Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Dionysius Mavromatis

Ariff Sidi

David John Watson

Adam D Eivy

Skarphedinn S Hedinsson

Katharine S Navarre

Jason E Lewis

Sujal Shah

Skarpi Hedinsson

Charles V Pritchard

According to one exemplary implementation, a system includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing software code, the hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to provide a non-fungible token (NFT) for transfer of a right to the NFT, the NFT minted to include first metadata providing a historical rights record of the NFT, the historical rights record identifying a present owner of the right to the NFT. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the software code to receive transfer data relating to the transfer of the right to the NFT by the present owner to a new owner of the right to the NFT, re-mint the NFT to further include second metadata relating to the transfer data in the historical rights record, the second metadata identifying the new owner, and deliver the re-minted NFT, including the first and second metadata, to the new owner.

Enabling deep historical data use via NFT re-minting

A media processing engine selectively transcodes only a portion of the media clips to be included in a personalized media program and generates playback data that allows seamless playback of the personalized media program. The media processing engine analyzes initial playback data associated with the media program that indicates the media clips needed to generate the personalized media program. The media processing engine identifies one or more transitions between media clips in the personalized media program and determines specific segments of those media clips that are associated with the identified transition(s). The media processing engine performs transcoding operations with the determined segments of the media clips to generate one or more transition clips. The media processing engine then updates the initial playback data to indicate that the transition clip(s) should be played during the corresponding transition(s) between the associated media clips.

Generating media programs configured for seamless playback

A generative media pipeline automatically creates a personalized media program that is customized to reflect the specific viewing preferences of at least one individual user. The generative media pipeline obtains user data indicating the viewing preferences associated with the user and optionally the viewing context of the user. A recommendation service within the generative media pipeline provides a set of content options that includes various types of media content corresponding to the viewing preferences. A recipe service within the generative media pipeline obtains a recipe that defines the logical structure of the personalized media program. The recipe service populates the recipe by executing one or more video processing functions with some or all media content included in the content options. The recipe service thereby generates a logically structured and polished personalized media program that is individually tailored to reflect the specific preferences of the user.

Automated media production pipeline for generating personalized media content

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to distribution of media content.

System and/or method for distributing media content

There is provided a system and method for determining an optimal bandwidth for a communication between a networked client device and a server. There is provided a method comprising identifying the networked client device, identifying a location of the networked client device, obtaining a client device profile for the networked client device corresponding to the location, and determining the optimal bandwidth using the client device profile. In this manner, client devices may almost instantly stream the highest quality video available.

Optimized communication of media content to client devices

Optimized video streaming to client devices

Methods and systems are disclosed for providing one or more protected segments of a media content segment, selectively providing access to at least a portion of said one or more protected segments in response to an access of a gating segment for a duration, and setting said duration in response to a selection to access said media content segment.

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