Abstract: An adaptive variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.

Abstract: An adaptive variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.

Abstract: An adaptive variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.

Abstract: An adaptive variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.

Abstract: An adaptive variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.

Abstract: An adaptive variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.

Abstract: A layered media stream comprising media information layers of different priorities may be adaptively distributed by transmitting at least one of the media information layers to a client on a time-windowed basis. A client device obtains different media information layers during various time windows, and different portions of the media stream may be rendered using different combinations of layers obtained in each time window. In various embodiments, different layers may be obtained from different hosting devices using differing distribution models.

Abstract: An adaptive variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.

Abstract: A variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.

Abstract: A layered media stream may be distributed via a managed server and a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. At least one base layer typically provides a lower-quality media stream, while one or more enhancement layers provide improvements to the media stream. A managed server may provide a base layer to clients. The managed server may also provide enhancement layers through the P2P network. The availability of the enhancement layers may provide clients with an incentive to participate in the P2P network. In some cases, when demand for the media stream is low, the managed server may provide all layers to clients in a traditional client-server network model. When demand for the media stream is high, the managed server may provide only the base layer, making enhancement layers available via the P2P network.

Abstract: A proxy server manages media-data traffic in a network by leveraging the logical separation between the playlist and media segments in modern adaptive streaming protocols to redefine a media stream from an end client's perspective. In various embodiments, the media stream can be redefined from the client's perspective by dynamically modifying the playlist before the playlist is received by the end client and/or by dynamically modifying requests for media segments before the requests are forwarded to a media-origin server.

Abstract: A layered media stream comprising media information layers of different priorities may be adaptively distributed by transmitting at least one of the media information layers to a client on a time-windowed basis. A client device obtains different media information layers during various time windows, and different portions of the media stream may be rendered using different combinations of layers obtained in each time window. In various embodiments, different layers may be obtained from different hosting devices using differing distribution models.

Abstract: An adaptive variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.

Abstract: A layered media stream comprising media information layers of different priorities may be adaptively distributed by transmitting at least one of the media information layers to a client on a time-windowed basis. Within each time window, the transmission of the media information layers is attempted in priority order and lower priority layers are transmitted as network conditions allow.

Abstract: A variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.

Abstract: An adaptive variable fidelity media provision system and method are provided herein.