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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2017
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Tallamy, Sandhurst, GB;

Pete Rai, Egham, GB;

Colin John Davies, Sandleheath, GB;

Simon Dyke, Lyndhurst, GB;

Olivier Frebourg, Southampton, GB;

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/252 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4756 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for generating ad hoc video stream channels is implemented on at least one computing device and includes: receiving a multiplicity of incoming user video feeds, where schedules for the incoming user video feeds are unknown; classifying the multiplicity of incoming user video feeds according to at least a genre; selecting at least one incoming video feed from among the multiplicity of incoming user video feeds for inclusion in at least one video stream channel, where the selecting is according to selection criteria, and the selection criteria are based at least on the classifying; generating at least one outgoing video stream for the at least one video stream channel according to the selecting; and delivering the at least one outgoing video stream to presentation devices.


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