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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Dolby International Ab, Dublin, IE;

Inventors:

Stephan Schreiner, Birgland, DE;

Jan Mueller, Fürth, DE;

Wolfgang A. Schildbach, Nuremberg, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/854 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4343 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/85406 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described is a method of processing a media stream. The method comprises receiving the media stream packetized in accordance with a predefined transport format, wherein the packetized media stream comprises a plurality of hierarchical boxes each being associated with a respective box type identifier, and wherein the plurality of boxes comprise one or more track boxes referencing respective tracks indicative of media components of the media stream; determining whether the media stream comprises a preselection-related box of predefined type indicative of a preselection, wherein the preselection corresponds to a media presentation to a user; and if it is determined that the media stream comprises the preselection-related box: analyzing metadata information corresponding to the preselection-related box, the metadata information being indicative of characteristics of the preselection; identifying one or more tracks in the packetized media stream contributing to the preselection based on the metadata information; and providing the one or more tracks for downstream processing in accordance with the given preselection.


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