Back to results
US 12,712,995 B2Granted
Dynamic distribution of three-dimensional content
AssigneeAdeia Media Holdings LLC
InventorRoss Gilson
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and software are disclosed for sending only a first video component (e.g., data comprising one of a left or right component) of content to a plurality of client devices. Further aspects provide for sending, responsive to a request from one of the plurality of client devices, both the first video component and a second video component (e.g., data comprising both of the left and right components) to one or more of the plurality of client devices.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- at a first time, identifying, in storage, first data for providing media content in a three-dimensional (3D) format and second data for providing the media content in a two-dimensional (2D) format;
- at a second time later than the first time, receiving a request to access the media content, wherein the request is received from a device associated with a user account, and wherein the device is capable of outputting the media content in the 3D format or in the 2D format;
- identifying an attribute of the media content;
- identifying, based on the attribute of the media content, a preference setting indicated in the user account, wherein identifying the preference setting further comprises:
- determining that at least one of the media content or media content related to the media content was previously provided to one or more devices associated with the user account in the 3D format or the 2D format;
- wherein when at least one of the media content or the media content related to the media content was previously provided to the one or more devices associated with the user account in the 3D format, indicating in the preference setting that the 3D format is preferred;
- and
- wherein when at least one of the media content or the media content related to the media content was previously provided to the one or more devices associated with the user account in the 2D format, indicating in the preference setting that the 2D format is preferred;
- based on the preference setting indicated in the user account, determining whether to retrieve from the storage the first data for providing the media content to the device in the 3D format or retrieve from the storage the second data for providing the media content in the 2D format;
- and
- based on the determining, providing the media content to the device, wherein providing the media content to the device comprises transmitting the first data to the device or transmitting the second data to the device.
8 more elements
A system, comprising:
- memory configured to store a user account;
- control circuitry configured to:
- at a first time, identify, in storage, first data for providing media content in a three-dimensional (3D) format and second data for providing the media content in a two-dimensional (2D) format;
- at a second time later than the first time, receive a request to access the media content, wherein the request is received from a device associated with the user account, and wherein the device is capable of outputting the media content in the 3D format or in the 2D format;
- identify an attribute of the media content;
- identify, based on the attribute of the media content, a preference setting indicated in the user account, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
- determine that at least one of the media content or media content related to the media content was previously provided to one or more devices associated with the user account in the 3D format or the 2D format;
- wherein when at least one of the media content or the media content related to the media content was previously provided to the one or more devices associated with the user account in the 3D format, indicating in the preference setting that the 3D format is preferred;
- and
- wherein when at least one of the media content or the media content related to the media content was previously provided to the one or more devices associated with the user account in the 2D format, indicating in the preference setting that the 2D format is preferred;
- based on the preference setting indicated in the user account, determine whether to retrieve from the storage the first data for providing the media content to the device in the 3D format or to retrieve from the storage the second data for providing the media content in the 2D format;
- and
- based on the determining, provide the media content to the device, wherein providing the media content to the device comprises transmitting the first data to the device or transmit the second data to the device.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.