Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Management of the channel bar
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Application No.: US15674992Application Date: 2017-08-11
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Publication No.: US10205985B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Ronald D. Lue-Sang , Christopher L. Oklota , Nimrod Gat , Roger Pantos , Simon Goldrei
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: H04N21/222
- IPC: H04N21/222 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/422 ; H04N21/431 ; H04N21/2662 ; G06F9/50 ; H04N21/235 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/443 ; H04N21/438

Abstract:
Videos may be loaded to an electronic device at any of a plurality of bitrates, each bitrate corresponding to a certain video quality level. The bitrate selected may be based on, for example, bandwidth capabilities and/or video quality standards. However, bandwidth capabilities may be taxed or exceeded if multiple videos are loaded simultaneously to the electronic device. Examples of the disclosure can be used to manage bandwidth, adjust bitrates, and/or selectively load video and audio in accordance with bandwidth capabilities to provide uninterrupted video playback at a relatively high quality. Further, video players may be allocated in memory and re-used as a user scrolls and switches through a number of videos playing onscreen concurrently.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170339443A1 MANAGEMENT OF THE CHANNEL BAR Public/Granted day:2017-11-23
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