US 12,132,963 B2
Video quality optimization based on display capabilities
Michael D. Sprenger, Boulder, CO (US); and Zubin Ingah, Centennial, CO (US)
Assigned to CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,221.
Application 18/384,221 is a continuation of application No. 17/832,738, filed on Jun. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,805,297.
Application 17/832,738 is a continuation of application No. 17/174,595, filed on Feb. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,363,340, issued on Jun. 14, 2022.
Application 17/174,595 is a continuation of application No. 16/458,982, filed on Jul. 1, 2019, granted, now 10,932,007, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Application 16/458,982 is a continuation of application No. 15/477,356, filed on Apr. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,341,732, issued on Jul. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/395,507, filed on Sep. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064376 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/47217 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 21/433 (2013.01); H04N 21/44029 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
detecting, with a computing system, that a first playback device has been disconnected during presentation of a first media content and detecting a second playback device that is different from the first playback device has been connected;
based on a determination that the first playback device has been disconnected during presentation of the first media content and based on a determination that the second playback device that is different from the first playback device has been connected, autonomously determining, with the computing system, one or more second playback device characteristics of a plurality of characteristics of the second playback device and relaying, with the computing system, a version of the first media content having one or more second playback device presentation characteristics associated with the second playback device for presentation.