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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2022
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kelvin M. Yong, Irvine, CA (US);

Mark E. Cerny, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/355 (2014.01); A63F 13/50 (2014.01); H04N 21/236 (2011.01); H04N 21/4385 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/355 (2014.09); A63F 13/50 (2014.09); H04N 21/23605 (2013.01); H04N 21/4385 (2013.01); A63F 2300/538 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for cloud gaming. The method including generating a video frame when executing a video game at a server. The method including scanning-in the video frame to an encoder at the server scanline-by-scanline. The method including encoding one or more encoder slices as one or more encoded slices at the encoder, wherein each encoded slice is delivered to a buffer at an encoder fill rate. The method including draining a first encoded slice from the buffer to stream the first encoded slice at a buffer drain rate over a network to a client, wherein the first encoded slice is streamed over the network before fully encoding the one or more slices of the video frame.


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