SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT BUFFERING AND BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION

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11456482

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A method comprises generating a bitrate template comprising a histogram of bitrate as a function of time for each of a plurality of previously-encoded multimedia programs, each bitrate template indicating actual bitrate requirements for every given point of time within the associated multimedia program, and, prior to transmitting one of the plurality of media programs to a multimedia node, identifying the previously-generated bitrate template for said multimedia program, and, during transmission of said multimedia program, changing a bandwidth allocation for the multimedia node in anticipation of an actual bitrate spike indicated in the bitrate template for said multimedia program.

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DIGEO INC8815 122ND AVENUE NE KIRKLAND WA

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Nichols, James B Los Altos, CA 25 532

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