Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic topology generation for branching narratives
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Application No.: US17514573Application Date: 2021-10-29
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Publication No.: US11696002B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Maxine Cheung , Mark Watson , Carla Christine Fisher , Kevin Pei-Wen Lee , Yves Raimond
- Applicant: NETFLIX, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Gatos
- Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
- Current Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Gatos
- Agency: Artegis Law Group, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N21/8541
- IPC: H04N21/8541 ; H04N21/234 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/475 ; H04N21/8545

Abstract:
A playback application is configured to dynamically generate topology for an interactive media title. The playback application obtains an initial topology and also collects various data associated with a user interacting with the feature. The playback application then modifies the initial topology, based on the collected data, to generate a dynamic topology tailored to the user. The dynamic topology describes the set of choices available to the user during playback as well as which options can be selected by the user when making a given choice. In addition, the playback application also selectively buffers different portions of the interactive media title, based on the collected data, in anticipation of the user selecting particular options for available choices.
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