Patent ID: 9602802
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of providing video data, the method comprising: receiving, by a server device, a packed frame of a representation of a plurality of representations of video data of multimedia content, wherein the packed frame comprises two frames corresponding to different views of a scene for three-dimensional playback, wherein the representations act as alternatives to each other and have different coding or rendering characteristics from each other, wherein each of the representations corresponds to a separate, respective bitstream, and wherein each of the representations includes a respective plurality of segments including coded video data, the segments comprising respective independently retrievable files; providing, by the server device, a manifest file to a client device separate from the server device, wherein the manifest file indicates a frame packing arrangement for the packed frame, wherein the manifest file includes descriptive data for each of the representations, and wherein the manifest file is separate from the segments of the representations such that the manifest file does not include any coded video data; receiving, by the server device, a request from the client device for at least a portion of one of the segments of one of the representations described by the manifest file; and in response to the request, sending, by the server device, at least the portion of the one of the segments to the client device.