Patent ID: 8341516

Claim:
A computer-implemented transcoding method implemented on a website server, comprising: handling a request; selecting an optimal controller; generating a response; and returning the response, wherein selecting an optimal controller comprises: selecting and loading at least one module according to at least one configuration parameter; selecting and loading a plurality of controllers associated with the at least one module; obtaining a plurality of controller priority values and a plurality of controller data strings, wherein each of the plurality of controller priority values is associated with one of the plurality of controllers, and wherein each of the plurality of controller data strings is associated with one of the plurality of controllers; and selecting one of the plurality of controllers as the optimal controller, such that: the priority value associated with the optimal controller is greater than or equal to the priority value associated with each of the other controllers; and the data string associated with the optimal controller is longer than each of the data strings associated with each of the other controllers associated with a priority value equal to the priority value associated with the optimal controller.