Determining targeted display time of a video frame for a client based on server side timing information

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program for cloud gaming, the computer-readable medium comprising:

• program instructions for aligning a server VSYNC signal of a server and a client VSYNC signal of a client;
• program instructions for receiving at the client from the server a video frame that is encoded;
• program instructions for receiving at the client from the server timing information for the video frame;
• program instructions for determining a target display time of the video frame based on the timing information, wherein the target display time is a targeted occurrence of the server VSYNC signal;
• program instructions for translating the target display time to a targeted occurrence of the client VSYNC signal;
• and
• program instructions for scheduling a display time for the video frame based on the targeted occurrence of the client VSYNC signal.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor and having stored therein instructions that, if executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to execute a method for cloud gaming comprising:
• aligning a server VSYNC signal of a server and a client VSYNC signal of a client;
• receiving at the client from the server a video frame that is encoded;
• receiving at the client from the server timing information for the video frame;
• determining a target display time of the video frame based on the timing information, wherein the target display time is a targeted occurrence of the server VSYNC signal;
• translating the target display time to a targeted occurrence of the client VSYNC signal;
• and
• scheduling a display time for the video frame based on the targeted occurrence of the client VSYNC signal.