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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2022
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vincent Mo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ariel Braunstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Suszek, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and media for displaying streaming media content on a user device using video sprite sheets are provided. In some embodiments, a method for displaying streaming media content on a user device includes: receiving a first request to view media content through a media content streaming session in a user interface on a user device; transmitting, by the user device, a second request to a server that hosts the media content based on the first request to view the media content; receiving, at the user device, a response from the server, wherein the response comprises a video sprite sheet and the media content, wherein the video sprite sheet includes a plurality of video sprites in which each video sprite is selectable for rendering in portions of the user interface; determining that the media content streaming session contains a first reference to a first video sprite from the video sprite sheet, wherein the first reference is received by the user device and wherein the first reference further includes instructions to present the first video sprite concurrently with the media content; determining a location of the first video sprite within the video sprite sheet, wherein the location of the first video sprite comprises spatial coordinates of the first video sprite within the video sprite sheet and temporal coordinates of the first video sprite within the video sprite sheet; and causing the first video sprite to be presented concurrently with the media content in the user interface.