Dynamic allocation of subtitle packaging
US10230812B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/63
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A set of transcoding techniques are described for transcoding or otherwise processing content, such as media content that includes textual information (e.g., subtitles), to implement subtitles container conversion from one streaming media format to another, with the ability to combine and split input subtitle segments to create subtitle streams of differing lengths with minimal processing overhead. A copy of textual information is stored at a content delivery network (CDN) point-of-presence (POP) server, network edge server device, or other device. When a device requests the content, the CDN POP server determines the type of device based on the information contained in the request and transcodes the textual information substantially in real-time into the correct encoding for that particular type of device when providing the textual information to the device. For example, if the requesting device is recognized to be a mobile phone having a particular operating system, the system can transcode the textual information into an appropriate format. The transcoding can be performed dynamically at the time of transmitting the textual information to the device.
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