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Distributed Architecture for Encoding and Delivering Video Content

  • US 20130343450A1
  • Filed: 06/11/2013
  • Published: 12/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a memory that stores a collection of video content items, wherein each of the video content items includes a corresponding encoded video stream and corresponding side information stream;

    one or more video transcoder devices; and

    a controller, wherein, in response to each of a plurality of content requests for a given one of the video content items from a respective plurality of user devices, the controller is configured to assign an available one of the one or more video transcoder devices to serve the respective user device, wherein the user devices have respectively different configurations of video processing capability (VPC), wherein each assigned video transcoder device is configured to;

    receive the encoded video stream and side information stream of the given video content item; and

    transcode the encoded video stream using the side information stream and according to the VPC configuration of the respective user device, in order to obtain a respective target encoded video stream; and

    transmit the respective target encoded video stream to the respective user device through a communication medium.

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