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System and Method for Combining Multiple Game or Application Views Into a Single Media Stream

  • US 20170304724A1
  • Filed: 07/10/2017
  • Published: 10/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system including a hosting service with a plurality of servers for executing application/video game instances for remote clients, comprising:

  • a plurality of application/video game instances for a particular multi-player video game or application on the hosting service, each of the application/video game instances being executed in response to control signals received from each of a plurality of remote clients, each remote client receiving a video stream to be presented on a screen associated with the remote client;

    compositing logic executed at the hosting service to combine video streams generated by each of the application/video game instances into a single video stream for a first one of the remote clients, the first one of the remote clients being provided with options to view the video stream for the application/video game instance being played or watched via the first one of the remote clients or viewing the combined video streams being generated for the particular multi-player video game or application being executed by the servers of the hosting service; and

    compression logic to compress the single video stream with low latency such that a user of the first one of the remote clients has a perception that the video game or application is being executed locally.

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