Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for incorporating full-resolution frames in a coding order and corresponding thumbnail images of a motion video into compressed video data. A device to compress video frames includes a processor component; and a compression component for execution by the processor component to intersperse at least one compressed thumbnail frame (T-frame) among multiple compressed full-resolution frames of a motion video arranged in a coding order in a compressed video data, the T-frame comprising multiple thumbnail images of the motion video in compressed form. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for incorporating full-resolution frames in a coding order and corresponding thumbnail images of a motion video into compressed video data. A device to compress video frames includes a processor component; and a compression component for execution by the processor component to intersperse at least one compressed thumbnail frame (T-frame) among multiple compressed full-resolution frames of a motion video arranged in a coding order in a compressed video data, the T-frame comprising multiple thumbnail images of the motion video in compressed form. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

A computer device receives a signaling file corresponding to a multimedia resource. The signaling file includes descriptors corresponding to a plurality of track data of the multimedia resource, respectively. Dependency identifiers included in the descriptors correspond to the main bitstream track data pointing to descriptors corresponding to the library picture track data. The computer device parses the signaling file and determines a dependency relationship between the main bitstream track data and the library picture track data according to the dependency identifiers. The computer device sequentially acquires the library picture track data and the main bitstream track data from a data source side according to the dependency relationship.

A computer device receives a signaling file corresponding to a multimedia resource. The signaling file includes descriptors corresponding to a plurality of track data of the multimedia resource, respectively. Dependency identifiers included in the descriptors correspond to the main bitstream track data pointing to descriptors corresponding to the library picture track data. The computer device parses the signaling file and determines a dependency relationship between the main bitstream track data and the library picture track data according to the dependency identifiers. The computer device sequentially acquires the library picture track data and the main bitstream track data from a data source side according to the dependency relationship.

Method to generate frames on demand starts with a system receiving a request for a media content item from a client device. The request includes a media content identification and a main user identification. The system transmits to the client device a playlist including a first set of media content item segments. While the first set of media content item segments is being displayed on the client device, the system renders a second set of media content item segments using the media content identification and the main user identification. Rendering the second set of media content item segments can include rendering a main user avatar based on the main user identification and incorporating the main user avatar into the second set of media content item segments. The system then updates the playlist to include the second set of media content item segments. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.

Method and apparatus for generation of interactive programming. An interactive programming server embeds interactive components into a video signal. The interactive programming server receives content from a content source and interactive components from an interactive component source and uses the content and interactive components to generate an interactive Video On Demand (iVOD) interactive program. The iVOD interactive program is transmitted to a participant who views the content and interacts with the interactive components of the iVOD interactive program. The participant's responses to the content is transmitted back to the interactive programming server where the participant responses are incorporated into new content which is used to generate new iVOD interactive programming.

Method and apparatus for generation of interactive programming. An interactive programming server embeds interactive components into a video signal. The interactive programming server receives content from a content source and interactive components from an interactive component source and uses the content and interactive components to generate an interactive Video On Demand (iVOD) interactive program. The iVOD interactive program is transmitted to a participant who views the content and interacts with the interactive components of the iVOD interactive program. The participant's responses to the content is transmitted back to the interactive programming server where the participant responses are incorporated into new content which is used to generate new iVOD interactive programming.

The present invention relates to a display system for displaying an image on a display comprising: (a) said display system includes physical information related to a physical resolution of physical pixels for said displaying said image on said display; (b) said display system includes logical information related to an application graphics plane that includes a graphics plane resolution of logical pixels; (c) said display system selects said image to be displayed within said application graphics plane on said display from a set of available images based upon said logical information related to said graphics plane resolution of logical pixels.

The present invention relates to a display system for displaying an image on a display comprising: (a) said display system includes physical information related to a physical resolution of physical pixels for said displaying said image on said display; (b) said display system includes logical information related to an application graphics plane that includes a graphics plane resolution of logical pixels; (c) said display system selects said image to be displayed within said application graphics plane on said display from a set of available images based upon said logical information related to said graphics plane resolution of logical pixels.

A system comprising a processor configured to: provide a master Three-Dimensional (3D) scene; insert at least one source video feed into at least one position within the master 3D scene, allowing a configuration in which at least a first part of the master 3D scene is in front of the source video feed and at least a second part of the master 3D scene is behind the source video feed; and generate a combined video of the master 3D scene with the at least one source video feed inserted therein.