Per-subscriber adaptive bit rate stream management method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8861929
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13087010

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Consistent with embodiments of the present invention, a system may be provided to provide per-subscriber stream management comprising: a client capable of receiving a playlist containing a subset of segments associated with a video asset; a video application server to request subscriber state information and to build state representations in a subscriber database on a per-subscriber basis; a media segmenter capable of providing the video asset in multiple bit rates; a subscriber state manager capable of managing the current state of one or more subscribers in a subscriber database; and a stream manager capable of requesting the assignment of bandwidth from a wireless infrastructure on a per-subscriber basis.

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  • CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mathai, Stinson Flower Mound, US 10 293
Vittal, Mahesh Sunnyvale, US 11 581
Wainner, Warren Scott Sterling, US 29 740

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