a broadband network. Different data rates can be delivered to a subscriber premises depending on the size of the display screen connected to a set-top box, the type of content being requested, or whether there is real-time viewing. Therefore, the data rate...http://www.google.com/patents/US8189472?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8189472 - Optimizing bandwidth utilization to a subscriber premises
Publication number US8189472 B2
Application number US 11/162,345
Also published as CA2621605A1, CA2621605C, EP1922877A1, EP1922877B1, US7961643, US20070053293, US20080279217, US20080282307, US20080282308, US20120233654, WO2007030370A1, WO2007030370A8
Publication number 11162345, 162345, US 8189472 B2, US 8189472B2, US-B2-8189472, US8189472 B2, US8189472B2
Inventors James F. McDonald, Arturo A. Rodriguez, Luis Avila, William E. Wall
Original Assignee Mcdonald James F, Rodriguez Arturo A, Luis Avila, Wall William E
Patent Citations (618), Non-Patent Citations (371), Referenced by (15), Classifications (27), Legal Events (4)
Optimizing bandwidth utilization to a subscriber premises
US 8189472 B2
receive metadata within the video content, the metadata corresponding to a type of the video content, the type of video content requiring a different compression computational complexity between a first content type and a second content type, wherein the determining, selecting, and allocating are further based on the metadata.
As a non-limiting example, a first display device's characteristics may exhibit a native display resolution of 1280×1024. Upon or prior to receiving a request for viewing an HD video program, information corresponding to the display device coupled to STB 20 is transmitted by the STB 20 to VSO 320 or VHO 330, as shown in FIG. 3. Responsive to receiving the information corresponding to the display device, one or more computing devices cause retrieval of the display device's characteristics as necessary, if not already contained in the transmitted information or message from STB 20. The transmission of the first video program is effected by transmitting an instance of the requested HD video program as a compressed video stream in which compressed pictures have a spatial resolution that is lower than 1920×1080, resulting in a lower bit-rate. However, in order to match the perceived image quality capable of being provided by the display device, the first instance of the first video program has a spatial resolution in compressed form that is equal to 1280×1024, or one from a plurality of predetermined spatial resolution larger than or equal to 1280×1024 but smaller than 1920×1080. Alternatively, one from a plurality of compressed versions or instances of the first video program, each exhibiting a respective set of compression characteristics that is different from the others, is determined a priori to be the best match for the first display device according to the first display device's characteristics. Accordingly, real-time transmission of the first video program to STB 20 is effected with a compressed version or instance that was determined a priori to possess the best set of compression characteristics to match the first display device's capabilities while simultaneously resulting in a lower bit-rate.
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U.S. Classification 370/235, 370/468, 370/236, 370/395.41, 725/81, 375/240.26, 375/240.01, 725/100, 375/240.21
International Classification G01R31/08, H04J1/16
European Classification H04N21/6373, H04N21/433R, H04N21/258C2, H04N21/2662, H04N21/41P4, H04N7/173B2, H04N21/258C, H04N21/24D
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