Netflix patents new way to package video data for streaming
Netflix describes a method for sending video frames to devices by combining a standard header with specific metadata blocks. The system packages the video data and these extra information blocks into a single unit before transmitting it for playback.
In the filing’s own words
In various embodiments a computer-implemented method for transmitting frames of media content to a client device. The method includes generating a frame for a portion of media content, generating a header for the frame based on the portion of the media content, and generating one or more metadata blocks for the frame corresponding to a media encoding format, where the one or more metadata blocks include metadata incompatible with the header. The method further includes incorporating the header into a header portion of the frame, incorporating the portion of media content and the one or more metadata blocks into a payload portion of the frame, and transmitting the frame to a client device for playback.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method for generating and transmitting frames of media content to client devices, the method comprising: generating a frame for a portion of media content; generating a sync word for the frame that specifies a beginning of the frame; generating a first header for the frame based on the portion of the media content; generating a metadata block for the frame; incorporating the sync word and the first header into a header portion of the frame; incorporating the portion of media content and the metadata block into a payload portion of the frame; and transmitting the frame to a client device for playback.
Facts
- Company
- Netflix (NETFLIX, INC.)
- Official title
- Techniques for transmitting media using a data transport format
- Patent number
- US12732651B2
- Application number
- 18795083
- Filed
- Aug 5, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 17
Classified under
H04N 21/23614 Electricity & electronicsMore from Netflix in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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