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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Piksel, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventor:
Gerald C. Chao, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
PIKSEL, INC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/4335 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04L 67/2823 (2013.01); H04L 67/2847 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4516 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/4335 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is disclosed a multimedia processing method comprising: converting multimedia items into versions of multiple compression levels for storage within a media catalog; and estimating the likelihood of a user consuming each multimedia item based on a consumption history of items within said media catalog and said user; computing the multimedia items to be downloaded and a per-item compression level in dependence on resource constraints at a client device of said user and said estimated consumption likelihoods; downloading a compressed version of the multimedia items; and storing a record of consumed downloaded items.