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US 12,610,092 · App. 18/805,480 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

System and method for converting adaptive stream to downloadable media

Inventors: Bradley Reitmeyer (Allen, TX); Paul Martel (Richardson, TX); Christopher Joel Ribble (Garland, TX)
Assignee: RESI MEDIA, LLC
H04N21/2187H04L65/612H04L65/765H04N21/2365H04N21/2743H04N21/432H04N21/440218H04N21/63345H04N21/63775H04N21/8456
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Patent No.
US 12,610,092
App. No.
18/805,480
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for converting an adaptive media stream to downloadable media includes at least one network interface, at least one memory, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive, from a requesting device, a request for converting at least a portion of a media stream into a downloadable multimedia container, initialize a plurality of worker threads, retrieve, via one of the plurality of worker threads, a segment of the media stream from a storage location, concatenate, via the one of the plurality of worker threads, the retrieved segment into a multimedia container, determine that each segment of the media stream associated with the at least a portion of the media stream is included in the multimedia container, and transmit, via the at least one network interface, the multimedia container to the requesting device.

Claims (62)

1 . A method comprising:

accessing, by one or more processors, media frames included in a requested portion of a media stream;

adding, by the one or more processors, the media frames to a media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream; and

by the one or more processors and based on a determination that the media file includes the requested portion of the media stream, providing the media file to a device that requested the portion of the media stream.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes concatenating the media file into the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the accessing of the media frames included in the requested portion of the media stream is performed by a first executing thread among a plurality of executing threads; and

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream is performed by the first executing thread among the plurality of executing threads.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream at a requested resolution; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the requested resolution.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream at a requested bitrate; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the requested bitrate.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream, the request specifying a cropping parameter; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the cropping parameter specified by the received request.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream, the request specifying a resizing parameter; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the resizing parameter specified by the received request.

8 . A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor among the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

accessing media frames included in a requested portion of a media stream;

adding the media frames to a media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream; and

based on a determination that the media file includes the requested portion of the media stream, providing the media file to a device that requested the portion of the media stream.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes concatenating the media file into the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the accessing of the media frames included in the requested portion of the media stream is performed by a first executing thread among a plurality of executing threads; and

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream is performed by the first executing thread among the plurality of executing threads.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream at a requested resolution; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the requested resolution.

12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream at a requested bitrate; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the requested bitrate.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream, the request specifying a cropping parameter; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the cropping parameter specified by the received request.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream, the request specifying a resizing parameter; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the resizing parameter specified by the received request.

15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

accessing media frames included in a requested portion of a media stream;

adding the media frames to a media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream; and

based on a determination that the media file includes the requested portion of the media stream, providing the media file to a device that requested the portion of the media stream.

16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes concatenating the media file into the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream.

17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein:

the accessing of the media frames included in the requested portion of the media stream is performed by a first executing thread among a plurality of executing threads; and

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream is performed by the first executing thread among the plurality of executing threads.

18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream at a requested resolution; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the requested resolution.

19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream at a requested bitrate; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the requested bitrate.

20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request from the device to obtain the requested portion of the media stream, the request specifying a cropping parameter; and wherein:

the adding of the media frames to the media file that corresponds to the requested portion of the media stream includes transcoding the media frames based on the cropping parameter specified by the received request.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2024
From: REITMEYER, BRADLEY; MARTEL, PAUL; RIBBLE, CHRISTOPHER JOEL
To: RESI MEDIA LLC
Reel/Frame 068386/0294 →
Continuity (10)
Continuation 18357032 · Jul 21, 2023
Continuation 17844696 · Jun 20, 2022
Continuation 17206250 · Mar 19, 2021
Continuation In Part 17198307 · Mar 11, 2021
Continuation 16710660 · Dec 11, 2019
Continuation 16017474 · Jun 25, 2018
Continuation In Part 15944312 · Apr 3, 2018
Continuation 15462816 · Mar 18, 2017
Continuation 15252368 · Aug 31, 2016
Related Publication 20240406464A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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