Patent ID: 8752113
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a media server, requests for a portion of a first rendition and a second rendition of a plurality of renditions of a stream, wherein each of the plurality of renditions has a distinct bitrate, wherein the plurality of renditions and one or more overlay parameters are identified by a transcoding template stored at the media server; generating a portion of the first rendition of the stream based on a first set of overlay parameters of the one or more overlay parameters associated with the first rendition, wherein generating the portion of the first rendition includes: generating a portion of a second rendition of the stream based on a second set of overlay parameters of the one or more overlay parameters that are different from the first set of overlay parameters wherein generating the portion of the second rendition includes: sending the portion of the first rendition to a first computing device and sending the portion of the second rendition to a second computing device.