Method and apparatus for determining a multimedia representation for a multimedia asset delivered to a client device
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a system including a processor, a plurality of client reports from a plurality of client devices, each of the plurality of client reports comprising playback information describing playback of a multimedia representation from a plurality of multimedia representations of a multimedia asset;
determining and storing, by the system based on the plurality of client reports, a plurality of playback metrics, each of the plurality of playback metrics associated with a different combination of a client type and a multimedia representation from the plurality of multimedia representations, and each of the plurality of playback metrics being a probability of successful playback of the associated multimedia representation on a client device of the associated client type, wherein the probability is calculated based on a number of client reports from the plurality of client reports that indicate successful playback of the associated multimedia representation on the associated client type and a number of client reports from the plurality of client reports that indicate failed playback of the associated multimedia representation on the associated client type;
receiving, by the system from a requesting client device, a multimedia asset request for the multimedia asset, wherein the multimedia asset request includes client device information about the requesting client device;
determining, by the system, a client type of the requesting client device based on the client device information;
selecting, by the system from the plurality of multimedia representations, a multimedia representation for the requesting client device based on the playback metric associated with the determined client type and the selected multimedia representation being the highest among the playback metrics associated with the determined client type; and
outputting, by the system to the requesting client device, multimedia representation information corresponding to the selected multimedia representation.
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Abstract
A method (1000) and apparatus (110) determine a multimedia representation for a multimedia asset. The method includes receiving (1020) a multimedia asset request for a multimedia asset at a multimedia representation broker (110). The multimedia asset request is received from a specific client device (120). The multimedia asset request includes client device information about the specific client device (120). The method determines (1030), at the multimedia representation broker (110), a multimedia representation for use in providing the multimedia asset to the specific client device (120) based on the client device information and based on media representations appropriate for a client device context of the specific client device (120). The method outputs (1040) multimedia representation information corresponding to the multimedia asset for the specific client device (120) based on the determined multimedia representation.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a system including a processor, a plurality of client reports from a plurality of client devices, each of the plurality of client reports comprising playback information describing playback of a multimedia representation from a plurality of multimedia representations of a multimedia asset; determining and storing, by the system based on the plurality of client reports, a plurality of playback metrics, each of the plurality of playback metrics associated with a different combination of a client type and a multimedia representation from the plurality of multimedia representations, and each of the plurality of playback metrics being a probability of successful playback of the associated multimedia representation on a client device of the associated client type, wherein the probability is calculated based on a number of client reports from the plurality of client reports that indicate successful playback of the associated multimedia representation on the associated client type and a number of client reports from the plurality of client reports that indicate failed playback of the associated multimedia representation on the associated client type; receiving, by the system from a requesting client device, a multimedia asset request for the multimedia asset, wherein the multimedia asset request includes client device information about the requesting client device; determining, by the system, a client type of the requesting client device based on the client device information; selecting, by the system from the plurality of multimedia representations, a multimedia representation for the requesting client device based on the playback metric associated with the determined client type and the selected multimedia representation being the highest among the playback metrics associated with the determined client type; and outputting, by the system to the requesting client device, multimedia representation information corresponding to the selected multimedia representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising; receiving a plurality of client reports from a plurality of client devices, each of the plurality of client reports comprising playback information describing playback of a multimedia representation from a plurality of multimedia representations of a multimedia asset; determining and storing, based on the plurality of client reports, a plurality of playback metrics, each of the plurality of playback metrics associated with a different combination of a client type and a multimedia representation from the plurality of multimedia representations, and each of the plurality of playback metrics being a probability of successful playback of the associated multimedia representation on a client device of the associated client type, wherein the probability is calculated based on a number of client reports from the plurality of client reports that indicate successful playback of the associated multimedia representation on the associated client type and a number of client reports from the plurality of client reports that indicate failed playback of the associated multimedia representation on the associated client type; receiving a multimedia asset request for the multimedia asset from a requesting client device, wherein the multimedia asset request includes client device information about the requesting client device; determining a client type of the requesting client device based on the client device information; selecting, from the plurality of multimedia representations, a multimedia representation for the requesting client device based on the playback metric associated with the determined client type and the selected multimedia representation being the highest among the playback metrics associated with the determined client type; and outputting, to the requesting client device, multimedia representation information corresponding to the selected multimedia representation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a system including a processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a plurality of client reports from a plurality of client devices, each of the plurality of client reports comprising playback information describing playback of a multimedia representation from a plurality of multimedia representations of a multimedia asset; determining and storing, based on the plurality of client reports, a plurality of playback metrics, each of the plurality of playback metrics associated with a different combination of a client type and a multimedia representation from the plurality of multimedia representations, and each of the plurality of playback metrics being a probability of successful playback of the associated multimedia representation on a client device of the associated client type, wherein the probability is calculated based on a number of client reports from the plurality of client reports that indicate successful playback of the associated multimedia representation on the associated client type and a number of client reports from the plurality of client reports that indicate failed playback of the associated multimedia representation on the associated client type; receiving a multimedia asset request for the multimedia asset from a requesting client device, wherein the multimedia asset request includes client device information about the requesting client device; determining a client type of the requesting client device based on the client device information; selecting, from the plurality of multimedia representations, a multimedia representation for the requesting client device based on the playback metric associated with the determined client type and the selected multimedia representation being the highest among the playback metrics associated with the determined client type; and outputting, by the system to the requesting client device, multimedia representation information corresponding to the selected multimedia representation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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