18736146. Seamless Content Encoding and Transmission (Comcast Cable Communications, LLC)

Seamless Content Encoding and Transmission

Organization Name

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Inventor(s)

Srinath V. Ramaswamy of East Windsor NJ (US)

Weidong Mao of West Windsor NJ (US)

Jason Press of Philadelphia PA (US)

Seamless Content Encoding and Transmission

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18736146 titled 'Seamless Content Encoding and Transmission

Original Abstract Submitted

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for encoding media content based on an ending delay of first media content and a startup delay of second media content. Second media content may be configured for transmission after first media content in a media content stream. The first media content may be associated with an ending delay corresponding to transmission and/or decoding of frames of the first media content. The second media content may be associated with a starting delay corresponding to transmission and/or decoding of frames of the second media content. The first media content and the second media content may be encoded using different encoding formats. Based on comparing the ending delay and starting delay to a threshold, encoding parameters may be selected, one or more frames may be removed from the first media content and/or the second media content, and/or buffers of one or more devices may be adjusted.