公开(公告)号：US20210067841A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US16690071

申请日：2019-11-20

Applicant: NETFLIX, INC.

Inventor： Francisco J. SAN MIGUEL ,  Ameya VASANI ,  Dmitry VASILYEV ,  Chih Hao LIN ,  Xiaomei LIU ,  Naveen MAREDDY ,  Guanhua YE ,  Megha MANOHARA ,  Anush MOORTHY

IPC: H04N21/81 ,  G06F9/54 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/858

Abstract: In various embodiments, a function build application compiles source code to generate an executable version of a function that has a first function signature. The function build application then replaces a first data type of a first parameter included in the first function signature with a second data type to generate a second function signature for a client stub function. Subsequently, the function build application generates a remote procedure call (RPC) client that includes the client stub function. Notably, the RPC client causes the function to execute when the client stub function is invoked. Advantageously, unlike conventional techniques that require manual generation of strongly typed functions, the function build application automatically customizes the RPC client for the function.

公开(公告)号：US20210064416A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US16690075

申请日：2019-11-20

Applicant: NETFLIX, INC.

Inventor： Francisco J. SAN MIGUEL ,  Ameya VASANI ,  Dmitry VASILYEV ,  Chih Hao LIN ,  Xiaomei LIU ,  Naveen MAREDDY ,  Guanhua YE ,  Megha MANOHARA ,  Anush MOORTHY

IPC: G06F9/48

Abstract: In various embodiments, a serverless function agent determines that a client stub function has been invoked with a first set of arguments in a first execution environment. The serverless function agent then performs one or more operations on a media item that is associated with a first argument included in the first set of arguments to generate a second argument included in a second set of arguments. Notably, the first argument has a first data type and the second argument has a second data type. Subsequently, the serverless function agent invokes a function with the second set of arguments in a second execution environment. Advantageously, because the serverless function agent automatically performs operations on the media item, the overall amount of technical know-how and manual effort required to enable the function to successfully execute on a wide range of media items can be reduced.

公开(公告)号：US20200272568A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16798103

申请日：2020-02-21

Applicant: NETFLIX, INC.

Inventor： Barak ALON ,  Zoran SIMIC ,  Darrell DENLINGER ,  Ameya VASANI

IPC: G06F12/0868 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F16/14 ,  G06F16/182

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application set forth a computer-implemented method for accessing data comprising identifying a first set of read operations occurring during a first time period, where each read operation included in the set of read operations is associated with retrieving a different portion of at least one object from a storage system, determining a byte density associated with the set of read operations, where the byte density indicates a size of contiguous portions of the at least one object that were retrieved during the first time period, and determining, based on the byte density, a pre-buffering block size for a read operation during a second period, where the pre-buffering block size specifies a size of a portion of at least one object that is to be retrieved from the storage system.