Methods and devices for adapting the rate of video content streaming
US10812774B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 6, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/187
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of the subject application may include, for example, identifying FOV and OOS tiles of the video content. The FOV and OOS tiles are received from a video server. The FOV and OOS tiles are encoded using AVC and a first layer of SVC, respectively. Further embodiments include providing the FOV and OOS tiles for presentation on a display, detecting a change in a field of vision, and identifying other FOV tiles of the video content, which comprise a portion of the OOS tiles. Also, embodiments include requesting the portion of the OOS tiles and receiving the portion of the OOS tiles from the video server over the communication network, which are encoded using an enhancement layer of SVC and then provided, to the display, according the enhancement layer in conjunction with the providing of the OOS tiles according to the first layer. Other embodiments are described herein.
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