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Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2018
Applicant:

Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Aditya Mavlankar, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ioannis Katsavounidis, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

NETFLIX, INC., Los Gatos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from a client computing device for a first shot included in a media title being streamed to the client computing device for playback; in response to the request, sending the first shot to the client computing device for playback; and sending a representative image for at least one of the first shot and a second shot included in the media title, wherein the first shot comprises a first sequence of video frames that is included in the media title and captured continuously from a first point of capture, and the second shot comprises a second sequence of video frames that is included in the media title and captured continuously from a second point of capture.


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