	US 12,413,820 B2
	Video delivery
Ross Gilson, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Michael Chen, Wallingford, PA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/327,933.
Application 18/327,933 is a continuation of application No. 17/564,928, filed on Dec. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,711,588.
Application 17/564,928 is a continuation of application No. 17/009,340, filed on Sep. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,218,773, issued on Jan. 4, 2022.
Application 17/009,340 is a continuation of application No. 15/852,569, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,798,455, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0007714 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/4728 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/70 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01)

CPC H04N 21/4728 (2013.01) [G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06T 15/20 (2013.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.05); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/70 (2022.05); H04L 65/762 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04N 21/234327 (2013.01); H04N 21/816 (2013.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, information indicating an area of focus of a user viewing video content;

positioning closed captions in the video content near an edge of a field of view that is based on the area of focus, wherein:

a first portion of the video content, containing the area of focus, is encoded at a first quality;

a second portion of the video content, containing the closed captions, is encoded at a second quality, lower than the first quality; and

a remainder of the video content outside of the first portion and the second portion, is encoded at a third quality that is lower than the first quality and higher than the second quality; and

sending the video content comprising the positioned closed captions.