US 11,778,197 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 Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,099.
Application 17/725,099 is a continuation of application No. 16/918,119, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,343,511.
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 2022/0321893 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 19/147 (2014.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 19/463 (2014.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 19/115 (2014.01); H04N 19/127 (2014.01); H04N 19/184 (2014.01); H04N 19/36 (2014.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 19/196 (2014.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 19/154 (2014.01); H04N 19/15 (2014.01); H04N 19/124 (2014.01); H04L 65/70 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01)
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 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (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. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
receiving, by a computing device, metadata indicative of encoding of a media content item at a first resolution and a first bitrate;
determining, based on a quality of the encoding of the media content item at the first resolution and the first bitrate, 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 and based on the determining to encode the media content item at the second resolution, a second bitrate for encoding the media content item at the second resolution; and
sending, to an encoder, an indication of the determined second bitrate for encoding of the media content item at the second resolution.