Methods and systems for providing dynamically composed personalized media assets
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11956520
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing a media item that includes multiple media item segments that are to be played back in a specific manner. The method may also include generating playgraphs for the media item, where the playgraphs define different playback paths between media item segments. The method may next include selecting a specific playgraph from the generated playgraphs, and then providing the selected playgraph to a playback device. Playback of the…
Techniques for limiting the influence of image enhancement operations on perceptual video quality estimations
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11949919
In various embodiments, a tunable VMAF application reduces an amount of influence that image enhancement operations have on perceptual video quality estimates. In operation, the tunable VMAF application computes a first value for a first visual quality metric based on reconstructed video content and a first enhancement gain limit. The tunable VMAF application computes a second value for a second visual quality metric based on the reconstructed video content and a second enhancement gain…
Context-aware interface layer for remote applications
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11949730
Various embodiments of the present application set forth a computer-implemented method comprising receiving, at an endpoint device, a user input associated with a first remote application running on a workstation instance associated with the user, determining, based on a context associated with the user input, a first asset associated with the user input, and causing the workstation instance to modify an asset file in a local file system of the workstation instance, wherein the asset…
Identifying representative frames in video content
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11948360
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for selecting a frame of video content that is representative of a media title. The technique includes applying an embedding model to a plurality of faces included in a set of frames of the video content to generate a plurality of face embeddings. The technique also includes aggregating the plurality of face embeddings into a plurality of clusters representing a plurality of characters included in the media title. The…
Machine learning techniques for video downsampling
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11948271
In various embodiments, a training application trains a convolutional neural network to downsample images in a video encoding pipeline. The convolution neural network includes at least two residual blocks and is associated with a downsampling factor. The training application executes the convolutional neural network on a source image to generate a downsampled image. The training application then executes an upsampling algorithm on the downsampled image to generate a reconstructed image…
Scalable media file transfer
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11936717
Various embodiments of the present application set forth a computer-implemented method comprising determining a set of digital assets to transfer to a destination device, generating, from the set of digital assets, a corresponding set of chunks, where each chunk is a pre-defined size, for each chunk in the set of chunks, transmitting the chunk to a service node included in a set of service nodes, and verifying that the service node received the chunk, where the set of service nodes…
Techniques for generating candidate match cuts
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11935300
In various embodiments, a match cutting application automatically generates candidate match cuts. In some embodiments, the match cutting application detects shot sequences within one or more video sequences, deduplicates the shot sequences, computes an encoding of each shot sequence after the deduplication, and compares the encodings associated with pairs of shot sequences using a distance metric to identify pairs of shot sequences that can be cut together to generate candidate match…
Scalable and real-time anomaly detection
Granted: March 12, 2024
Patent Number:
11929869
Various embodiments of the disclosure disclosed herein provide techniques for detecting anomalies across one or more components within a distributed computing system, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. An anomaly detection system retrieves event data associated with a real-time stream of events generated by one or more components within a distributed computing system. The anomaly detection system computes a failure metric based on the event data. The anomaly…
Automated workflows from media asset differentials
Granted: March 5, 2024
Patent Number:
11924481
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) accessing a first media data object and a different, second media data object that, when played back, each render temporally sequenced content, (2) comparing first temporally sequenced content represented by the first media data object with second temporally sequenced content represented by the second media data object to identify a set of common temporal subsequences between the first media data object and the second media data…
Techniques for advancing playback of interactive media titles in response to user selections
Granted: February 27, 2024
Patent Number:
11917271
A playback application seamlessly advances playback of and interactive media title in response to user selections in a manner that minimizes latency and preserves user immersion in a narrative. The playback application buffers an interstitial segment included in the interactive media title and feeds portions of the interstitial segment to a media player only when those portions are needed for display. When the user selects an option displayed during the interstitial segment, the playback…
Encoding technique for optimizing distortion and bitrate
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11910039
An encoding engine encodes a video sequence to provide optimal quality for a given bitrate. The encoding engine cuts the video sequence into a collection of shot sequences. Each shot sequence includes video frames captured from a particular capture point. The encoding engine resamples each shot sequence across a range of different resolutions, encodes each resampled sequence with a range of quality parameters, and then upsamples each encoded sequence to the original resolution of the…
Media aware content placement
Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number:
11902597
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes accessing cluster hardware information that identifies at least two different types of storage media within a cluster and provides an indication of a respective amount of data throughput for each identified type of storage media. The method next includes accessing popularity information for digital content that is to be stored in the cluster. The popularity information indicates how often the digital content is predicted to be accessed…
Systems and methods for optimizing hard drive throughput
Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number:
11899558
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes accessing a hard drive to measure operational characteristics of the hard drive. The method next includes deriving hard drive health factors used to control the hard drive that are based on the measured operational characteristics. The derived hard drive health factors include an average per-seek time indicating an average amount of time the hard drive spends seeking specified data that is to be read and an average read speed indicating…
Media aware content placement
Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number:
11902597
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes accessing cluster hardware information that identifies at least two different types of storage media within a cluster and provides an indication of a respective amount of data throughput for each identified type of storage media. The method next includes accessing popularity information for digital content that is to be stored in the cluster. The popularity information indicates how often the digital content is predicted to be accessed…
Systems and methods for optimizing hard drive throughput
Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number:
11899558
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes accessing a hard drive to measure operational characteristics of the hard drive. The method next includes deriving hard drive health factors used to control the hard drive that are based on the measured operational characteristics. The derived hard drive health factors include an average per-seek time indicating an average amount of time the hard drive spends seeking specified data that is to be read and an average read speed indicating…
Methods and systems for providing dynamically composed personalized media assets
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11871095
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing a media item that includes multiple media item segments that are to be played back in a specific manner. The method may also include generating playgraphs for the media item, where the playgraphs define different playback paths between media item segments. The method may next include selecting a specific playgraph from the generated playgraphs, and then providing the selected playgraph to a playback device. Playback of the…
Iterative techniques for encoding video content
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11871002
In various embodiments, an iterative encoding application encodes a source video sequence. The encoding optimization application generates a set of shot encode points based on a set of encoding points and a first shot sequence included in the source video sequence. Each shot encode point is associated with a different encoded shot sequence. The encoding optimization application performs convex hull operation(s) across the set of shot encode points to generate a first convex hull…
Comparing video encoders/decoders using shot-based encoding and a perceptual visual quality metric
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11870945
In various embodiments, an encoder comparison application compares the performance of different configured encoders. In operation, the encoder comparison application generates a first global convex hull of video encode points based on a first configured encoder and a set of subsequences included in a source video sequence. Each video encode point is associated with a different encoded version of the source video sequence. The encoder comparison application also generates a second global…
Watermark-based techniques for change-data-capture
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11860849
Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for concurrent log and dump processing. The techniques include selecting, from a datastore, a chunk comprising one or more rows of data; comparing the one or more rows of data in the chunk with a first set of log events in a change log associated with the datastore, wherein each log event included in the first set of log events occurs after a first log event in the change log and prior to a second log event in the change log;…
Techniques for client-controlled pacing of media streaming
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11863607
In various embodiments, a media delivery application transmits encoded chunks of a media title to a playback application. In operation, the media delivery application receives, via a media channel, an encoded chunk request that has been transmitted over a TCP connection. The media delivery application also receives, via a side channel, a pacing specification that is associated with the encoded chunk request and has been transmitted over the TCP connection. As per the encoded chunk…
