Cross-platform video display

• US 8,763,054 B1
• Filed: 11/02/2012
• Issued: 06/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Hopto Inc.
• Inventors: Eilam, Eldad
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Chenea
• Application Number:
  US13/668,091
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 725/93
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window

Abstract

A request is sent from a client device to a host device hosting an application. A display associated with execution of the application on the host device may include a video portion and one or more non-video portions. Information may be sent from the host device to the client device over the communication network. Such information may include display information for the video portion as described by raster data and information for the non-video portions as described by vector data. Such information may be used by the client device to generate a display corresponding to the host display. The video portion of the client display may be based on the raster data, and the non-video portions of the client display may be based on the vector data.

Claims

1. A method for cross-platform video display, the method comprising:

sending a request from a client device to a host device hosting an application, wherein the request concerns execution of the application and wherein the host device;

generates a display as a result of the execution of the application, the generated display on the host device including a video portion and one or more non-video portions,

identifies the video portion of the generated display and the one or more non-video portions of the generated display, and

generates a plurality of separate sets of display instructions,

wherein one separate set of display instructions pertains to the identified video portion of the generated display and uses raster data to describe the identified video portion,

wherein at least a second separate set of display instructions pertains to the identified one or more non-video portions of the generated display and uses vector data to describe the identified one or more non-video portions, and

wherein a third separate set of display instructions pertains to placement of the identified video portion in relation to the identified one or more non-video portions when the identified video portion and the identified one or more non-video portions are combined into a single page;

receiving the plurality of separate sets of display instructions sent over the communication network from the host device; and

generating a single display on a client device display by executing the plurality of separate sets of display instructions in combination,

wherein the single display on the client device corresponds to the display on the host device, the single display including a video portion and one or more non-video portions,

wherein the video portion of the single client display is based on the raster data and the one or more non-video portions of the single client display are based on the vector data, and

wherein the video portion of the single client display is placed in relation to the one or more non-video portions of the single client display based on the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the video portion of the display generated by the host device includes identifying a video frame of the video portion.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement includes metadata regarding the video portion and the one or more non-video portions.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement includes information concerning combining the raster data and the vector data to generate the single display on the client device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement includes information distinguishing the video portion from the one or more non-video portions in the generated display.

6. An apparatus for cross-platform video display, the apparatus comprising:

a communication interface for;

sending a request from a client device to a host device hosting an application, wherein the request concerns execution of the application and wherein the host device;

generates a display as a result of the execution of the application, the generated display on the host device including a video portion and one or more non-video portions,

identifies the video portion of the generated display and the one or more non-video portions of the generated display, and

generates a plurality of separate sets of display instructions,

wherein one separate set of display instructions pertains to the identified video portion of the generated display and uses raster data to describe the identified video portion,

wherein at least a second separate set of display instructions pertains to the identified one or more non-video portions of the generated display and uses vector data to describe the identified one or more non-video portions, and

wherein a third separate set of display instructions pertains to placement of the identified video portion in relation to the identified one or more non-video portions when the identified video portion and the identified one or more non-video portions are combined into a single page;

receiving the plurality of separate sets of display instructions sent over the communication network from the host device and

a processor for executing the plurality of separate sets of display instructions in combination, wherein execution of the plurality of separate sets of display instructions in combination generates a single display on a client device display,

wherein the single display on the client device corresponds to the display on the host device, the single display including a video portion and one or more non-video portions,

wherein the video portion of the single client display is based on the raster data and the one or more non-video portions of the single client display are based on the vector data, and

wherein the video portion of the single client display is placed in relation to the one or more non-video portions of the single client display based on the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein identifying the video portion of the display generated by the host device includes identifying a video frame of the video portion.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement includes metadata regarding the video portion and the one or more non-video portions.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement includes information concerning combining the raster data and the vector data to generate the single display on the client device.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement includes information distinguishing the video portion from the one or more non-video portions in the generated display.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for cross-platform video display, the method comprising:

sending a request from a client device to a host device hosting an application, wherein the request concerns execution of the application and wherein the host device;

generates a display as a result of the execution of the application, the generated display on the host device including a video portion and one or more non-video portions,

identifies the video portion of the generated display and the one or more non-video portions of the generated display, and

generates a plurality of separate sets of display instructions,

wherein one separate set of display instructions pertains to the identified video portion of the generated display and uses raster data to describe the identified video portion,

wherein at least a second separate set of display instructions pertains to the identified one or more non-video portions of the generated display and uses vector data to describe the identified one or more non-video portions, and

wherein a third separate set of display instructions pertains to placement of the identified video portion in relation to the identified one or more non-video portions when the identified video portion and the identified one or more non-video portions are combined into a single page;

receiving the plurality of separate sets of display instructions sent over the communication network from the host device; and

generating a single display on a client device display by executing the plurality of sets of display instructions in combination,

wherein the single display on the client device corresponds to the display on the host device, the single display including a video portion and one or more non-video portions,

wherein the video portion of the client display is based on the raster data and the one or more non-video portions of the client display are based on the vector data, and

wherein the video portion of the single client display is placed in relation to the one or more non-video portions of the single client display based on the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein identifying the video portion of the display generated by the host device includes identifying a video frame of the video portion.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement includes metadata regarding the video portion and the one or more non-video portions.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement includes information concerning combining the raster data and the vector data to generate the single display on the client device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the separate set of display instructions includes information distinguishing the video portion from the one or more non-video portions in the generated display.