Predicting break durations in content streams

    公开(公告)号:US11102533B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-24

    申请号:US16341708

    申请日:2017-02-13

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: The present disclosure discusses systems and methods to mitigate traffic spikes in retrieving secondary content items for display in concurrently streamed content streams. The system can pre-fetch secondary content items for the upcoming secondary content slots. To retrieve an appropriate content item, the system can predict the length of the secondary content slot. The system can use the predicted length of the secondary content slot to distribute the traffic spike over a larger span of time to mitigate the spike.

    Distribution of network traffic for streaming content

    公开(公告)号:US11184669B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US16462398

    申请日:2017-10-25

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing network traffic during streaming are hereby provided. A server can provide a first content pod to a client device for insertion in a content break separating a first portion and a second portion of the streaming content. The server can receive, from the client device during playback of the first content pod, a request for content to insert into the content break for playback subsequent to playback of the first content pod. The request for content can be generated at a first elapsed time from initiation of playback of the first content pod via a request generation policy. The server can select a second content pod. The server can provide the second content pod to the client device during the playback of the first content pod for playback subsequent to completion of the playback of the first content pod.

    PREDICTING BREAK DURATIONS IN CONTENT STREAMS

    公开(公告)号:US20190268644A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:US16341708

    申请日:2017-02-13

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: The present disclosure discusses systems and methods to mitigate traffic spikes in retrieving secondary content items for display in concurrently streamed content streams. The system can pre-fetch secondary content items for the upcoming secondary content slots. To retrieve an appropriate content item, the system can predict the length of the secondary content slot. The system can use the predicted length of the secondary content slot to distribute the traffic spike over a larger span of time to mitigate the spike.

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