Prior art

To identify the most relevant prior art for US patent 10715806, I will use the information available from the patent document itself, which lists its cited prior art. The USPTO provides search tools like "Patent Public Search" and "Patent Center" for searching their database. Patent examiners and applicants both contribute to identifying prior art during the patent examination process.

The US patent 10715806 lists several "References Cited" within its document. I will extract these references and provide the requested details. Since the prompt specifically states "Do not return results for similar numbers," I will focus solely on the citations explicitly listed within the patent.

Most Relevant Prior Art for US Patent 10715806:

Based on the patent text for US10715806B2, the following prior art is cited:

• U.S. Pat. No. 9,906,785 (Naletov et al.)

  • Full Citation: U.S. Pat. No. 9,906,785, entitled “Systems, Methods, and Media for Transcoding Video Data According to Encoding Parameters Indicated by Received Metadata” to Naletov et al.
  • Publication/Filing Date: Filed March 15, 2013; Issued February 27, 2018.
  • Brief Description: This patent describes systems, methods, and media for transcoding video data according to encoding parameters indicated by received metadata. The current patent (US10715806) is a continuation of an application that was itself a continuation of the application leading to U.S. Pat. No. 9,906,785, indicating a close relationship and a foundational aspect of this prior art.
  • Potential Anticipated Claim(s) under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Given that US '806 is a continuation of a family stemming from the application that issued as US '785, it is highly likely that US '785 anticipates aspects of all independent claims (Claim 1, Claim 11, and Claim 21) of US10715806, particularly regarding the core concept of transcoding video data using metadata and encoding parameters. The specific enhancements in US '806, such as parallel processing and specific metadata details like scene complexity and scene change information, would be the distinguishing features.

• U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 15/905,695 (Naletov et al.)

  • Full Citation: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/905,695, entitled, “Systems, Methods, and Media for Transcoding Video Data According to Encoding Parameters Indicated by Received Metadata” to Naletov et al.
  • Publication/Filing Date: Filed February 26, 2018.
  • Brief Description: This is a continuation application that led to US10715806B2. It covers the general mechanisms for transcoding video data based on metadata, including receiving a compressed bitstream and media metadata, decompressing, and then re-encoding using a second coding scheme.
  • Potential Anticipated Claim(s) under 35 U.S.C. § 102: As a direct parent application, US Ser. No. 15/905,695 would anticipate substantial portions, if not all, of the independent claims (Claim 1, Claim 11, and Claim 21) of US10715806. Any novelty in US10715806 would reside in specific refinements or further elaborations not explicitly present in the earlier application.

• U.S. Pat. No. 7,761,892 (Ellis et al.)

  • Full Citation: Ellis et al., U.S. Pat. No. 7,761,892, issued Jul. 20, 2010.
  • Publication/Filing Date: Issued July 20, 2010.
  • Brief Description: This patent is referenced in the description of the "Media content source 102" and discusses systems and methods for remote storage of content and providing remotely stored content to user equipment.
  • Potential Anticipated Claim(s) under 35 U.S.C. § 102: This patent is less likely to anticipate the core transcoding methods and systems of claims 1, 11, and 21, as its focus is on remote content storage and delivery rather than the metadata-driven transcoding process itself. It might be relevant to the broad concept of a "media content source" (as mentioned in claims 1 and 11) or the storage device, but not the specific transcoding methodology. It would likely serve as background art.