Method of combining linear content and interactive content compressed together as streaming interactive video
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- delivering linear video content from one or more hosting service centers to one or more client devices correspondingly associated with one or more users remote to the one or more hosting service centers, the linear video content comprising a live action movie; and
responsive to first input of a user, pausing the live action movie, and immediately, delivering interactive content over the Internet via compressed streaming interactive video transmitted from the one or more hosting service centers to a client device of the user located remote to the one or more hosting service centers, the interactive content being linked to the linear video content dynamically and including scenes virtually indistinguishable from the live action movie and generated in real-time by one or more servers running a twitch video game or real-time video application at the one or more hosting service centers,wherein the compressed streaming interactive video is compressed with a worst-case, round-trip latency of 90 ms, from user input received at the client device until a response appears on a display associated with the client device, when the one or more hosting service centers is located 1500 miles or less from the client device.
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Abstract
A method comprising combining Internet linear video together with interactive video content into a single video stream that is compressed and transmitted in the form of streaming interactive video through the Internet to a user client device.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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delivering linear video content from one or more hosting service centers to one or more client devices correspondingly associated with one or more users remote to the one or more hosting service centers, the linear video content comprising a live action movie; and responsive to first input of a user, pausing the live action movie, and immediately, delivering interactive content over the Internet via compressed streaming interactive video transmitted from the one or more hosting service centers to a client device of the user located remote to the one or more hosting service centers, the interactive content being linked to the linear video content dynamically and including scenes virtually indistinguishable from the live action movie and generated in real-time by one or more servers running a twitch video game or real-time video application at the one or more hosting service centers, wherein the compressed streaming interactive video is compressed with a worst-case, round-trip latency of 90 ms, from user input received at the client device until a response appears on a display associated with the client device, when the one or more hosting service centers is located 1500 miles or less from the client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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delivering linear video content from one or more hosting service centers to a client device associated with a user located remote to the one or more hosting service centers; responsive to a first user input;
pausing the linear video content; anddelivering interactive content via compressed streaming interactive video transmitted over the Internet from the one or more hosting service centers to a client device of the user located remote to the one or more hosting service centers, the interactive content being linked to the linear video content dynamically and including scenes virtually indistinguishable from the linear content, the interactive content being generated in real-time by one or more servers running a twitch video game or application at the one or more hosting service centers, the compressed streaming interactive video comprising a series of encoded frames wherein when a compressed frame has more data than can be transmitted at a peak data rate in a single frame time, a next frame is dropped, resulting in a worst-case, round-trip latency of 90 ms, from user input received at the client device until a response appears on a display associated with the client device, when the one or more hosting service centers is located 1500 miles or less from the client device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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delivering linear video content from one or more hosting service centers to a user remote to the one or more hosting service centers, the linear video content comprising a live action movie; responsive to first user input, pausing the linear video content; and delivering interactive content over the Internet via compressed streaming interactive video transmitted from the one or more hosting service centers to a client device associated with the user remote to the one or more hosting service centers, the interactive content being generated by one or more servers running a video game or application at the one or more hosting service centers, the interactive content comprising a virtual camera viewpoint of a current scene from the live action movie that includes 3D objects in the paused linear video content, the virtual camera viewpoint of the current scene being changeable in real-time responsive to additional user input, wherein the compressed streaming interactive video is compressed with a worst-case, round-trip latency of 90 ms, from user input received at the client device until a response appears on a display associated with the client device, when the one or more hosting service centers is located 1500 miles or less from the client device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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