US 12,294,635 B2
Streaming policy management system and method
Chris Phillips, Hartwell, GA (US); and Charles Hammett Dasher, Lawrenceville, GA (US)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Ericsson AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/136,149.
Application 17/136,149 is a continuation of application No. 16/522,361, filed on Jul. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,880,408.
Application 16/522,361 is a continuation of application No. 15/443,031, filed on Feb. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,397,376, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 15/443,031 is a continuation of application No. 14/024,301, filed on Sep. 11, 2013, granted, now 9,584,573, issued on Feb. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0120103 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 69/00 (2022.01); B64F 1/20 (2006.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04L 67/04 (2022.01); H04L 67/303 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/854 (2011.01)
CPC H04L 69/03 (2013.01) [H02M 1/42 (2013.01); H02M 1/4225 (2013.01); H04L 47/806 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/764 (2022.05); H04L 67/04 (2013.01); H04L 67/303 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04N 21/25833 (2013.01); H04N 21/25858 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/85406 (2013.01); B64F 1/205 (2013.01); Y02B 70/10 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed at a client device, the method comprising:
obtaining at the client device from an audio/visual (A/V) device information indicative of one or more resolutions supported by the A/V device and one or more audio formats supported by the A/V device, the information obtained via an HDMI connection between the client device and the A/V device, the A/V device external to the client device;
displaying on a graphical user interface of a local display of the client device, content available for selection, wherein content options associated with the content available for selection that are displayed on the user interface change based on the A/V device information, wherein the local display and the A/V device have different resolutions;
obtaining a manifest file for the selected content, the manifest file comprising URLs for a plurality of versions of the selected content;
obtaining via a network connection a first version of the plurality of versions of the selected content, wherein the first version is obtained based on the A/V device information, and wherein the first version is specifically supported by the A/V device and is not supported by the local display; and
providing the obtained format of the selected content to the A/V device via the HDMI connection.