Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining media content from a media content server located outside a customer premises, in response to receiving a first request for the media content from a first media processor of a group of media processors. Further embodiments can include receiving a first plurality of requests for the media content from a first portion of the group of media processors within a first time period over the second communication network, and multicasting the media content to each of the first media processor and the first portion of the group of media processors over the second communication network. Each of the first media processor and the first portion of the group of media processors presents the media content to a respective display. Other embodiments are disclosed.

An illustrative collaboration space provider system provides a virtual collaboration session that allows for audio communication between a user and one or more other users virtually located within a virtual collaboration space. The user is represented by an avatar located at an avatar location within the virtual collaboration space. The collaboration space provider system receives user input from the user, the user input representative of a voice origination location that is within the virtual collaboration space and is distinct from the avatar location. During the virtual collaboration session, the collaboration space provider system simulates propagation within the virtual collaboration space of a voice communication spoken by the user. The propagation of the voice communication is simulated to originate from the voice origination location and not from the avatar location. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Aspects of present disclosure include devices within a transmission path of streamed content forwarding received data packets of the stream to the next device or “hop” in the path prior to buffering the data packet at the device. In this method, typical buffering of the data stream may therefore occur at the destination device for presentation at a consuming device, while the devices along the transmission path may transmit a received packet before buffering. Further, devices along the path may also buffer the content stream after forwarding to fill subsequent requests for dropped data packets of the content stream. Also, in response to receiving the request for the content stream, a device may first transmit a portion of the contents of the gateway buffer to the requesting device to fill a respective buffer at the receiving device.

Systems and methods for providing a secure conversation gateway by which an audio voice stream is made to be replicable and convertible into other media types are provided. The method includes receiving an audio voice data stream; converting the received audio voice data stream into a predetermined media format; and transmitting the converted audio data stream to a user. The method may also include receiving an interaction event that corresponds to the audio data stream; generating metadata based on the interaction event; and applying a machine learning algorithm to the audio data stream and the metadata in order to generate a response that relates to the audio data stream. The method may also include replicating the audio data stream and distributing copies thereof to a set of recipients.

Examples provide an accessibility manager enabling a persistent floating secondary stage for presentation of user-configurable content during a video conferencing meeting. A primary stage is provided during each video conferencing meeting. The primary stage includes a roster of meeting attendees and an area for displaying shared content. The user creates configurable settings which are used at every meeting to generate a customized secondary stage. The secondary stage is an overlay which persists on the user interface even if the primary stage is minimized as the user multi-tasks during the meeting. The secondary stage displays video feed for one or more selected meeting attendees, such as an interpreter. When an interpreter speaks on behalf of the user, the user receives the active speaker attribution. The configurable settings permit the user to control the secondary stage video feed quality, sizing, aspect ratio, display location, captioning, role designation and active speaker designation.

Methods and apparatus are described that relate to stitching different streams of high dynamic range (HDR) content together and handling HDR metadata mismatches between the differently produced content streams.

A network data scheduling method applied to an edge node. The method includes: reading scheduling strategy information of a target domain name, the scheduling strategy information at least including a network scheduling proportion threshold; for a target connection that accesses the target domain name, setting a scheduling identification for the target connection, according to a current network scheduling proportion and the network scheduling proportion threshold under the target domain name; and wherein the scheduling identification is configured to indicate a network scheduling mode that is adopted for a data message transmitted through the target connection. The technical solution provided in the present disclosure can improve the quality of data transmission in networks.

Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for adapting content items to device operations of an endpoint media device are disclosed. A first content composite may be created by one or more processing devices for delivery in a packet stream from a content provider system via one or more networks, where the first content composite may include an adaptable content item corresponding to a set of one or more audio and/or video packets corresponding to audio and/or video content. The first content composite may be transmitted, where, consequent to delivery of the first content composite to a first endpoint media device or a second endpoint media device, the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device may perform one operation relating to a second content item of the first content composite, where the adaptable content item may be modified based on the second content item.

A method and apparatus for processing a media stream including segments with common headers via a network based media processing (NBMP) function, performed by at least one processor. The method includes obtaining an input stream including one or more segments, identifying a start code in the segments, wherein the start code is present at a beginning of a segment and the start code is a unique code that indicates a start of the segment, identifying a sequence number in the segments, wherein the sequence number indicates a location of a segment in the segments, splitting the input stream into sub-streams and signaling a location of a respective common header in each of the sub-streams, based on the start code and the sequence number, and merging the sub-streams and signaling a location of a common header, based on the start code and the sequence number, and generate an output stream.

A method for controlling a flow of data associated with a process and routed in a shared data path, including a plurality of flows, of a communication network. The method is implemented in a device of the path and includes: receiving, from a supervision entity, information identifying the flow to be controlled; configuring at least one flow control parameter, the parameter relating to the process corresponding to the received information; and executing an operation of controlling the data flow on the basis of at least one configured parameter.