US Patent Application 18216751. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR ADJUSTING QUALITY LEVEL DURING SYNCHRONIZED MEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK ON MULTIPLE DEVICES simplified abstract
METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR ADJUSTING QUALITY LEVEL DURING SYNCHRONIZED MEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK ON MULTIPLE DEVICES
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Inventor(s)
Joe Bertolami of Culver City CA (US)
Steven Pochapin of Pasadena CA (US)
Benoît De Boursetty of Santa Monica CA (US)
METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR ADJUSTING QUALITY LEVEL DURING SYNCHRONIZED MEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK ON MULTIPLE DEVICES - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18216751 Titled 'METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR ADJUSTING QUALITY LEVEL DURING SYNCHRONIZED MEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK ON MULTIPLE DEVICES'
Simplified Explanation
This abstract describes a method for adjusting the quality level of media content during synchronized presentation. It involves transmitting different streams of media content to multiple user devices, storing the content in buffers, and instructing the devices to start presenting the content simultaneously. If one device's buffer is filling up slower than the other, a lower quality stream is selected for that device and corresponding media content data is transmitted.
Original Abstract Submitted
Methods, systems, and media for adjusting quality level during synchronized media content presentation are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: transmitting, from a server to a first user device, first media content data corresponding to a first stream of a media content item and from the server to a second user device, second media content data corresponding to a second stream of the media content item, wherein the first media content data is to be stored in a buffer of the first user device, and wherein the second media content data is to be stored in a buffer of the second user device; transmitting, from the server to the first user device and to the second user device, instructions that cause the first user device and the second user device to begin presenting the media content item simultaneously; determining, by the server, that the first media content data is being stored in the buffer of the first user device at a slower rate than the second media content data is being stored in the buffer of the second user device; in response to determining that the first media content data is being stored in the buffer of the first user device at a slower rate than the second media content data is being stored in the buffer of the second user device, selecting a third stream of the media content item corresponding to the first stream of the media content item, wherein the third stream of the media content item has a lower quality level than the first stream of the media content item; and transmitting third media content data corresponding to the third stream of the media content item to the first user device.
