Server-side scene change content stitching
AssigneeRoku, Inc.
InventorsWim Michiels, David Westerhoff
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for server-side scene change content stitching. An example embodiment operates by providing a stream of first content for display on a display device. Second content to be stitched into the stream is received. Metadata indicates a point in time in the stream into which the second content is to be stitched. A scene change is identified in the first content closest to the point in time. A first frame proximate to the scene change is identified. A distance within the plurality of frames between the identified first frame and the identified scene change is identified. The stream is displayed on the display device, including the second content stitched into the first content.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- providing a stream for display on a display device, wherein the stream comprises first content;
- receiving second content to be stitched into the stream, wherein the stream further comprises a plurality of frames including a first frame and a second frame, and wherein metadata associated with the second content indicates a point in time in the stream into which the second content is to be stitched;
- identifying a scene change in the first content closest to the point in time;
- identifying the first frame proximate to the scene change, wherein the scene change corresponds to the second frame;
- determining a distance within the plurality of frames between the identified first frame and the identified scene change;
- and
- displaying the stream on the display device, wherein displaying the stream comprises:
- providing the first content for display for a period of time equal to the distance and before the stream reaches the scene change;
- transitioning from the first content to the second content when the stream reaches the scene change;
- and
- providing the first content for display after the second content.
A system, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform operations comprising:
- providing a stream for display on a display device, wherein the stream comprises first content;
- receiving second content to be stitched into the stream, wherein the stream further comprises a plurality of frames including a first frame and a second frame, and wherein metadata associated with the second content indicates a point in time in the stream into which the second content is to be stitched;
- identifying a scene change in the first content closest to the point in time;
- identifying the first frame proximate to the scene change, wherein the scene change corresponds to the second frame;
- determining a distance within the plurality of frames between the identified first frame and the identified scene change;
- and
- displaying the stream on the display device, wherein displaying the stream comprises:
- providing the first content for display for a period of time equal to the distance and before the stream reaches the scene change;
- transitioning from the first content to the second content when the stream reaches the scene change;
- and
- providing the first content for display after the second content.
A non-transitory processor-readable medium having one or more instructions operational on a client device which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- providing a stream for display on a display device, wherein the stream comprises first content;
- receiving second content to be stitched into the stream, wherein the stream further comprises a plurality of frames including a first frame and a second frame, and wherein metadata associated with the second content indicates a point in time in the stream into which the second content is to be stitched;
- identifying a scene change in the first content closest to the point in time;
- identifying the first frame proximate to the scene change, wherein the scene change corresponds to the second frame;
- determining a distance within the plurality of frames between the identified first frame and the identified scene change;
- and
- displaying the stream on the display device, wherein displaying the stream comprises:
- providing the first content for display for a period of time equal to the distance and before the stream reaches the scene change;
- transitioning from the first content to the second content when the stream reaches the scene change;
- and
- providing the first content for display after the second content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.