Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Harshil Vikram Katira

Yongjun Wu

Mairo Pedrini

John F X Gaquin

Andrew Joseph Whittaker

Techniques for a quality of service optimization using a content adaptive slate image in a media player application are described. According to some embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes sending a request for a video from a client device to a content delivery service that is separate from the client device; receiving, by the client device from the content delivery service, a manifest of the video and an intro slate separate from the manifest and separate from the video; displaying the intro slate on the client device; loading an initial frame of the video identified by the manifest onto the client device concurrently with the displaying of the intro slate; and displaying the video on the client device after the displaying of the intro slate.

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Harshil Vikram Katira