Patents by Inventor Xiuming Chen

Xiuming Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Job dispatcher of transcoding jobs for media programs
    Patent number: 9740732
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method determines a job to dispatch for transcoding a source file. The source file is stored on a node in a distributed file system in which a plurality of nodes are storing a plurality of source files. The method then determines location information for the source file in the distributed file system where the location information identifies the node in which the source file is stored. Also, a node in the plurality of nodes is determined in which to dispatch the job based on the location information for the source file. Then, the job is dispatched to the determined node such that transcoding of the source file is performed on the determined node. The determined node that performs the transcoding of the source file is also storing at least a portion of the plurality of source files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Baptiste Coudurier, Xiuming Chen
  • Job Dispatcher of Transcoding Jobs for Media Programs
    Publication number: 20150088931
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method determines a job to dispatch for transcoding a source file. The source file is stored on a node in a distributed file system in which a plurality of nodes are storing a plurality of source files. The method then determines location information for the source file in the distributed file system where the location information identifies the node in which the source file is stored. Also, a node in the plurality of nodes is determined in which to dispatch the job based on the location information for the source file. Then, the job is dispatched to the determined node such that transcoding of the source file is performed on the determined node. The determined node that performs the transcoding of the source file is also storing at least a portion of the plurality of source files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Baptiste Coudurier, Xiuming Chen
  • Job dispatcher of transcoding jobs for media programs
    Patent number: 8930416
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method determines a job to dispatch for transcoding a source file. The source file is stored on a node in a distributed file system in which a plurality of nodes are storing a plurality of source files. The method then determines location information for the source file in the distributed file system where the location information identifies the node in which the source file is stored. Also, a node in the plurality of nodes is determined in which to dispatch the source file based on the location information for the source file. Then, the job is dispatched to the determined node such that transcoding of the source file is performed on the determined node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hulu, LLC
    Inventors: Baptiste Coudurier, Xiuming Chen
  • Job Dispatcher of Transcoding Jobs for Media Programs
    Publication number: 20140046974
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method determines a job to dispatch for transcoding a source file. The source file is stored on a node in a distributed file system in which a plurality of nodes are storing a plurality of source files. The method then determines location information for the source file in the distributed file system where the location information identifies the node in which the source file is stored. Also, a node in the plurality of nodes is determined in which to dispatch the source file based on the location information for the source file. Then, the job is dispatched to the determined node such that transcoding of the source file is performed on the determined node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: HULU LLC
    Inventors: Baptiste Coudurier, Xiuming Chen