Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Adobe, Inc.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Abhishek Kumar

Toru Sakai

Yongjun Wu

Naveen Prakash Goel

Mayur Hemani

Lei Li

Hai Wei

Brian Manuel Alvarez

Gor Manukyan

Matthew James Eddey

Tulasi Sridhar Reddy Guntaka

Karel Johannes Gerhardus Hinnen

Steven Ramos Carneiro

John Sandeep Yuhan

Mahmood Miah

Kyle Alexander Woo

Anand Ramagopalrao

Christopher Adam Brooks

Ravi Kant Pandey

Lavanya Kappagantu

Sagar Jagdish Hotchandani

Sachin Soni

Amarsingh Buckthasingh Winston

Jozef Elisabeth Aubert

Jeroen Cornelis Van Der Gaag

Kyle Bradley Koceski

Reetesh Mukul

Ravindra Ganti

Gargee Sharma

Patrick Joseph Lewis

Bhakti Ramnani

Varun Chadha

Mukund Manikarnike

Ron Searl

Subash Kumar Bhamidipati

Ying Zhe Chong

Tarun Jindal

Jacco Van Der Gaag

Xiaoran Li

Wilhelmus Johannes Robertus Van Lier

Ananthakrishnan Ramanathan

Avinash Kumar

Matthew Carlo Razza

Nicholas Lovejoy

Vidya Kotteri

Cancan Shi

Apoorv Bansal

Eede Jaya Durga Bhargav

Bhanu Samyal

Shyam Krishnan Moni

Some implementations include methods for replacing advertisements that have been inserted into a manifest associated with live streaming and may include receiving a request for a manifest from a player to enable a user to watch a live stream of an event. The request may be received at a first time when the live stream is already in progress. The manifest may be generated to include content fragments associated with the live event and advertisements based on first set of selection criteria. The manifest may be sent to the player to enable the user to watch the live stream. A seek back request may be received from the player to enable the user to watch the live stream at a second time earlier than the first time. The manifest may be updated to replace at least one advertisement with a replacement advertisement selected based on second set of selection criteria.

Just-in-time dynamic ad insertion (DAI)

Techniques are described for creating and using playback-conditions-adaptive live video encoding ladders.

Content delivery of live streams with playback-conditions-adaptive encoding

Methods and apparatus are described for providing content playback options to content playback systems based on the capabilities of the systems. These techniques determine whether the content options should be provided based on the capabilities of a source device in a combined playback system. The version of the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) protocol used to initialize the connection between the source and sink devices is determined. Based on the version of the HDCP protocol used, an override message may be sent to the content service, in response to which the media player on the source device is directed to an content service endpoint corresponding to particular set of playback options.

Content delivery to playback systems with connected display devices

Techniques are described for synchronizing audio content and video content when server-side fragment insertion techniques are used.

Synchronizing audio content and video content

A system includes a storage volume configured to store a data set in a plurality of data blocks, a data store configured to store a plurality of captures of the data set in a plurality of data chunks, and file retrieval logic. The data set includes a file stored in a first data block of the plurality of data blocks. The file retrieval logic is configured to identify a first data chunk of the plurality of data chunks in which the first data block as captured in a first capture is stored in the data store, retrieve the first data chunk from the data store, and read the first data block as captured in the first capture from the first data chunk.

File extraction out of a backup

A system includes a storage volume configured to store a data set in a plurality of data blocks, a data store configured to store a plurality of captures of the data set in a plurality of data chunks, and file retrieval logic. The data set includes a file stored in a data block of the plurality of data blocks. The plurality of captures includes the file captured at different points in time. The file retrieval logic is configured to identify the plurality of data chunks in which the data block as captured in the plurality of captures is stored in the data store, retrieve the plurality of data chunks from the data store, and read the data block as captured in the plurality of captures from the plurality of data chunks to produce a plurality of file versions.

Version history of files inside a backup

Techniques are described for optimizing event-adaptive live video encoding profiles.

Content delivery of live streams with event-adaptive encoding

Methods and apparatus are described for reducing subtitle information for just-after-broadcast (JAB) content. Redundant information in subtitle entries is removed so that some client devices with limited memory can handle the single subtitle file that is delivered with JAB content.

Subtitle processing for devices with limited memory

An automatic teeth whitening system analyzes digital content and detects at least one teeth region in the digital content. A teeth region refers to a region or portion of the digital content that includes teeth (e.g., human teeth), and the teeth region detection includes identifying each pixel that displays part of the teeth using instance segmentation. The automatic teeth whitening system also finds the visual structure of each tooth in the teeth region using instance contours specific to the tooth. After finding the teeth region and the visual structure of each tooth in the teeth region, a whitening process is applied to the teeth to whiten them. The whitening of the teeth is performed automatically&#x2014;manual steps by the user of selecting teeth regions and coloring the teeth in those regions are avoided.

Automatic teeth whitening using teeth region detection and individual tooth location

An electrowetting display device includes a first support plate and a plurality of pixel walls on the first support plate. The plurality of pixel walls are associated with an electrowetting pixel. A pixel electrode is on the first support plate for applying a voltage within the electrowetting pixel. The device includes a second support plate over the first support plate, an organic layer on the second support plate, and an electrode layer on the organic layer. The electrode layer is patterned to include an opening. A pixel spacer is coupled to the second support plate. The pixel spacer includes a first portion in direct contact with the organic layer through the opening in the electrode layer. The pixel spacer is in contact with at least one pixel wall in the plurality of pixel walls.

Electrowetting display device with integrated pixel spacer

A computer implemented method and apparatus for preserving structural integrity of 3-D models when printing at varying scales, by use of a cueing model.

Method and apparatus for preserving structural integrity of 3-dimensional models when printing at varying scales

An endpoint system provides a REST endpoint for an application. The endpoint system processes request messages based on message pair data for each message that includes an operation and parameter data. The parameter data includes parameter information for each parameter that identifies whether the value for the parameter is to be taken from the URI or payload of a request message. The endpoint system receives request messages that have a URI and payload. The URI includes an operation name. The endpoint system processes each request message in accordance with the message pair data for the operation specified in the request message. For each parameter of the message pair data, the endpoint system extracts the value for the parameter from either the URI or payload as specified by the parameter information for the parameter. The endpoint system then invokes the operation passing the one or more extracted values as actual parameters.

Restful interface system for an application

Techniques are described for providing media presentations that include content originating from multiple sources in ways that are effectively transparent to end user devices. Manifest data provided to an end user device include a key encoded in the URL for each of the content fragments. The key encodes one or more interstitial periods of secondary content within the overall presentation of primary content. When a media server receives a content request from the end user device, the media server determines from the key encoded in the URL and the range of content requested whether the request corresponds to the primary content or the secondary content.

Server-side insertion of media fragments

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