公开(公告)号：US20170311048A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

申请号：US15649367

申请日：2017-07-13

Applicant: Echostar Technologies LLC

Inventor： Robert Drew Major ,  Mark B. Hurst ,  Herrick Muhlestein

IPC: H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/845

CPC classification number: H04N21/64738 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/602 ,  H04N21/23439 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: Various systems, methods and devices adaptively manage the multicast delivery of multiple media programs. Each of the media programs is encoded into multiple media streams, each stream having a different bitrate, frame rate, resolution or other encoding parameter. A computer receives feedback about the delivery of the multiple streams and automatically adapts the number of streams available for at least one of the multiple media programs in response to the received feedback. This allows resources to be applied to those multicast streams having the greatest user demand.

公开(公告)号：US10412464B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15649367

申请日：2017-07-13

Applicant: Echostar Technologies LLC

Inventor： Robert Drew Major ,  Mark B. Hurst ,  Herrick Muhlestein

IPC: H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04N21/845

Abstract: Various systems, methods and devices adaptively manage the multicast delivery of multiple media programs. Each of the media programs is encoded into multiple media streams, each stream having a different bitrate, frame rate, resolution or other encoding parameter. A computer receives feedback about the delivery of the multiple streams and automatically adapts the number of streams available for at least one of the multiple media programs in response to the received feedback. This allows resources to be applied to those multicast streams having the greatest user demand.

公开(公告)号：US20170279863A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-28

申请号：US15621811

申请日：2017-06-13

Applicant: Echostar Technologies LLC

Inventor： Mark B. Hurst ,  David S. Anderson ,  Krysta L. Hurst

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/432 ,  H04N21/81

CPC classification number: H04L65/4069 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/4325 ,  H04N21/44209 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/64753 ,  H04N21/64769 ,  H04N21/8166

Abstract: A system and method are provided for managing multiple video players executing on a client software platform. The method includes the operation of displaying a plurality of video players viewable by an end user. Each video player can have at least one video data stream supplied over a data network. A priority value can be applied to selected video players. In addition, an amount of bandwidth available from the data network to supply the plurality of video players can then be determined. Another operation is calculating whether the selected video players can sustain a video playback quality above a pre-defined threshold using the determined amount of bandwidth available. This operation can include appropriately apportioning and managing bandwidth and/or processing power allotments between the video players based on the priority assignments when the bandwidth and/or processing power is less than what the video players want to consume A modify playback message may be sent to at least one video player when the video playback rate is not sustainable or has become sustainable again.