US 11470138

Patent Details

• Title: Apparatus, system, and method for multi-bitrate content streaming
• Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC
• Inventors: David F. Brueck, Mark B. Hurst, R. Drew Major
• Filing Date: May 18, 2020 (Application No. 16/876,579)
• Issue Date: October 11, 2022
• Abstract: An apparatus for multi-bitrate content streaming includes a receiving module configured to capture media content, a streamlet module configured to segment the media content and generate a plurality of streamlets, and an encoding module configured to generate a set of streamlets. The system includes the apparatus, wherein the set of streamlets comprises a plurality of streamlets having identical time indices and durations, and each streamlet of the set of a set of streamlets having a unique bitrate, and wherein the encoding module comprises a master module configured to assign an encoding job to one of a plurality of host computing modules in response to an encoding job completion bid. A method includes receiving media content, segmenting the media content and generating a plurality of streamlets, and generating a set of streamlets.

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