Seamless switching from a linear to a personalized video stream
US10979775B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 14, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8456
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method for receiving video streams (1001, 1003, 1004) from a video server (10) in a client device (20), the video streams comprising a sequence of videos in a binary data format, the method comprising: receiving (101) a linear video stream (1001) from the video server in the client device; receiving (102) a switching signal (1002) from the video server in the client device; and in response to the switching signal, switching (104) from receiving the linear video stream to receiving (105) a personalized video stream (1003) from the video server in the client device, wherein a last video finishes (103) before switching to the personalized video stream, wherein the last video is a video that is being received in the linear video stream when the switching signal is received in the client device.
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