US 12,292,924 B2
Automation of differential media uploading
Michael A. Radford, Bainbridge Island, WA (US); Pierre-Anthony Stivell Lemieux, San Mateo, CA (US); Anil Chakrahari, Burbank, CA (US); Christian Parker, Louisville, CO (US); Mitchel C. Jacobs, Malibu, CA (US); Michael Fernandez, Los Angeles, CA (US); Larry Barker, Santa Clarita, CA (US); and Benjamin Eric Pearson, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,644.
Prior Publication US 2024/0320264 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 16/732 (2019.01); G06F 16/74 (2019.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 16/7328 (2019.01) [G06F 16/743 (2019.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A differential media uploading system comprising:
a hardware processor; and
a system memory storing a software code;
the hardware processor configured to execute the software code to:
receive a timeline file including a playlist track for a video file;
determine whether at least one of a plurality of pre-existing video frames stored in a media mastering system includes a respective image depicted by a first video frame contained in the video file;
when determining determines that the at least one of the plurality of pre-existing video frames includes the respective image, disregard the first video frame; and
when determining determines that none of the plurality of pre-existing video frames includes the respective image, encode the first video frame to provide an encoded first video frame, and upload the encoded first video frame to the media mastering system.