Serving video content segments
US8875177B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 12, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/812
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, executed on a processor, for serving a video content segment at an online resource, includes receiving a request for a video content segment; identifying one or more candidate video content segments to serve in response to the request; accessing a quality factor (QF) and a bid for each of the candidate video content segments; ranking the candidate video content segments based on a combination of each of the video content segments' QF and bid; and providing in response to the request, a set of candidate video content segments based on the ranking.
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