METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PLAY DURATION ESTIMATE OF AN ADAPTIVE BIT RATE MEDIA PRESENTATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220239960A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17584203

    申请日:2022-01-25

    Abstract: There is described a method for determining a play duration estimate of an adaptive bit rate (ABR) media presentation. The method comprises receiving at a network entity a media playlist manifest file of the media presentation, wherein the manifest file is transmitted from a content server to a client and comprises a plurality of entries, each entry linking to a respective different one of a plurality of media segments of the media presentation. The method further comprises determining a data size of the manifest file; and determining a play duration estimate of the media presentation based on the determined data size of the manifest file, a first value that represents a data size of each of the plurality of entries in the manifest file and a second value that represents a play duration of each media segment of the plurality of media segments of the media presentation.

    SIGNALLING CONGESTION STATUS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190239115A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16265805

    申请日:2019-02-01

    Inventor: Matt HALLIGAN

    Abstract: There is described an apparatus for a base station in a radio access network. The apparatus is configured to detect a change in a radio network congestion status associated with a cell or cell sector of the base station that is being used to serve a mobile device, the change being a change to a given one of a plurality of possible radio congestion levels. The apparatus starts a packet modification process to modify one or more packets in each of one or more uplink data flows from the mobile device to a core network of the radio access network, the one or more packets in each of the one or more uplink data flows being modified by the packet modification process to signal, to a server in the core network, the change in congestion status to the given one of the plurality of possible radio congestion levels.

    Connection cache method and system

    公开(公告)号:US09686373B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-20

    申请号:US14263980

    申请日:2014-04-28

    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for maintaining a connection cache at an intermediate server, wherein the connection cache relating to resource requests from a plurality of devices to a plurality of servers remote therefrom. The method comprises monitoring resource requests addressed to a plurality of said remote servers during a first time period; generating statistics data on the basis of the monitored resource requests; establishing a plurality of connections from the intermediate server to a subset of the plurality of remote servers, said subset being determined on the basis of the generated statistics data; and storing data indicative of the plurality of established connections in a connection cache. Caching of connections in this manner ensures efficient use of proxy server resources by only caching connections to “popular” remote servers.

    METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ADDING CONTENT TO A DATA CONTAINER
    5.
    发明申请
    METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ADDING CONTENT TO A DATA CONTAINER 有权
    用于向数据容器添加内容的方法,系统和计算机程序

    公开(公告)号:US20140310292A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-16

    申请号:US14250218

    申请日:2014-04-10

    Abstract: There is described a system for adding content to a data container, the data container comprising one or more segments arranged in a sequence, each segment containing payload data and wherein at least one of the one or more segments is compressed. The system comprises parsing through at least a portion of the data container so as to determine at least one of a beginning and an end of the sequence of segments; and adding content to the data container at the at least one of the beginning and the end of the sequence of segments, while the at least one of the segments remains compressed.

    Abstract translation: 描述了一种用于向数据容器添加内容的系统,数据容器包括以一个顺序排列的一个或多个段,每个段包含有效载荷数据,并且其中一个或多个段中的至少一个被压缩。 该系统包括解析数据容器的至少一部分,以便确定片段序列的开始和结束中的至少一个; 以及在所述段序列的开始和结束中的所述数据容器中添加内容,同时所述段中的至少一个保持压缩。

    METHOD, APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER MEDIUM FOR ENCODING DATA OF A MEDIA FILE
    6.
    发明申请
    METHOD, APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER MEDIUM FOR ENCODING DATA OF A MEDIA FILE 有权
    用于编码媒体文件数据的方法,装置和非终端计算机介质

    公开(公告)号:US20140281001A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US13829800

    申请日:2013-03-14

    Abstract: A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer medium are provided for encoding data of a media file for playback by a user equipment in a communications network. A request for a range of encoded data is received from the user equipment, the encoded data to be generated by encoding data from an original media file. The request for a range of encoded data is converted into a request for a range of original data from the original media file. The range of original data is retrieved and the range of original data is encoded to generate encoded data. The requested range of encoded data, from the generated encoded data, is provided to the user equipment.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种方法,装置和非暂时性计算机介质,用于编码用于通信网络中的用户设备回放的媒体文件的数据。 从用户设备接收对一系列编码数据的请求,即通过对来自原始媒体文件的数据进行编码而产生的编码数据。 对一系列编码数据的请求被转换成对来自原始媒体文件的一系列原始数据的请求。 检索原始数据的范围,并对原始数据的范围进行编码以生成编码数据。 来自生成的编码数据的所请求的编码数据的范围被提供给用户设备。

    METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO CONTENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
    7.
    发明申请
    METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO CONTENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK 审中-公开
    控制通信网络内容访问的方法,装置和计算机程序

    公开(公告)号:US20140157369A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-05

    申请号:US13714229

    申请日:2012-12-13

    CPC classification number: H04L63/10 H04L63/102 H04L67/02

    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program are provided for controlling access to content in a network 400 comprising a user equipment (UE) 402 and servers 406, 434. The UE 402 comprises an application module configured to process executable code using data retrieved from a first server 406. A request message 436 comprising first data identifying the first server 406 associated with the application module and second data indicative of a request for content from a second server 434 received from the application module 428 is analysed so as to determine an access permission. The access permission is based on an attribute of the second server 434 satisfying a predetermined criterion with respect to the first server 406. An access control parameter is selectively included in a response message 442, 448 in dependence on the access permission to provide permission to access retrieved content included in the response message 442.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于控制对包括用户设备(UE)402和服务器406,443的网络400中的内容的访问的方法,装置和计算机程序.UE 402包括应用模块,其被配置为使用从第一 分析包括识别与应用模块相关联的第一服务器406的第一数据和指示从应用模块428接收的来自第二服务器434的对内容的请求的请求消息436,以便确定访问权限。 访问权限基于第二服务器434的属性,其满足相对于第一服务器406的预定标准。访问控制参数根据访问许可被选择性地包括在响应消息442,448中,以提供访问权限 检索到的内容包括在响应消息442中。

    PERSISTING USER PREFERENCES IN AN INTERMEDIATE NETWORK DEVICE
    8.
    发明申请
    PERSISTING USER PREFERENCES IN AN INTERMEDIATE NETWORK DEVICE 审中-公开
    在中间网络设备中保留用户首选项

    公开(公告)号:US20140108521A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-17

    申请号:US14141596

    申请日:2013-12-27

    Abstract: A network device transparently intercepts HTTP transmissions between a user device and a web server. The network device stores user preference information, which allows the intermediate network device to apply the user preference information to retrieved content that is directed to the user's mobile device.

    Abstract translation: 网络设备透明地拦截用户设备和Web服务器之间的HTTP传输。 网络设备存储用户偏好信息,其允许中间网络设备将用户偏好信息应用于被定向到用户的移动设备的检索到的内容。

    Method and apparatus for managing connections in a communication network

    公开(公告)号:US10361921B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US15173160

    申请日:2016-06-03

    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of managing connections in a communication network. A first and second packet are received from a third entity intermediate to a first and second entity in the communication network. The first packet and the second packet are used to establish a third transport protocol socket and a fourth transport protocol socket at a fourth entity. Header field re-valuing information is established based at least in part on first header field value information obtained from the first packet and/or second header field value information obtained from the second packet. Header field values in a subsequent received packet are re-valued based on the header field re-valuing information, either prior to the subsequent packet being input to the third transport protocol socket or the fourth transport protocol socket or subsequent to the subsequent packet being output from the third transport protocol socket or the fourth transport protocol socket.

    Method and apparatus for categorizing a download of a resource

    公开(公告)号:US10193814B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15260161

    申请日:2016-09-08

    Abstract: A method for categorizing a downloading of a resource to a user device from a resource server in a data network is provided. Data of one or more Layer 7 protocol requests from the client device is received at an intermediate server in the data network. The intermediate server forwards the data of each of the one or more Layer 7 protocol requests to the resource server and receives data of one or more Layer 7 protocol responses from the resource server, each Layer 7 protocol response corresponding to a respective one of the Layer 7 protocol requests. The intermediate server categorizes the downloading of the resource to the client device as being one of one or more pre-defined download categories, based on a count of the one or more Layer 7 protocol responses and the determined sizes or estimated sizes of the one or more Layer 7 protocol responses.

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