Methods and systems for managing content items
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsDouglas Bay, David Leach
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Abstract
Methods and systems for managing content items are described. A content item may be separated into components, such as chroma components, luminance components, and audio components. For more efficient management of the content, including for storage and delivery of the content, the separate components may be stored at different locations. For example, chroma components may be stored on a central server, while luminance and audio components are stored at other locations, such as edge servers, or vice versa, to accommodate network efficiency considerations. When content is delivered to a player, two or more separate streams carrying different content components may be delivered to the player.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a request to store a content item;
- determining a chroma component, a luminance component, and an audio component of the content item;
- causing a first computing device to store the chroma component, wherein the chroma component comprises a chroma track of the content item, and wherein the chroma track comprises a plurality of packets containing chroma data for one or more pixels of the content item;
- and
- causing a second computing device to store the luminance component and the audio component.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a first computing device, a chroma track of a content item, wherein the chroma track comprises a plurality of packets containing chroma data for one or more pixels of the content item;
- receiving from a second computing device, a luminance track of the content item and an audio track of the content item, wherein the second computing device is separate from the first computing device;
- and
- synchronizing the chroma track, the luminance track, and the audio track.
A system comprising:
- a first computing device configured to:
- receive a request to store a content item;
- determine a chroma component, a luminance component, and an audio component of the content item;
- store the chroma component wherein the chroma component comprises a chroma track of the content item, and wherein the chroma track comprises a plurality of packets containing chroma data for one or more pixels of the content item;
- cause a second computing device to store the luminance component and the audio component;
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- the second computing device configured to output the luminance component.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a request to store a content item;
- determine a chroma component, a luminance component, and an audio component of the content item;
- cause a first computing device to store the chroma component wherein the chroma component comprises a chroma track of the content item, and wherein the chroma track comprises a plurality of packets containing chroma data for one or more pixels of the content item;
- and
- cause a second computing device to store the luminance component and the audio component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.