Integrating overlaid digital content into displayed data via graphics processing circuitry
US11277658B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 20, 2021 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8583
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus, method, and computer readable medium that include accessing a frame buffer of a graphics processing unit (GPU), analyzing, in the frame buffer of the GPU, a frame representing a section of a stream of displayed data that is being displayed by an apparatus, identifying a reference patch that includes a unique identifier associated with an available area in which secondary digital content is insertable in the displayed data that is being displayed by the apparatus, decoding the encoded data of the unique identifier, retrieving the secondary digital content from the remote device based on the unique identifier, and overlaying the secondary digital content into the displayed data in accordance with the available area, the screen position, and the size identified by the unique identifier.
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