公开(公告)号：US10154309B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-11

申请号：US14832990

申请日：2015-08-21

Applicant: NETFLIX, INC.

Inventor： Christopher Stewart Jaffe ,  Rico Nasol ,  Michael Bell ,  John Mclord ,  Joubert Nel

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/234 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/2662

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for displaying one or more video streams on a consumer device. The technique includes setting a first display characteristic associated with a first video stream to a first value based on a first priority associated with the first video stream. The technique further includes transmitting the first video stream to a consumer device for display. The technique further includes selecting a second video stream, setting a second display characteristic associated with the second video stream to a second value based on a second priority associated with the second video stream, and transmitting the second video stream to the consumer device for display.