CPC H04L 65/80 (2013.01) [H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/65 (2022.05); H04L 65/70 (2022.05); H04L 65/75 (2022.05); H04N 13/111 (2018.05); H04N 21/21805 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/64738 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 21/816 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A method of operating a 360-degree video client device, the method comprising:
tracking a series of viewing directions of a user, each viewing direction corresponding to one of a plurality of respective viewport representations of a viewport-adaptive 360-degree video;
adaptively requesting the viewport representations corresponding to the tracked viewing directions;
receiving and displaying the requested viewport representations to the user; and
sending, to a metrics server, a viewport request report, wherein the viewport request report identifies a most-viewed viewport for at least one time interval.
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