Apparatus, system, and method for adaptive-rate shifting of streaming content
CA 2564861 C · Owner: Major, Robert Drew · Inventors: Major, Robert Drew; Hurst, Mark Burrows
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Apparatus for adaptive-rate shifting of streaming content includes an agent controller module 402 configured to simultaneously request a plurality of streamlets 212. The agent controller module 402 is further configured to continuously monitor streamlet requests and subsequent responses and , accordingly request higher or lower quality streamlets. A staging module 409 is configured to stage the streamlets 212 and arrange the streamlets 212 for playback on a content player 408. A system includes a data communications network 106, a content server 102 coupled to the data communications network 106 and having a content module 112 configured to process content and generate a plurality …
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- Filed May 2, 2005 and granted December 6, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 2, 2025.
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