US 11,677,993 B2
Scheduling multiple-layer video segments
Yong He, San Diego, CA (US); Ahmed Hamza, Coquitlam (CA); Srinivas Gudumasu, Montreal (CA); Yan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); and Eduardo Asbun, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS, Paris (FR)
Filed by InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS, Paris (FR)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,435.
Application 17/850,435 is a continuation of application No. 16/061,245, granted, now 11,533,521, previously published as PCT/US2016/066171, filed on Dec. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/266,333, filed on Dec. 11, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337893 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/234327 (2013.01) [H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/26216 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for streaming video content, the method comprising:
determining that a current playback position of the video content is closer to a first set of future video segments of the video content than to a second set of future video segments of the video content;
determining that the second set of future video segments is associated with higher artistic interest values than the first set of future video segments, and that a playback time of at least one of the second set of future video segments is inside a time window from the current playback position; and
responsive to the determination that the second set of future video segments is associated with higher artistic interest values than the first set of future video segments and that the playback time of the at least one of the second set of future video segments is inside the time window:
determining a number of video segments among the second set of future video segments to request ahead of the first set of future video segments; and
requesting the number of video segments among the second set of future video segments ahead of the first set of future video segments.