US 12,335,488 B2
Content-aware predictive bitrate ladder
Weidong Mao, West Windsor, NJ (US); Alexander Giladi, Princeton, NJ (US); and Alex Balk, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/455,939.
Application 18/455,939 is a continuation of application No. 17/725,099, filed on Apr. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,778,197.
Application 17/725,099 is a continuation of application No. 16/918,119, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,343,511, issued on May 24, 2022.
Application 16/918,119 is a continuation of application No. 16/235,105, filed on Dec. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,735,739, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/611,304, filed on Dec. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107026 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 19/147 (2014.01); H04N 19/115 (2014.01); H04N 19/124 (2014.01); H04N 19/127 (2014.01); H04N 19/15 (2014.01); H04N 19/184 (2014.01); H04N 19/196 (2014.01); H04N 19/36 (2014.01); H04N 19/463 (2014.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04L 65/70 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04N 19/154 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 19/147 (2014.11) [H04N 19/115 (2014.11); H04N 19/127 (2014.11); H04N 19/184 (2014.11); H04N 19/197 (2014.11); H04N 19/36 (2014.11); H04N 19/463 (2014.11); H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04L 65/70 (2022.05); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 19/124 (2014.11); H04N 19/15 (2014.11); H04N 19/154 (2014.11); H04N 21/21815 (2013.01); H04N 21/222 (2013.01); H04N 21/231 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, first metadata indicative of encoding of a media content item at a first resolution and in accordance with a first Quantization Parameter (QP);
determining, based on the first metadata and different metadata indicative of one or more other encodings of the media content item, a metadata trend;
determining, based on a quality of the encoding of the media content item at the first resolution and in accordance with the first QP, to encode the media content item at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution;
determining, based on the metadata trend and based on the determining to encode the media content item at the second resolution, a second QP for encoding the media content item at the second resolution; and
sending, to an encoder, an indication of the determined second QP for encoding of the media content item at the second resolution.