Server side crossfading for progressive download media
US9767849B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2250/571
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to implement and facilitate cross-fading, interstitials and other effects/processing of two or more media elements in a personalized media delivery service. Effects or crossfade processing can occur on the broadcast, publisher or server-side, but can still be personalized to a specific user, in a manner that minimizes processing on the downstream side or client device. The cross-fade can be implemented after decoding the relevant chunks of each component clip, processing, recoding and rechunking, or, the cross-fade or other effect can be implemented on the relevant chunks to the effect in the compressed domain, thus obviating any loss of quality by re-encoding. A large scale personalized content delivery service can limit the processing to essentially the first and last chunks of any file, there being no need to processing the full clip.
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