US 11,863,818 B2
Partial frame replacement enabling multiple versions in an integrated video package
Shaun Lile, Burbank, CA (US); and Tom David Stratton, Burbank, CA (US)
Assigned to WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC., Burbank, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/298,562
Filed by WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC., Burbank, CA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/064064
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/113229, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/774,064, filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0021931 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/8543 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/44029 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/440245 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/8543 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. An apparatus for encoding a multi-version package comprising video content enabling substitution of partial-frame image data during playback, the apparatus comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory for holding data and executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the apparatus to perform:
encoding, by at least one processor, an image thereby producing an encoded frame of video data for at least one of a source video stream or a source video file;
defining, by the at least one processor, unique metadata for the encoded frame comprising a substitution image for a region less than an entirety of the encoded frame;
correlating, by the at least one processor, the unique metadata to the encoded frame and to a version of the multi-version package; and
placing, by the at least one processor, the frame of video data correlated to the unique metadata and the unique metadata in the multi-version package in a computer memory for later decoding and play-out, wherein the multi-version package comprises unique metadata documents each for a different one of versions that the multi-version package supports and the at least one of the source video stream or source video file for all the versions.