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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Rashi Anand, Hyderabad, IN;
Venkata Madhu Sravanth Kurumaddali, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing content to a user during gameplay includes determining that the user is interacting with a game provided by an online streaming provider and identifying a time frame within the game during which the user's interaction with the game are predicted to be below a threshold interaction count. The method includes identifying a location within the game environment for overlaying content during the time frame and identifying content for displaying to the user. The content is to be displayed via an overlay video stream distinct from a gameplay stream. In real time of the user's gameplay, the overlay video stream is sent to be displayed to the user concurrently with the gameplay stream to provide the content for the user at the identified location during at least a portion of the time frame.