Patent ID: 11863818
Assignee: WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for playing out video content from a multi-version package enabled for substitution of partial-frame image data, the method comprising:
decoding, by at least one processor, a frame of video data from at least one of a source video stream or a source video file originating from the multi-version package, wherein the multi-version package comprises unique metadata documents each for a different one of versions that the multi-version package supports and the at least one of the source video stream or source video file for all the versions;
correlating, by the at least one processor, the frame of video data to unique metadata for the frame, wherein the unique metadata is contained in one of the metadata documents of the multi-version package for one of the versions being played and defines a substitution image for a region less than an entirety of the frame;
preparing, by the at least one processor, an altered frame at least in part by substituting the region of the frame with the substitution image; and
placing, by the at least one processor, the altered frame in a frame queue of a computer memory instead of the frame, for at least one of play-out or storage.