Inventors:
Edwin D. Windes - Naperville IL, US
Lam Ping To - Barrington IL, US
Samuel Ying Cheung - Issaquah WA, US
Xinfeng Ma - Naperville IL, US
Misha Gorelik - Lake Zurich IL, US
Thomas Eric Hayosh - Lake Zurich IL, US
William Frederick Dyer - Cary IL, US
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
G06F 17/30
US Classification:
707756, 709203, 707769, 709217, 709231, 707E17014
Abstract:
A method and system for accessing video file content is provided. When a user encounters a web page with video content, the user can select to view the video content and wait for the server to transcode the video file and to stream the transcoded video file to the user's client device. Alternatively, the user may request that the server transcode the video file and to send the transcoded video file to the user's device, where the transcoded video file will be stored. While waiting for the video to be transcoded, the user may browse other websites, for example. In addition, a user may a request may request that the server transcode the video file and to stream the transcoded video file to the user's device in real-time.