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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2024
Tencent America Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Iraj Sodagar, Los Angeles, CA (US);
TENCENT AMERICA LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus may be provided for signaling auxiliary media including pre-roll media content and mid-roll media content in a main media stream including receiving main media presentation descriptions (MPD) comprising one or more main media segments and at least one auxiliary descriptor referencing one or more auxiliary MPDs. The auxiliary MPD may include one or more auxiliary media segments that are independent of the one or more main media segments. The method may include retrieving the one or more auxiliary MPDs referenced in the one or more main MPD using the at least one auxiliary descriptor, the auxiliary MPD of the one or more auxiliary MPDs comprising the one or more auxiliary media segments and an auxiliary media presentation duration. The one or more auxiliary media segments and the one or more main media segments may be appended to a media source extension (MSE) source buffer and dispatched.