Netflix patents live video feeds that adjust to camera movements
Netflix describes a method for creating personalized live video streams by combining a main feed with data that tracks camera movements. The system sends this data along with extra video layers to different devices, allowing each viewer to receive a customized version of the event.
In the filing’s own words
In various embodiments, custom video feeds are generated for a live event. Multiple enhancement streams are generated based on multiple enhancement video inputs. A video stream is generated based on a live video feed of the live event and transformation metadata that describes one or more camera movements. The video stream and a first enhancement stream are transmitted to a first endpoint device. The first endpoint device generates and plays back a first custom video feed based on the video stream and the first enhancement stream. The video stream and a second enhancement stream are transmitted to a second endpoint device. The second endpoint device generates and plays back a second custom video feed based on the video stream and the second enhancement stream.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method for generating custom video feeds for a live event, the method comprising: generating a plurality of enhancement streams based on a plurality of enhancement video inputs; generating a video stream based on a live video feed of the live event and transformation metadata that describes one or more camera movements; transmitting the video stream and a first enhancement stream included in the plurality of enhancement streams to a first endpoint device, wherein the first endpoint device generates and plays back a first custom video feed based on the video stream and the first enhancement stream; and transmitting the video stream and a second enhancement stream included in the plurality of enhancement streams to a second endpoint device, wherein the second endpoint device generates and plays back a second custom video feed based on the video stream and the second enhancement stream.
Facts
- Company
- Netflix (NETFLIX, INC.)
- Official title
- TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING VIDEO STREAMS THAT DESCRIBE CAMERA MOVEMENTS
- Publication number
- US20260323102A1
- Application number
- 19364906
- Filed
- Oct 21, 2025
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 21/2353 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/21805 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/23439 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/2668 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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