Netflix patents streaming tweaks using file size data
This filing describes a method for streaming video where a device adjusts its settings based on the file size of upcoming video segments. By checking the size of the next part of the video before it arrives, the device can switch to a different version of that segment to ensure smooth playback.
In the filing’s own words
In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method for updating configurations of endpoint devices when streaming media titles includes receiving a first encoding derived from a first segment of audiovisual content in conjunction with receiving size data corresponding to one or more encodings of a second segment of audiovisual content, and updating a configuration of an endpoint device to cause the endpoint device to receive a second encoding derived from the second segment of audiovisual content based on the size data when streaming a media title.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method for updating configurations of endpoint devices when streaming media titles, the method comprising: receiving a first encoding derived from a first segment of audiovisual content in conjunction with receiving size data corresponding to one or more encodings of a second segment of audiovisual content; and updating a configuration of an endpoint device to cause the endpoint device to receive a second encoding derived from the second segment of audiovisual content based on the size data when streaming a media title.
Facts
- Company
- Netflix (NETFLIX, INC.)
- Official title
- USING SEGMENT SIZE INFORMATION TO OPTIMIZE MEDIA TITLE STREAMING
- Publication number
- US20260303909A1
- Application number
- 19403638
- Filed
- Nov 28, 2025
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 21/4621 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/2187 Electricity & electronicsMore from Netflix in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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