Methods, devices, and systems for encoding portions of video content according to priority content within live video content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11012487-B2
Application number	US-202017029993-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2020
Priority date	Oct 18, 2018
Publication date	May 18, 2021
Grant date	May 18, 2021

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining live video content from equipment of a media content provider, determining priority content within the live video content; segmenting the live video content into a plurality of tiles according to the priority content, and transcoding the live video content according to a type of client device. Further embodiments include determining an encoding schedule for the plurality of tiles according to the priority content, encoding the plurality of tiles according to the encoding schedule, and providing the plurality of tiles to the client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining video content from equipment of a media content provider;
generating a prioritization model for the video content;
applying the prioritization model to the video content to determine priority content within the video content;
segmenting the video content into a plurality of tiles according to the priority content;
encoding the plurality of tiles according to an encoding schedule, wherein the encoding schedule is based on the priority content; and
providing the plurality of tiles to a client device.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining a type of client device of the client device; and
transcoding the video content according to the type of client device and the priority content.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining video content comprises obtaining panoramic video content.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the obtaining panoramic video content comprises obtaining one of 360 degree video content or less than 360 degree video content.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining video content from equipment of a media content provider comprises obtaining video content from equipment of a social media content provider.

6. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a primary object within the video content; and
determining of the priority content based on the primary object.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
applying the prioritization model to live video content to determine a likely viewpoint of the live video content.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the generating a prioritization model for the video content comprises generating the prioritization model based on training video content.

9. A machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining video content from equipment of a media content provider;
generating a prioritization model for the video content;
applying the prioritization model to the video content to determine priority content within the video content;
segmenting the video content into a plurality of tiles according to the priority content within the video content;
determining a type of client device;
encoding the plurality of tiles according to an encoding schedule, wherein the encoding schedule is based on the priority content within the video content; and
providing the plurality of tiles to the client device.

10. The machine-readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising:
applying the prioritization model to live video content to determine a likely viewpoint of the live video content.

11. The machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the obtaining video content comprises obtaining panoramic video content.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the obtaining panoramic video content comprises obtaining one of 360 degree video content or less than 360 degree video content.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the obtaining video content from equipment of a media content provider comprises obtaining media content from equipment of a social media content provider.

14. The machine-readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising determining priority content within the video content by determining a primary object within the video content.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the determining of the priority content within the video content comprises determining a primary object within the video content.

16. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, video content from equipment of a media content provider;
generating, by the processing system, a prioritization model based on a group of training video content;
applying the prioritization model to the video content to generate priority content within the video content;
segmenting, by the processing system, the video content into a plurality of tiles according to the priority content;
transcoding, by the processing system, the video content according to a type of client device and according to the priority content;
encoding, by the processing system, the plurality of tiles according to an encoding schedule, wherein the encoding schedule is based on the priority content; and
providing, by the processing system, the plurality of tiles to the client device.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the obtaining video content from equipment of a media content provider comprises obtaining video content from equipment of a social media content provider.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising determining the type of client device.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the obtaining video content comprises obtaining panoramic video content.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the obtaining the panoramic video content comprises obtaining one of 360 degree video content or less than 360 degree video content.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Han Bo
• Pejhan Sassan
• Gopalakrishnan Vijay

Classifications

• H04L65/756

  adapting media to device capabilities · CPC title

• H04L65/765 Primary

  intermediate · CPC title

• H04L65/61

  for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio · CPC title

• H04L65/70

  Media network packetisation · CPC title

• H04L67/10

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