Patent ID: 8745186

Claim:
A method for adjusting utilization of network bandwidth in a network comprising a media server and a media client, the media client being connected to a display screen, wherein a video media is streamed from the media server to the media client, the method comprising: measuring a distance between the display screen and a viewer; sending an indication of the distance to the media server; determining if a frame rate of the streaming video media is below a human flicker fusion threshold based on the measured distance; increasing the frame rate of the streaming video media to a frame rate at or near the human flicker fusion threshold based on the measured distance in a case where the frame rate of the streaming video media is determined to be below the human flicker fusion threshold based on the measured distance; reducing the frame rate to a frame rate between the current frame rate and a frame rate at the human flicker fusion threshold based on the measured distance in a case where the frame rate of the streaming video media is determined to be above the human flicker fusion threshold based on the measured distance; and receiving by the media client the streaming video media with the adjusted frame rate.