Game clip popularity based control

• Main Authors: BORRI, RAMON ZARAZUA, ZAHN, JESSICA, BROEKMAN, DANIEL, HUSAK, STEPHEN, CHEN, ALVIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.01.2016
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

Managing the encoding and storing of game clips that are automatically generated to record video game highlights. Encoding game clips for smooth streaming using adaptive bit rates requires significant processing resources and storing the multiple bit rate encodings consumes significant storage. Therefore, example apparatus and methods compute a predicted popularity for a game clip based on user factors (e.g., status), video game factors (e.g., popularity), game clip factors (e.g., importance of event, uniqueness of event), or other factors. Predicted popularity may differ from actual popularity, therefore the popularity score may be recomputed using actual observations (e.g., number of views of the game clip). Additionally, actual observations may identify correlations between the factors used to predict popularity and the factors that actually determine popularity. Therefore, the prediction function may be dynamically updated to improve the prediction function and thus to improve the user experience.