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HINT-BASED STREAMING OF AUXILIARY CONTENT ASSETS FOR AN INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT

  • US 20090300144A1
  • Filed: 06/03/2008
  • Published: 12/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a client device configured to interact with an interactive environment containing one or more auxiliary content targets, a computer implemented method for obtaining auxiliary content, comprising:

  • a) displaying a scene of a portion of the simulated environment based on a point of view (POV) on a video display;

    b) generating a pre-hint vector based on a position of the POV in the simulated environment;

    c) sending the pre-hint vector to a server;

    d) receiving auxiliary content information from the server, wherein the auxiliary content information relates to auxiliary content for one or more auxiliary content targets within a potential future field of view determined from the pre-hint vector; and

    e) pre-fetching the auxiliary content for the one or more auxiliary content targets.

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