Mingkui Liu

Title: Mingkui Liu and Content-Adaptive Video Ladder Optimization

Introduction

Mingkui Liu is an inventor associated with Culver City, California. His patent work addresses video streaming, focusing on how content delivery systems can select and prepare video versions to better serve viewers under varying network conditions.

Latest Patents

The provided information lists one patent for Liu: “Content adaptive video ladder optimization.” The patent describes methods, systems, and computer programs for optimizing video streaming. A content delivery system obtains one or more video files and determines a set of video ladders for each file. Each ladder represents a transcoded version with particular parameters, selected to substantially maximize a measure of viewer utility. The optimization takes into account the complexity of the video content and historical network characteristics. The system then transcodes the file into the corresponding versions and stores them for delivery to user devices.

Career Highlights

Liu’s listed patent reflects an approach to video delivery that adapts transcoding choices to both the content and the network conditions viewers are likely to encounter. The supplied information identifies 1 patent associated with him.

Collaborations

Zhuqi Li and He Liu are identified as Liu’s coworkers in the provided information. Their specific contributions to the patent are not detailed.

Conclusion

Mingkui Liu’s patent on content-adaptive video ladder optimization describes a system for selecting and preparing video versions according to content complexity and historical network characteristics, with the goal of improving streaming utility for viewers.