Methods and system for providing content are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving a request for data at a first time, wherein the data comprises a first time duration, determining a buffer size based upon the first time duration, and determining a playback window based upon the determined buffer size and the first time. The method can also comprise synchronizing presentation of content on a plurality of devices.

A method of processing a service in a transmitter, and including generating, by a hardware processor, a first media component and a second media component for the service; generating, by the hardware processor, signaling data for the service; time interleaving, by a time interleaver, the first media component, wherein the first media component is time-interleaved by column-wise writing actual Forward Error Correction (FEC) blocks including the first media component in a Time Interleaving (TI) memory and diagonal-wise reading the first media component in the actual FEC blocks from the TI memory, wherein one or more virtual FEC blocks are skipped during the diagonal-wise reading the written first media component, and wherein a number of the one or more virtual FEC blocks is equal to a difference between a number of the actual FEC blocks and a column number of the TI memory; generating, by a signaling generator, physical layer signaling information, wherein the physical layer signaling information includes first physical layer signaling information and second physical layer signaling information, wherein the first physical layer signaling information includes information for identifying a size of the second physical layer signaling information and wherein the second physical layer signaling information includes information for obtaining the column number of the TI memory; transmitting, by an antenna, the time-interleaved first media component, the physical layer signaling information and the signaling data through a broadcast network; and transmitting, by a network interface, the second media component to a receiver through a broadband network. Further, the signaling data transmitted through the broadcast network includes first timeline information for specifying a timeline of the first media component transmitted through the broadcast network and uniform resource location information for the second media component.

A method of processing a service in a transmitter, and including generating, by a hardware processor, a first media component and a second media component for the service; generating, by the hardware processor, signaling data for the service; time interleaving, by a time interleaver, the first media component, wherein the first media component is time-interleaved by column-wise writing actual Forward Error Correction (FEC) blocks including the first media component in a Time Interleaving (TI) memory and diagonal-wise reading the first media component in the actual FEC blocks from the TI memory, wherein one or more virtual FEC blocks are skipped during the diagonal-wise reading the written first media component, and wherein a number of the one or more virtual FEC blocks is equal to a difference between a number of the actual FEC blocks and a column number of the TI memory; generating, by a signaling generator, physical layer signaling information, wherein the physical layer signaling information includes first physical layer signaling information and second physical layer signaling information, wherein the first physical layer signaling information includes information for identifying a size of the second physical layer signaling information and wherein the second physical layer signaling information includes information for obtaining the column number of the TI memory; transmitting, by an antenna, the time-interleaved first media component, the physical layer signaling information and the signaling data through a broadcast network; and transmitting, by a network interface, the second media component to a receiver through a broadband network. Further, the signaling data transmitted through the broadcast network includes first timeline information for specifying a timeline of the first media component transmitted through the broadcast network and uniform resource location information for the second media component.

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving, by a computing system, media content; (ii) generating, by the computing system, a fingerprint of a portion of the received media content; (iii) determining, by the computing system, that the received media content has a predefined characteristic; (iv) responsive to determining that the received media content has the predefined characteristic, transmitting, by the computing system, the generated fingerprint to a content identification server to identify the portion of the received media content; and (v) performing an action based on the identified portion of media content.

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving, by a computing system, media content; (ii) generating, by the computing system, a fingerprint of a portion of the received media content; (iii) determining, by the computing system, that the received media content has a predefined characteristic; (iv) responsive to determining that the received media content has the predefined characteristic, transmitting, by the computing system, the generated fingerprint to a content identification server to identify the portion of the received media content; and (v) performing an action based on the identified portion of media content.

A method and system for providing synchronized input feedback, comprising receiving an input event, encoding the input event in an output stream wherein the encoding of the input event is synchronized to a specific event and reproducing the output stream through an output device whereby the encoded input event in the reproduced output stream is imperceptible to the user.

A method and system for providing synchronized input feedback, comprising receiving an input event, encoding the input event in an output stream wherein the encoding of the input event is synchronized to a specific event and reproducing the output stream through an output device whereby the encoded input event in the reproduced output stream is imperceptible to the user.

In a video system for imaging a target object by using first and second imaging devices, an information processing method is executed by the first imaging device. The information processing method includes: a step for acquiring a first elapsed time indicating the time elapsed after start of recording by the first imaging device; a step for requesting the second imaging device to transmit a second elapsed time indicating the time elapsed after start of recording by the second imaging device, and receiving the second elapsed time; a step for acquiring a required time to receive the second elapsed time after the request is made; and a step for, based on the first elapsed time, the second elapsed time, and the required time, calculating an offset time for synchronizing a first moving image recorded by the first imaging device and a second moving image recorded by the second imaging device.

In a video system for imaging a target object by using first and second imaging devices, an information processing method is executed by the first imaging device. The information processing method includes: a step for acquiring a first elapsed time indicating the time elapsed after start of recording by the first imaging device; a step for requesting the second imaging device to transmit a second elapsed time indicating the time elapsed after start of recording by the second imaging device, and receiving the second elapsed time; a step for acquiring a required time to receive the second elapsed time after the request is made; and a step for, based on the first elapsed time, the second elapsed time, and the required time, calculating an offset time for synchronizing a first moving image recorded by the first imaging device and a second moving image recorded by the second imaging device.

This application provides a live streaming processing method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: displaying a live streaming room, the live stream room having a host account, a host sub-account and multiple viewer accounts, the host sub-account being used for assisting the host account of the live streaming room in operation; receiving real-time live streaming data of the live streaming room, and displaying a live streaming content on a live streaming room page according to the real-time live streaming data, the real-time live streaming data collected from the host account and the viewer accounts; and displaying, in response to a live streaming room operation of the host sub-account, an operation result of the live streaming room operation of the host sub-account in the live streaming room, wherein the operation result of the live streaming room operation updates the live streaming content on the live streaming room page.