In communication applications, aggregate source image data at a transmitter exceeds the data that is needed to display a rendering of a viewport at a receiver. Improved streaming techniques that include estimating a location of a viewport at a future time. According to such techniques, the viewport may represent a portion of an image from a multi-directional video to be displayed at the future time, and tile(s) of the image may be identified in which the viewport is estimated to be located. In these techniques, the image data of tile(s) in which the viewport is estimated to be located may be requested at a first service tier, and the other tile in which the viewport is not estimated to be located may be requested at a second service tier, lower than the first service tier.

Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for defining ad space in a video. For example, a computer can receive an identification of a video and an advertisement space definition that includes a time stamp for the advertisement space in the video and an advertisement length. The computer can receive a request to view the video. The computer can determine an advertisement to play in the advertisement space such that the advertisement is not longer than the advertisement length included in the video's advertisement space definition. The computer can provide access to the video, and when the video reaches the time stamp, the advertisement is played in the advertisement space.

In various embodiments, a method for processing video streams is described. A plurality of video streams for transmission to a display device are received. The plurality of video streams have respective initial image quality levels. An estimated gaze location of a user of the display device is estimated. At least one video stream of the plurality of video streams is processed to have a modified image quality level based on the estimated gaze location. The modified image quality level is less than a corresponding initial image quality level. The plurality of video streams are transmitted to the display device.

In some implementations, a device includes one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining a request to perform a user interface operation at a client device while the client device is playing a media content item in a buffered content presentation mode. In some implementations, the method includes identifying a first image that represents a current playback position of the media content item at the client device. In some implementations, the method includes identifying a second image that represents a user interface element associated with the user interface operation. In some implementations, the method includes generating a first video frame that corresponds to the user interface operation by blending the first image with the second image. In some implementations, the method includes triggering the client device to present the first video frame in a real-time content presentation mode.

An image distribution apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a gazing area specified by a user in a first image, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, from a second image having resolution higher than resolution of the first image and divided into a plurality of tile images, a first tile image where the gazing area belongs and a second tile image adjacent to the first tile image.

A system and method for inserting a composited image or otherwise generated graphic into a selected video by way of a programmatic process. According to some embodiments, a system may comprise an Automated Placement Opportunity Identification (APOI) engine, a Placement Insertion Interface (PII) engine, a preview system, and an automated compositing service. The system finalizes a graphic composite into a video and provides a user with a preview for final export or further manipulation.

An example method performed by a processing system includes retrieving a digital model of a media element from a database storing a plurality of media elements, wherein the media element is to be inserted into a scene of an audiovisual media, rendering the media element in the scene of the audiovisual media, based on the digital model of the media element and on metadata associated with the digital model to produce a rendered media element, wherein the metadata describes a characteristic of the media element and a limit on the characteristic, and inserting the rendered media element into the scene of the audiovisual media.

In one aspect, an example methodology implementing the disclosed techniques includes, by a computing device, splitting a content being displayed on a screen over time into a first plurality of frames and displaying on the screen the first plurality of frames in accordance with a frame rate. Each frame of the first plurality of frames can include a portion of the content such that a composite of the first plurality of frames shows the content. In some cases, the splitting of the content may include applying time decomposition to the content.

A method for transmitting high bandwidth camera data through a SerDes links is provided. The method includes steps of: calculating transmission bandwidth required for transmitting image data, and the image data is obtained by a high bandwidth camera; determining a maximum bandwidth capacity of each SerDes link of a plurality of SerDes links; cutting the image data into a plurality of sub images according to the transmission bandwidth and the maximum bandwidth capacity of each SerDes link; assigning each sub image to a sub image transmission area in a corresponding SerDes link, and each SerDes link containing the sub image transmission area and the sub image reception area; acquiring a plurality of sub images transmitted in the plurality of the SerDes links from the corresponding sub image reception area; and splicing the plurality of sub images into the image data.

Server-side insertion of digital content can be performed on a live streaming network. In one aspect, a server-side system and method for real-time digital content insertion can retrieve and insert custom digital content for each viewer or set of viewers based on criteria like viewer's location and or personal data. In one aspect, a server-side system and method allows for quick and seamless establishment of second screen experiences using invisible data embedded in the video streams with the ability to insert different digital content for each viewer. In one aspect, a system and method detects static areas in a video stream suitable for digital content insertion.