Adaptive video server with data rate control and methods for use therewith

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13732473

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A streaming video server includes a virtual file system that stores playlist data corresponding to a plurality of video programs available from at least one video source and that stores variant playlist data corresponding to each of the plurality of video programs that indicates a single variant for streaming each of the plurality of video programs. The streaming video server receives a request for a selected one of the plurality of video programs from a client device. The selected one of the plurality of video programs is retrieved from the at least one video source in response to the request. A rate generator generates rate data based on the transmission feedback data. A plurality of encoded segments are generated from the selected one of the plurality of video programs, based on rate data.

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AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P675 W PEACHTREE STREET SUITE 4000 ATLANTA GA 30308

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Losev, Eugene Brampton, CA 5 75
Maxwell, Thomas Walter Brampton, CA 7 96
Podolsky, Michael Thornhill, CA 4 62
Tahir, Ashraf Oakville, CA 6 81
Tam, King Chiu Vaughan, CA 10 99

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