Patent Document ID: 9621902
Application ID: 13780893
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for transmission of one or more video streams to a plurality of clients, the method comprising: generating one or more content metrics for a sequence of video frames based on content contained in the video frames; estimating a quality function for the sequence of video frames using a regression model and the one or more content metrics; determining parameters for encoding the sequence of video frames by minimizing a joint delay and distortion cost function, wherein distortion cost is inversely related to the estimated quality function, and delay cost is based on round trip transmission time; and encoding the sequence of video frames using the determined parameters, wherein estimating the quality function includes computing a conditional probability density function based on the content metrics, the content metrics including at least bitrate and resolution, wherein determining the parameters for encoding the sequence of video frames includes determining the bitrate and resolution that maximizes the conditional probability density function.