Distributed on-demand media transcoding system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9276984-B2
Application number	US-201314028698-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2013
Priority date	Dec 22, 2000
Publication date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016

Abstract

A method for delivering media content over a network includes transcoding the media content to generate multiple copies of the media content, each of the multiple copies having a different destination type or a different source type or both, storing the multiple copies in a cache, receiving requests for the media content, and selecting and delivering a copy of one of the multiple copies in response to each of the requests. A further method for providing media content transcoding services includes fetching media content, selecting one of multiple transcoders for transcoding from multiple source types to multiple destination types, wherein the one transcoder is selected based at least on the destination type, sending the media content to the selected transcoder, transcoding the media content to the destination type, thereby generating transcoded media content, and transmitting the transcoded media content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
processor configured to;
receive information about media content including a URL designating one of a plurality of media content, each of the plurality of media content having a different bit rate,
transmit to a server a request for one of the plurality of media content using the URL, and
receive the media content designated by the URL.

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the request is transmitted via hypertext transfer protocol (http).

3. An image processing method, comprising:
receiving information about media content including a URL designating one of a plurality of media content, each of the plurality of media content having a different bit rate,
transmitting to a server a request for one of the plurality of media content using the URL, and
receiving the media content designated by the URL.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the request is transmitted via hypertext transfer protocol (http).

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Lai Angela C W
• Chartock Howard E
• Pirazzi Christopher V
• Chen Steve H
• Shapiro Jody J
• Hoddie James Peter

Classifications

• H04L65/756

  adapting media to device capabilities · CPC title

• H04L65/75

  Media network packet handling · CPC title

• H04N7/17318 Primary

  Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests · CPC title

• H04N21/2408

  Monitoring of the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. client requests (monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60) · CPC title

• H04N21/8193

  dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool · CPC title