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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Karim Luccin, Redmond, WA (US);

John M. Copic, Redmond, WA (US);

Eric Scott Rehmeyer, Kirkland, WA (US);

Jessica Zahn, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 21/236 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 21/236 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a server is provided, comprising a processor configured to produce a combined frame from two or more video streams. The combined frame may include two or more panels, wherein each panel includes one of the two or more video streams. The combined frame may further include panel metadata indicating a set of coordinates for each panel. The coordinates of each panel may indicate a height, width, and position of that panel. The combined frame may further include at least one delimiter region of pixels formed between the panels. The processor may be further configured to transmit the combined frame over a network for output on a display device.


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