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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Fox Broadcasting Company, Llc, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hend Baghadady, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Benjamin Q. Jones, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael J. Schmelling, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Nicholas Weidenfeld, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Nicole L. Wilke, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 13/80 (2011.01); G11B 27/031 (2006.01); G11B 27/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/8549 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06T 13/80 (2013.01); G11B 27/031 (2013.01); G11B 27/30 (2013.01); H04N 21/47205 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04N 21/8549 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for conveniently providing animated bitmap image files from media is described. The method uses a technique in which a plurality of PNG files are generated and transmitted to be presented to the user via an overlay to a media program player.