Virtual machine based content processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10649801-B2
Application number	US-201815876932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2018
Priority date	May 21, 2012
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

A set of techniques is described for enabling a virtual machine based transcoding system. The system enables any transcoding provider to make their transcoding service available to other users over a network. The system can automate the deployment, execution and delivery of the transcoding service on behalf of the transcoding provider and enable other users to use the transcoding services to transcode content. The system receives a virtual machine image, transfers the image to a location where the media content is stored and creates a virtual private network of resources that will perform the transcoding of the media content. The virtual private network may be firewalled or otherwise restricted from opening connections with external clients when transcoding the content in order to prevent malicious use of the media content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method for providing virtual machine based transcoding, said method comprising:
obtaining a request to transcode media content stored in a resource center;
determining, by a computer system, a prediction of transcoding for one or more compute instances based at least in part on a history of requests for processing the media content;
determining that a transcoding of the media content into one or more formats by the one or more compute instances matches the prediction of transcoding;
causing, by the computer system, a virtual machine image to be stored on the resource center, the virtual machine image including at least an operating system and information for configuring the one or more compute instances;
initiating the one or more compute instances to access the media content stored in the resource center based at least in part on the virtual machine image; and
causing the media content to be transcoded from a first format into a second format by the one or more compute instances in the resource center, the second format determined based at least in part on the prediction of transcoding and the one or more compute instances.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, by the computer system, a provider associated with the processing algorithm to process the content on the virtual machine;
determining a provider rating associated with the provider, the provider rating included in the display information; and
storing the provider rating.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
requesting performance data associated with the processing algorithm;
storing the performance data;
updating the processing rating based at least in part on the performance data; and
transmitting the performance data for display with the updated processing rating.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting a set of providers based at least in part on the request, and for each provider:
providing a provider rating associated with each provider;
identifying at least one processing algorithm provided by each provider; and
determining at least one processing rating associated with the at least one processing algorithm;

providing the set of providers for display; and
obtaining, from a computing device, a selection for a selected processing algorithm identified in the set of providers.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising
processing the content using the selected processing algorithm, wherein the selected processing algorithm processes the content on the virtual machine by transcoding the content from the first format to the second format.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
comparing the second format to the first format; and
calculating the error information based at least in part on comparing the second format of the content to the first format.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
instantiating a virtual private network of the one or more compute instances based at least in part on the virtual machine image; and
restricting access between the one or more compute instances of the virtual private network and one or more external clients outside of the virtual private network based at least in part on the virtual machine image.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising:
selecting at least one virtual network of a plurality of existing virtual networks in the resource center; and
causing the media content to be transcoded by the one or more compute instances of the at least one virtual network.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising:
monitoring the one or more compute instances of the virtual private network to determine state information; and
detecting that the one or more compute instances is not copying or storing the media content in the first format or second format based at least in part on the state information.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a set of operations comprising:
obtaining a request to transcode media content stored in a resource center;
determining, by a computer system, a prediction of transcoding for compute instances based at least in part on a history of requests for processing the media content;
identifying the compute instances to match the prediction of processing, the compute instances configured to process the media content into one or more formats; and
causing the media content to be processed from a first format into a second format by the compute instances in the resource center, the second format determined based at least in part on the prediction of processing and the compute instances identified.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , the set of operations further comprising:
causing, by the computer system, a virtual machine image to be stored on the resource center, the virtual machine image including at least an operating system and information for configuring the one or more compute instances; and
initiating the one or more compute instances to access the media content stored in the resource center based at least in part on the virtual machine image and the prediction of processing.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , the set of operations further comprising:
obtaining performance data associated with at least one processing algorithm processing the media content, the performance data including comparing the second format to the first format;
determining error information based at least in part on comparing the second format to the first format; and
updating the processing rating based at least in part on the error information and the performance data.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , the set of operations further comprising:
identifying a provider associated with the at least one processing algorithm; and
computing an account modification associated with processing the media content.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , the set of operations further comprising:
monitoring the compute instances to detect whether the processing algorithm is malfunctioning or performing unintended actions.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , the set of operations further comprising:
metering the content processed from the first format to the second format;
determining an amount of resources on the virtual machine used to process the content based on the metering.

16. A computing system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing system to:
obtain a request to transcode media content stored in a resource center;
determine, by a computer system, a prediction of processing for a virtual machine based at least in part on a history of requests for processing the media content;
identify the virtual machine to match the prediction of processing, the virtual machine configured to process the media content into one or more formats;
cause, by the computer system, a virtual machine image to be stored on the resource center, the virtual machine image including at least an operating system and information for configuring the virtual machine;
initiate the virtual machine to access the media conten

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Gabrielson Jacob
• Velummylum Piragash
• Marshall Bradley E
• Corley Jonathan B

Classifications

• H04L63/0272

  Virtual private networks · CPC title

• H04L67/10 Primary

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• G06F9/45558 Primary

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• H04N21/25435

  involving characteristics of content or additional data, e.g. video resolution or the amount of advertising · CPC title

• H04N21/4437

  Implementing a Virtual Machine [VM] (virtual machines in general G06F9/45533) · CPC title