Tiered cache filling
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11675740
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for replicating a file within a network of servers. The technique includes determining one or more regional master servers included in a regional cluster of servers and causing each regional master server to retrieve a file from a fill source. The technique further includes, for at least one local cluster of servers included in the regional cluster of servers, determining one or more local master servers included in the at…
Display panel of a programmed computer system with a graphical user interface
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
D988339
Display panel of a programmed computer system with a graphical user interface
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
D988338
Techniques for detecting changes to circuit delays in telecommunications networks
Granted: May 30, 2023
Patent Number:
11665075
In various embodiments, a monitoring application assesses delays associated with a circuit within a network. The monitoring application determines a measured trip time between a first device and a second device that is connected to the first device via the circuit. The measured trip time is associated with a first variance attributable to the first device. The monitoring application performs one or more digital signal processing operations based on the measured trip time to generate a…
Automated workflows from media asset differentials
Granted: May 23, 2023
Patent Number:
11659214
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…
Acceleration system for facilitating processing of API calls
Granted: May 2, 2023
Patent Number:
11640368
One embodiment includes acceleration systems that operate as intermediaries between the API processing system and the clients to reduce API call roundtrip latencies. The acceleration systems are a network of interconnected systems that are distributed across the globe. A given acceleration system establishes a network connection with a given client and receives a request for processing an API call over the connection. The programming function associated with the API call is configured in…
Techniques for computing perceived audio quality based on a trained multitask learning model
Granted: April 25, 2023
Patent Number:
11636872
In various embodiments, a quality inference application estimates perceived audio quality. The quality inference application computes a set of feature values for a set of audio features based on an audio clip. The quality inference application then uses a trained multitask learning model to generate predicted labels based on the set of feature values. The predicted labels specify metric values for metrics that are relevant to audio quality. Subsequently, the quality inference application…
Machine-assisted translation for subtitle localization
Granted: April 25, 2023
Patent Number:
11636273
One embodiment of the present disclosure sets forth a technique for generating translation suggestions. The technique includes receiving a sequence of source-language subtitle events associated with a content item, where each source-language subtitle event includes a different textual string representing a corresponding portion of the content item, generating a unit of translatable text based on a textual string included in at least one source-language subtitle event from the sequence,…
Techniques for scheduled anti-entropy repair design
Granted: April 25, 2023
Patent Number:
11636005
Various embodiments of the invention disclosed herein provide techniques for performing distributed anti-entropy repair procedures across a plurality of nodes in a distributed database network. A node included in a plurality of nodes within the distributed database network determines, before all other nodes included in the plurality of nodes, that a first anti-entropy repair procedure has ended. The node determines that a second anti-entropy repair procedure is ready to begin. The node…
Techniques for determining client-side effects of server-side behavior using canary analysis
Granted: March 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11616719
In one embodiment of the present invention, a sticky canary router routes each request associated with a service to either a canary cluster of servers that implement a modification to the service or a baseline cluster of servers that do not implement the modification. The sticky canary router implements a mapping algorithm that determines the routing of each request based on a current time, a time window for the routing, and a characteristic of the request. Notably, the mapping algorithm…
Multimedia content steering
Granted: March 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11606309
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes accessing information related to a playback session in which at least a portion of requested multimedia content is streamed over a network to a client electronic device. The method further includes accessing network topology information for the network to identify which route through the network was used to provide the requested multimedia content during the playback session, including indicating which end node was used to provide the…
Scene and shot detection and characterization
Granted: March 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11604935
A method includes receiving, with a computing system, a video item. The method further includes identifying a first set of features within a first frame of the video item. The method further includes identifying, with the computing system, a second set of features within a second frame of the video item, the second frame being subsequent to the first frame. The method further includes determining, with the computing system, differences between the first set of features and the second set…
Fast-expiring licenses used to speculatively authorize access to streaming media content
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11593459
Techniques are disclosed for improving user experience of multimedia streaming over computer networks. More specifically, techniques presented herein reduce (or eliminate) latency in playback start time for streaming digital media content resulting from digital rights management (DRM) authorizations. A streaming media client (e.g., a browser, set-top box, mobile telephone or tablet “app”) may request a “fast-expiring” license for titles the streaming media client predicts a user…
Extension for targeted invalidation of cached assets
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11593448
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a computer-implemented method of receiving an invalidation command that includes a first asset identifier, and a set of extension value fields, identifying a first file that is stored in a first cache device and is associated with an identifier matching the first asset identifier, comparing attributes of the first file to the set of extension value fields, and upon determining that, for each extension value field, at least one…
On-device multiplexing of streaming media content
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11589058
Techniques are disclosed for multiplexing a dynamic bit-rate video stream with an audio stream received by a client device in a manner that allows the resulting multiplexed stream to be played back without disruption, despite dynamic changes in the bit rate of the video stream that may occur. A content server may stream both a video stream and an audio stream to a client device for playback. The client device may multiplex the video and audio streams prior to them being presented to a…
Dynamic transaction coalescing
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11586632
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes establishing a coalescing service configured to combine queries received at the coalescing service. The method further includes instantiating, within the coalescing service, multiple execution windows to which the received queries are to be assigned, where each execution window has an assigned deadline within which to execute. The method also includes analyzing a first query among the received queries to identify characteristics of the…
Techniques for transparently emulating network conditions
Granted: February 7, 2023
Patent Number:
11573884
In various embodiments, a network emulation application emulates network conditions when testing a software application. In response to a request to emulate a first set of network conditions for a first client device that is executing the software application, causing a kernel to implement a first pipeline and to automatically input network traffic associated with the first client device to the first pipeline instead of a default bridge. In response to a request to emulate a second set…
Systems and methods for reducing forced application termination
Granted: January 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11567784
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include detecting an application running in a background state on a client device. The method may also include collecting state data about a current state of the client device. Additionally, the method may include determining, by applying a machine learning model to the collected state data, that a likelihood of forcible termination of the application within a predetermined timeframe exceeds a threshold. Furthermore, the method may include…
Machine learning techniques for component-based image preprocessing
Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11563986
In various embodiments, a training application trains a machine learning model to preprocess images. In operation, the training application computes a chroma sampling factor based on a downscaling factor and a chroma subsampling ratio. The training application executes a machine learning model that is associated with the chroma sampling factor on data that corresponds to both an image and a first chroma component to generate preprocessed data corresponding to the first chroma component.…
Machine learning techniques for component-based image preprocessing
Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11563986
In various embodiments, a training application trains a machine learning model to preprocess images. In operation, the training application computes a chroma sampling factor based on a downscaling factor and a chroma subsampling ratio. The training application executes a machine learning model that is associated with the chroma sampling factor on data that corresponds to both an image and a first chroma component to generate preprocessed data corresponding to the first chroma component.…
