US 12,457,391 B2
Apparatus and method for depicting a monitored stream of data packets
Tim Price, Marlton, NJ (US)
Assigned to Triveni Digital Inc., Princeton, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 18/293,795
Filed by Triveni Digital, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 5, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/039501
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/018602, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 16, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/231,008, filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0251142 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/854 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/854 (2013.01) [H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/454 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating a thumbnail image, comprising:
receiving a first media stream, the first media stream including a video segment;
determining, while receiving the first media stream, when a portion of the video segment that is capable of generating a thumbnail image has been received;
generating a thumbnail image for the video segment using the portion of the video segment based on the determination; and
providing the generated thumbnail image for display;
receiving a second media stream concurrently with the first media stream, the second media stream including a video segment;
determining, while receiving the second media stream, when a portion of the video segment included in the second media stream that is capable of generating a thumbnail image has been received;
generating a thumbnail image for the video segment included in the second media stream using the portion of the video segment included in the second media stream based on the determination, the thumbnail image for the video segment included in the second media stream being generated concurrently with the generation of the thumbnail image for the video segment included in the first media stream;
providing the generated thumbnail image for the video segment included in the second media stream for display;
determining if the generated thumbnail image for the video segment included in the second media stream equals a maximum number of concurrently generated thumbnails; and
preventing further generation of thumbnail images for additional concurrently received media streams if it is determined that the ene rated thumbnail image for the video.