Integrating overlaid digital content into displayed data via graphics processing circuitry
US11758218B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 2022 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2042 |
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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