Real-Time Sub-Second Download And Transcode Of A Video Stream

• US 20180352273A1
• Filed: 06/05/2017
• Published: 12/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Hughes, Natanael, Paul, Terry, Vigdor, Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 10,701,413 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234309 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/241 Operating system [OS] processes, e.g. server setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

There is provided a system having a content server having a hardware processor and a system memory, a content management software code stored in the system memory. The hardware processor being configured to execute the content management software code to receive a search request for a video content, and identify a plurality of video content streams based on the search request. For each of the plurality of video content streams to determine a plurality of video content threads for downloading the video content stream in multiple segments, execute the plurality of video content threads concurrently at least in part for downloading the video content stream, and reassemble the video content stream from the plurality of video content threads.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a content server having a hardware processor and a system memory;

a content management software code stored in the system memory;

the hardware processor being configured to execute the content management software code to;

receive a search request for a video content;

identify a plurality of video content streams based on the search request;

for each of the plurality of video content streams;

determine a plurality of video content threads for downloading the video content stream in multiple segments;

execute the plurality of video content threads concurrently at least in part for downloading the video content stream; and

reassemble the video content stream from the plurality of video content threads.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of video content streams based on the search request comprises searching a closed caption file corresponding to a dialogue of a video content stream of the plurality of video content streams.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the content server comprises a plurality of virtual machines, and wherein the hardware processor is configured to execute the content management software code to download the plurality of video content threads concurrently at least in part by assigning each of the plurality of virtual machines to one or more of the plurality of video content threads.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to execute the content management software code to determine the plurality of video content threads for downloading the video content stream into multiple segments based on a size of the video content stream.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to execute the content management software code to, prior to executing the plurality of video content threads, transcode the video content stream into a lower resolution.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the search request includes a height and a width aspect ratio of a video thumbnail.

7. A method for use by a system including a content server having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a content management software code, the method comprising:

receiving, using the hardware processor, a search request for a video content;

identifying, using the hardware processor, a plurality of video content streams based on the search request;

for each of the plurality of video content streams;

determining a plurality of video content threads for downloading the video content stream in multiple segments;

executing the plurality of video content threads concurrently at least in part for downloading the video content stream; and

reassembling the video content stream from the plurality of video content threads.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the identifying comprises searching a closed caption file corresponding to a dialogue of a video content stream of the plurality of video content streams.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the content server comprises a plurality of virtual machines, and wherein the executing comprises assigning each of the plurality of virtual machines to one or more of the plurality of video content threads.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining is based on a size of the video content stream.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein prior to the executing, the method further comprises transcoding the video content stream into a lower resolution.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the search request includes a height and a width aspect ratio of a video thumbnail.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a hardware processor, instantiate a method comprising:

receiving, using the hardware processor, a search request for a video content;

identifying, using the hardware processor, a plurality of video content streams based on the search request;

for each of the plurality of video content streams;

determining a plurality of video content threads for downloading the video content stream in multiple segments;

executing the plurality of video content threads concurrently at least in part for downloading the video content stream; and

reassembling the video content stream from the plurality of video content threads.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the identifying comprises searching a closed caption file corresponding to a dialogue of a video content stream of the plurality of video content streams.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the content server comprises a plurality of virtual machines, and wherein the executing comprises assigning each of the plurality of virtual machines to one or more of the plurality of video content threads.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the determining is based on a size of the video content stream.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein prior to the executing, the method further comprises transcoding the video content stream into a lower resolution.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the search request includes a height and a width aspect ratio of a video thumbnail.