US 10,313,412 B1Granted

Latency reduction for streaming content replacement

AssigneeTwitch Interactive, Inc.

InventorsCyrus Hall, Daniel Lin, Maciej Laszcz, Luke Curley, Matthew Louis Szatmary, Abhinav Kapoor, Daniel Arthur McClain, Diana Lu, Scott Wang, Spencer Nelson, Phillip Conover, Scott Rabin, Jorge Arturo Villatoro

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Abstract

First streaming video content may be received from a provider. The provider may issue a request to replace part of the first streaming video content with replacement content, such as advertisements. Second streaming video content may be selected as a replacement for a first video player, while third streaming video content may be selected as a replacement for a second video player. Instructions may be sent to the first and the second video player to play a first portion of the first streaming video content, followed by their respective selected replacement content, followed by a third portion of the first streaming video content, with the respective selected replacement content replacing a second portion of the first streaming video content. Replacement of the second portion of the first streaming video content may sometimes introduce latency, which may be reduced using various techniques.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computing system for replacing live streaming video content comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more memories having stored therein instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the computing system perform operations comprising:
transmitting, to a first video player, first instructions to play a first portion of first live streaming video content, followed by second streaming video content, followed by a third portion of the first live streaming video content, wherein the second streaming video content replaces a second portion of the first live streaming video content, wherein a duration of the second streaming video content exceeds a duration of the second portion of the first live streaming video content by a first excess duration, wherein the first excess duration is limited to no more than a segment duration of the first live streaming video content, and wherein the first excess duration introduces a first latency to playing of the first live streaming video content;
transmitting, to the first video player, the first portion of first live streaming video content, the second streaming video content, and the third portion of the first live streaming video content;
and
removing at least part of the first latency from at least part of the first live streaming video content that is played subsequent to the second streaming video content.

4 more elements

A computer-implemented method for replacing streaming video content comprising:

transmitting, to a first video player, first instructions to play a first portion of first streaming video content, followed by second streaming video content, followed by a third portion of the first streaming video content, wherein the second streaming video content replaces a second portion of the first streaming video content, wherein a duration of the second streaming video content exceeds a duration of the second portion of the first streaming video content by a first excess duration, and wherein the first excess duration introduces a first latency to playing of the first streaming video content;
transmitting, to the first video player, the first portion of first streaming video content, the second streaming video content, and the third portion of the first streaming video content;
and
removing at least part of the first latency from at least part of the first streaming video content that is played subsequent to the second streaming video content.

1 more element

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having stored thereon instructions that, upon execution by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

transmitting, to a first video player, first instructions to play a first portion of first streaming video content, followed by second streaming video content, followed by a third portion of the first streaming video content, wherein the second streaming video content replaces a second portion of the first streaming video content, wherein a duration of the second streaming video content exceeds a duration of the second portion of the first streaming video content by a first excess duration, and wherein the first excess duration introduces a first latency to playing of the first streaming video content;
transmitting, to the first video player, the first portion of first streaming video content, the second streaming video content, and the third portion of the first streaming video content;
and
removing at least part of the first latency from at least part of the first streaming video content that is played subsequent to the second streaming video content.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/472,628Filed 29 Mar 2017
Granted: 4 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04L 43/106
Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route: using time related information in packets, e.g. by adding timestamps
H04L 65/765
Media network packet handling: intermediate
H04L 65/80
Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication: responding to QoS
H04L 12/40013
Architecture of a communication node: details regarding a bus controller

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