US 12,432,524 B2
Methods and system for providing multiple video content streams over different communication networks
Soumyajit Chakraborty, Somerset, NJ (US); Stephen Francis Triano, Hillsborough, NJ (US); and James Gordon Beattie, Jr., Bergenfield, NJ (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,018.
Application 17/677,018 is a continuation of application No. 16/793,115, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,290,934.
Application 16/793,115 is a continuation of application No. 16/251,727, filed on Jan. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,602,414, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Application 16/251,727 is a continuation of application No. 15/250,361, filed on Aug. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,231,159, issued on Mar. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0182908 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04L 43/0882 (2022.01); H04N 21/6405 (2011.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/023 (2013.01) [H04W 36/00698 (2023.05); H04W 36/008375 (2023.05); H04W 36/1443 (2023.05); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04L 43/0882 (2013.01); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, a group of video content streams from a group of mobile devices;
determining, by the processing system, that each video content stream of the group of video content streams comprises a live video content stream of a live event resulting in a first determination;
determining, by the processing system, content of the group of video content streams pertains to a particular live event resulting in a second determination;
determining, by the processing system, a first location of a first portion of the group of mobile devices resulting in a third determination and determining, by the processing system, a second location of a second portion of the group of mobile devices resulting a fourth determination;
based on the first determination, the second determination, the third determination, and the fourth determination, identifying, by the processing system, a predicted traffic pattern on a first wireless communication network; and
streaming, by the processing system, a first portion of the group of video content streams over the first wireless communication network based on the predicted traffic pattern and streaming a second portion of the group of video content streams over a second wireless communication network based on the predicted traffic pattern, wherein the streaming of the first portion of the group of video content streams comprises multicasting, by the processing system, the first portion of the group of video content streams over the first wireless communication network, wherein the streaming of the second portion of the group of video content streams comprises multicasting, by the processing system, the second portion of the group of video content streams over the second wireless communication network.