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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

May. 27, 2016
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Riley Adams, Mountain View, CA (US);

Christian Luc Duvivier, San Jose, CA (US);

Andrew Scherkus, Seattle, WA (US);

Rob Suderman, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jeff Prouty, Seattle, WA (US);

Dillon Richard Cower, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/4069 (2013.01); H04L 65/604 (2013.01); H04N 21/21805 (2013.01); H04N 21/816 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving a first video stream at a playback device, the first video stream having a first quality, receiving at least two second video streams at the playback device, the at least two second video streams each corresponding to a portion of the first video stream, the at least two second video streams having a second quality, the second quality being a higher quality as compared to the first quality, playing back the first video stream at the playback device, selecting a third video stream from the at least two second video streams based on a view perspective of a user of the playback device, and playing back the third video stream together with the first video stream at the playback device.


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