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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsGiovanni M. Agnoli, Christopher V. Pirazzi, Howard Chartock, Steve Chen, Harry Chomsky, Angela C. Lai, Kerrick Lindsey, David Pawson, Jody Shapiro, Daniel Weaver
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A system, method, and computer program product for publishing transcoded media content in response to publishing service requests from end users. A user request for media content, is processed intelligently, either by directing the processing of the request to one of a set of transcoding servers so as to effectively balance the load among the servers, or by directing the processing of the request to an appropriate alternative means for satisfying the request. Transcoding tasks can be prioritized. Moreover, the current load on any particular transcoding server can be monitored in conjunction with determination of the load to be created by a transcoding task, in order to facilitate server selection. Transcoding can be performed on-demand or in a batch mode. Alternatively, a request can be satisfied by distributing media content that has already been transcoded and is resident in cache memory in anticipation of such requests.
A system for publishing transcoded media content, comprising:
A method of providing transcoded media content to a destination client in response to a publishing service request from a requesting client, comprising the steps of:
A method of providing transcoded media content to a destination client in response to a publishing service request from a requesting client, comprising the steps of:
A method of providing transcoded media content to a destination client in response to a publishing service request from a requesting client, comprising the steps of:
A method of providing transcoded media content to a destination client in response to a publishing service request from a requesting client, comprising the steps of:
A method of providing transcoded media content in response to a batch media provider request, comprising the steps of:
A method for determining how to publish requested transcoded media content, comprising the steps of:
A method of speculatively issuing a batch media provider request, comprising the steps of:
A method of ascertaining availability of a server, comprising the steps of:
A method of shutting down a server in a manner transparent to a client, comprising the steps of:
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