Display control in cloud gaming applications

A method for comprising:

• receiving via a network from a user system an information representative of a user action in a frame-based interactive application comprising an identifier of the user action;
• predicting at least one state of the application from the user action;
• for at least one predicted state, rendering a frame representing the predicted state;
• encoding in a portion of video data at least one rendered frame along with information in the form of metadata comprising the identifier of the user action;
• and
• transmitting the portion of video data to the user system via the network.

A device for controlling a display of a frame representing a state of the frame-based interactive application comprising electronic circuitry configured for:

• sending via a network an identifier of a user action to a server;
• receiving from the server via the network at least one frame representing a predicted state of the application predicted from the user action;
• obtaining information in the form of metadata comprising the identifier of the user action, the information allowing determining that a frame of the at least one frame corresponds to the user action;
• and
• determining when displaying a frame of the at least one frame based on a time at which this user action was performed and based on the metadata responsive to the frame corresponds to the user action.

A device comprising electronic circuitry configured for:

• receiving from a user system via a network an information representative of a user action in a frame-based interactive application comprising an identifier of the user action;
• predicting at least one state of the application from the user action;
• rendering, for at least one predicted state, a frame representing the predicted state;
• encoding in a portion of video data at least one rendered frame along with metadata comprising the identifier of the user action;
• and
• transmitting the portion of video data to the user system.