Patent ID: 9712850
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for maintaining files of an asset of video content at a plurality of content delivery networks (CDNs) for delivery to users, wherein the asset of video content is transcodeable into a plurality of file sizes, the method comprising: determining, by a computing device, that the asset of video content has been distributed based on a first delivery classification, wherein the first delivery classification is used to determine a first combination of file sizes in the plurality of file sizes and CDNs in the plurality of CDNs; monitoring, by the computing device, a set of asset characteristics for the asset of video content; analyzing, by the computing device, the set of asset characteristics to determine whether the first delivery classification for the asset of video content is changed to a second delivery classification, wherein different values for the set of asset characteristics result in different delivery classifications; and when the first delivery classification of the asset of video content is changed to the second delivery classification, automatically, by the computing device, changing a distribution of the asset of video content, wherein the second delivery classification is used to determine a second combination of file sizes in the plurality of file sizes and CDNs in the plurality of CDNs, and wherein the second combination is different from the first combination.