Abstract: A network may include multiple allocations. The allocations may include: a first allocation encompassing central infrastructure, such as central office servers, data centers, or other core infrastructure; an second allocation encompassing gateway elements or other central consumer premises network infrastructure; and a third allocation encompassing nodes, such as client devices, terminals, or other nodes. A virtualization management engine may coordinate resources from the various allocations to support virtual functions distributed over multiple allocations of the network. The virtualization management engine may determine the distribution across the allocations for the virtual functions. The virtualization management engine may be implemented as a virtual function and be distributed across the allocations of the network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for stalling a host processor. In some embodiments, the host processor may be caused to initiate one or more selected transactions, wherein the one or more selected transactions comprise a bus transaction. The host processor may be prevented from completing the one or more selected transactions, to thereby stall the host processor.

Abstract: A software-defined media platform having one or more media processing units that may be dynamically instantiated, interconnected and configured according to changes in demand, resource availability, and other parameters affecting system performance relative to demand. In one example media processing method, a source media stream may be received via multicast or unicast. The source media stream may be processed into one or more levels of work product segments having different media characteristics by a plurality of transcoding processing units, as needed. One or more levels of work product segments, or the source media stream, may be packaged (e.g., including resegmenting) into final work product segments having select media characteristics, which may be uploaded to a cloud storage unit for delivery to end users.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of providing an image storage service, computer-readable recording mediums, and/or computing devices. The method of providing the image storage service includes selecting image data in a first format, determining an initial compression parameter for converting the selected image data in the first format into a second format, obtaining primary image data in the second format by transcoding the selected image data in the first format based on the initial compression parameter, searching for a desired compression parameter based on whether image quality of the primary image data satisfies a criterion, obtaining final image data in the second format by transcoding the selected image data in the first format based on the desired compression parameter, and storing final image data in the second format in the memory.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for transcoding video data based on metadata are provided. Methods for transcoding video data using meta data are provided that include receiving portions of encoded video encoded according to varying encoding schemes. The portions of encoded video can be re-encoded according to different encoding schemes. Different encoding schemes can be selected according to received metadata. The received metadata can indicate transcoding parameters for use in re-encoding portions of encoded vide. The portions of encoded video can be received from media content sources and the metadata can be received from a media metadata source. In various embodiments, the methods can be performed by a transcoding device and/or implemented via a computer readable media and at least one processing unit.

Abstract: Methods and systems for transcoding from an input media stream to an output media stream, wherein the input media stream and the output media stream are in an indexed file format. The methods and systems are capable of generating an efficiently coded media file where the movie box is generated and sent before transcoding is complete, while maintaining acceptable and consistent quality throughout and minimizing the total size of the file.

Abstract: A video transmission system includes a transceiver module that transmits a video signal to a remote device over at least one communications channel wherein the video signal is transmitted as at least one separate video layer stream chosen from, an independent video layer stream and at least one dependent video layer streams that require the independent video layer for decoding. A control module determines at least one channel characteristic of the at least one channel and chooses the at least one separate video layer stream based on the at least one channel characteristic of the at least one channel.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a transmission method for transmitting data in a telecommunication network (NW), said telecommunication network comprising at least one access network (RAN) adapted to transmit data to/from at least one terminal device (MS) and a core network (CN, MSC, GW/TC), which are connected to each other via a first interface (Iu), wherein said data are exchanged via said first interface (Iu) using a real-time transfer protocol (RTP). Preferably, said real-time transfer protocol complies with ITU-T H.225 and ITU-T H.323 Recommendations. Consequently, transmission resources available on said first interface can be effectively and economically used, since the RTP protocol conforming to ITU-T H.323 Recommendation is adapted to handle discontinuous transmission.

Abstract: A transcoder is provided that achieves lower complexity without picture quality loss. The transcoder may be either an open loop transcoder or a closed loop transcoder.

Abstract: A method for delivering media content over a network includes transcoding the media content to generate multiple copies of the media content, each of the multiple copies having a different destination type or a different source type or both, storing the multiple copies in a cache, receiving requests for the media content, and selecting and delivering a copy of one of the multiple copies in response to each of the requests. A further method for providing media content transcoding services includes fetching media content, selecting one of multiple transcoders for transcoding from multiple source types to multiple destination types, wherein the one transcoder is selected based at least on the destination type, sending the media content to the selected transcoder, transcoding the media content to the destination type, thereby generating transcoded media content, and transmitting the transcoded media content.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed which may include converting data identifying a plurality of visual features into a plurality of pixel characteristic data values; and forming an image file with pixels having the respective pixel characteristic data values.

Abstract: Digitally compressed video/audio bit streams, when transmitted over digital communication channels such as digital subscriber loop (DSL) access networks, ATM networks, satellite, or wireless digital transmission facilities, can be corrupted due to lack of sufficient channel bandwidth. This invention describes schemes to ensure lossless transmission of bit streams containing pre-compressed video signals within the communication channels. The schemes herein comprises a rate conversion system that converts the bit rate of a pre-compressed video bit stream from one bit rate to another, and that is integrated with a digital communication channel, and a means to convey the maximum channel transmission rate to the rate conversion system to allow satisfactory transmission of the bit stream from the input of the rate converter through the transmission facility.

Abstract: A picture type identifier, indicating one of intra-picture coding (an I-picture), forward or backward predictive coding (a P-picture) and bi-directionally predictive coding (a B-picture), is included with a picture signal when the signal is encoded and when the signal is decoded. Each of initial and subsequent encoding and decoding is a function of the included picture type.

Abstract: A picture type identifier, indicating one of intra-picture coding (an I-picture), forward or backward predictive coding (a P-picture) and bi-directionally predictive coding (a B-picture), is included with a picture signal when the signal is encoded and when the signal is decoded. Each of initial and subsequent encoding and decoding is a function of the included picture type.