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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2015
Applicant:

Hulu, Llc, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eric Buehl, Studio City, CA (US);

Richard Tom, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);

Assignee:

HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23113 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 21/2407 (2013.01); H04N 21/25 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method maintains files of an asset of video content at a plurality of content delivery networks (CDNs) for delivery to users. The method determines that the asset of video content has been distributed based on a first delivery classification that is used to determine a first combination of file sizes and CDNs. A set of asset characteristics is monitored and analyzed to determine whether the first delivery classification is changed to a second delivery classification. Different values for the set of asset characteristics result in different delivery classifications. When the first delivery classification of the asset of video content is changed to the second delivery classification, a distribution of the asset of video content is automatically changed where the second delivery classification is used to determine a second combination of file sizes and CDNs and the second combination is different from the first combination.


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