Media Content Redirection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021321148-A1
Application number	US-202117357398-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 24, 2021
Priority date	Jul 5, 2012
Publication date	Oct 14, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A content delivery server may allow users to redirect browsed content from one system to another. A user may install or activate a plug-in to a browser, such as an Internet browser, and the plug-in may be linked to the user's account on another service. As the user browses content from the browser, the user may select a command to cause the browsed content to be delivered to the other service, ingested by the other service, and made available to the user from the other service.

First claim

1 . A first computing device comprising:
one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
receive a request for content;
determine whether the content is for current output or future output;
transcode, based on a determination that the content is for current output, a segment of the content; and
send, to a second computing device and before transcoding an entirety of the content, the transcoded segment of the content.

2 . The first computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to determine that the content is for current output based on receiving, from the second computing device, a request to output the content, wherein the second computing device is different from a third computing device that requested the content.

3 . The first computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to select between a file-based approach and a chunk-based approach for receiving the content, wherein the selecting is based on a determination of when the content is to be outputted.

4 . The first computing device of claim 3 , wherein the chunk-based approach is used for current output of the content.

5 . The first computing device of claim 3 , wherein the file-based approach is used for future output of content.

6 . The first computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
cause, based on a request to add second content to a playlist, retrieval of an entirety of the second content; and transcode, based on characteristics of the second computing device, the entirety of the second content.

7 . The first computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
receive a request to add second content to a playlist without initiating playback of the second content; cause retrieval of an entirety of the second content; and transcode, based on characteristics of the second computing device, the entirety of the second content.

8 . The first computing device of claim 1 , wherein the determination that the content is for current output is based on determining that a request to output the content was received within a predetermined amount of time of the request for the content.

9 . The first computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
transcode, based on a determination that playback of the content has completed and based on a determination that one or more segments of the content were skipped during the playback, the one or more segments of the content that were skipped.

10 . A first computing device comprising:
one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
receive a request to add content to a playlist;
determine whether the content is for current output or future output;
transcode, based on a determination that the content is for future output, an entirety of the content; and
send, to a second computing device, transcoded content.

11 . The first computing device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
select between a file-based and a chunk-based approach for receiving the content, wherein the selecting is based on a determination of whether the content is for current output or future output.

12 . The first computing device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
cause, based on the request to add the content to the playlist, retrieval of the entirety of the content.

13 . The first computing device of claim 10 , wherein the request to add the content to the playlist comprises a request to add the content to the playlist without initiating playback of the content.

14 . The first computing device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
receive a second request for second content; determine whether the second content is for current output or future output; transcode, based on a determination that the second content is for current output, a segment of the second content; and send, to the second computing device and before transcoding an entirety of the second content, the transcoded segment of the second content.

15 . The first computing device of claim 14 , wherein the determining that the second content is for current output is based on determining that a request to output the second content was received within a predetermined amount of time of the request for the second content.

16 . The first computing device of claim 10 , wherein the determination that the content is for future output is based on a request to add the content to a playlist.

17 . A first computing device comprising:
one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
receive a request for content;
determine whether the content is for current output or future output;
determine, based on a determination that the content is for current output, to receive the content in chunks;
transcode a chunk of the content; and
send, to a second computing device and before transcoding an entirety of the content, the transcoded chunk of the content.

18 . The first computing device of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to determine that the content is for current output based on receiving, from the second computing device, a request to output the content, wherein the second computing device is different from a third computing device that requested the content.

19 . The first computing device of claim 17 , wherein the determination that the content is for current output is based on determining that a request to output the content was received within a predetermined amount of time of the request for the content.

20 . The first computing device of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
receive a second request to add second content to a playlist; select, based on the second request, a file-based approached for receiving the second content; transcode an entirety of the second content; and send, to the second computing device, the transcoded second content.

21 . The first computing device of claim 20 , wherein the second request to add the second content to the playlist comprises a request to add the second content to the playlist without initiating playback of the second content.

22 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a first computing device to:
receive a request for content; determine whether the content is for current output or future output; transcode, based on a determination that the content is for current output, a segment of the content; and send, to a second computing device and before transcoding an entir

Assignees

• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Swan Mark
• Mao Weidong
• Kotay Sree
• Vickers Mark
• Roowalla Mohsin
• Kennedy Chris

Classifications

• H04N21/41265

  having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204) · CPC title

• H04N21/47217

  for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks (specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312) · CPC title

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title

• H04N21/2343 Primary

  involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements {(video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4821

  using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time · CPC title