Patent ID: 9544665
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for providing multiple adaptive bit rate (ABR) profiles for a content stream using a single transcoder, comprising: receiving a group of content segments for a media channel; converting, by a transcoder device, a first content segment of the group of content segments from a source format to a first data format, a first time duration for converting the first content segment being less than a second time duration for receiving each content segment in the group of content segments; providing the converted first content segment to a client device; in response to receiving a request for content segments in a second data format, initializing the transcoder device to convert a second content segment of the group of content segments from the source format to the second data format, the initializing being completed during a residual period of time produced by a difference between the first time duration and the second time duration; and providing a converted second content segment to the client device.