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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
May. 01, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew Benedict Lewis, London, GB;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems described herein provide for decoding multiple video streams using a single decoder. An example method may include receiving a first data stream that represents encoded frames of a first video and receiving one or more additional data streams that each represent encoded frames of a respective video. For each encoded frame of the received first data stream, the method may also include, combining a respective frame of each of the one or more additional data streams with the encoded first frame such that each encoded frame of the first video includes a respective frame of the first video and a respective frame of each of the one or more additional data streams. The method may then include decoding each combined frame of the first data stream. The method may also include providing for display the decoded frames.