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

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus for decoding video content enabling substitution of partial-frame image data during playback, the apparatus comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory for holding data and executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the apparatus to perform:
decoding a frame of video data from at least one of a source video stream or a source video file originating from a 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 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 an altered frame at least in part by substituting the region of the frame with the substitution image; and
placing the altered frame in a frame queue of a computer memory instead of the frame, for at least one of play-out or storage.