US 11,729,244 B2
Systems and methods for media quality selection of media assets based on internet service provider data usage limits
Rajendran Pichaimurthy, Karnataka (IN); Dolphin Masilamany Santha, Karnataka (IN); and Prakash Viswanathan, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to ROVI GUIDES, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/504,023.
Application 17/504,023 is a continuation of application No. 16/453,847, filed on Jun. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,184,421.
Prior Publication US 2022/0038521 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/80 (2013.01) [H04L 65/75 (2022.05); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for media quality selection of media assets based on internet service provider data usage limits, comprising:
receiving a data usage limit from an internet service provider, wherein the data usage limit comprises a data usage limit for particular user account data;
selecting a media asset from a media streaming server, wherein the media asset comprises a plurality of qualities having respective data sizes;
determining whether a respective data size from a selected quality of the plurality of qualities of the selected media asset exceeds remaining data of the received data usage limit; and
responsive to the determination that the respective data size from the selected quality of the plurality of qualities of the selected media asset does not exceed remaining data of the received data usage limit, transmitting a request to the media streaming server to prerecord the selected media asset with a quality having a data size larger than the respective data size.