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Altering streaming video encoding based on user attention

  • US 9,253,494 B2
  • Filed: 11/26/2014
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • encoding, by at least one computing device, a video signal generated by an interactive application into a video stream, wherein the interactive application is executed by the at least one computing device, and a user interacts with the interactive application by sending at least one input to the interactive application over a data communications network;

    predicting, by the at least one computing device, a temporary lapse of attention by the user to the video stream, wherein the temporary lapse of attention is predicted in response to a decrease in input by the user to the interactive application;

    adjusting, by the at least one computing device, an encoding of the video stream from an initial state to a conservation state in response to predicting the temporary lapse of attention;

    predicting, by the at least one computing device, that the temporary lapse of attention has ended;

    readjusting, by the at least one computing device, the encoding of the video stream from the conservation state to the initial state in response to predicting that the temporary lapse of attention has ended; and

    wherein the conservation state is configured to conserve at least one resource used for the encoding of the video stream relative to the initial state.

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