Virtual machine based content processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9875134-B2
Application number	US-201614992891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2016
Priority date	May 21, 2012
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

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 comprising:
receiving performance data, the performance data based at least in part on a previous use of a processing algorithm, the processing algorithm for transcoding content from a first format to a second format;
determining a processing rating for the processing algorithm based at least in part on the performance data;
receiving a request to process content remotely on a virtual machine;
transmitting display information to be displayed, the display information comprising the processing algorithm;
determining error information associated with the processing algorithm;
updating the processing rating based at least in part on the error information; and
storing the error information and processing rating associated with the processing algorithm.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, by a 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
receiving, 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 , wherein the set of providers includes the provider rating associated with each provider in the set of providers, the at least one processing algorithm associated with each provider in the set of providers, and the at least one processing rating associated with the at least one processing algorithm.

6. 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.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6 , 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.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 6 , further comprising:
monitoring the virtual machine to determine state information; and
detecting that the virtual machine is not copying or storing the content in the first format or second format based at least in part on the state information.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual machine is on a virtual private network.

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:
receiving a request to process content on a virtual machine;
identifying at least one processing algorithm to process the content based at least in part on the request, the at least one processing algorithm enabled to process the content by transcoding the content from a first format to a second format;
determining a processing rating for the at least one processing algorithm based at least in part on a previous use of the at least one processing algorithm;
transmitting a response including the at least one processing algorithm and the processing rating; and
receiving a selection of a selected processing algorithm from the at least one processing algorithm and the content to be processed.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , the set of operations further comprising:
receiving performance data associated with the at least one processing algorithm processing the 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.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , 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 content.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , the set of operations further comprising:
monitoring the virtual machine to detect whether the processing algorithm is malfunctioning or performing unintended actions.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , 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; and
computing the charge based at least in part on the metering and the amount of resources.

15. A computing system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing system to:
identify a processing algorithm to process content on a virtual machine, wherein the processing algorithm processes the content by transcoding the content from a first format to a second format;
receive performance data, the performance data based at least in part on a previous use of the processing algorithm;
determine a processing rating for the processing algorithm based at least in part on the performance data;
receive a request to process content on the virtual machine, the request including a requested processing service;
transmit the processing algorithm based at least in part on the request; and
receive a selection of the processing algorithm and the content to be processed on the virtual machine.

16. The computing system of claim 15 , further comprising instructions that cause the computing system to:
determine error information of the processing algorithm based at least in part on comparing the second format to the first format of the content processed in the previous use of the processing algorithm;
update the processing rating based at least in part on the error information; and
store the error information and processing rating for the processing algorithm.

17. The computing system of claim 15 , further comprising instructions that cause the computing system to:
provision the virtual machine;
restrict access between the virtual machine and external entities that reside outside of the network that includes the virtual machine, the external entities including the computing system; and
provide the content to the virtual machine.

18. The computing system of claim 15 , further comprising instructions that cause the computing system to:
determine account modification associated with the processing algorithm

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04N21/4437

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

• H04N21/440218

  by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 (conversion of standards in analogue television systems H04N7/01) · CPC title

• H04N21/25435

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

• H04N21/2343

  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

• H04L63/0272

  Virtual private networks · CPC title