Patent ID: 8483389
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing compressed video with layered graphics to at least one computing device, the method comprising steps of: receiving by a video processing device via a network, a first command from a first remote computing device, the first command including information identifying the first remote computing device as being a source of the first command and information identifying an overlay graphic; responsive to receiving the first command, layering, by the video processing device, at least one graphics plane on a first input video stream to generate a first output video stream, the at least one graphics plane including the overlay graphic identified in the first command; compressing by the video processing device, the first output video stream to generate a first compressed output video stream, the first compressed output video stream representing the first input video stream layered with the at least one graphics plane in a compressed format; scaling the first compressed output video stream to adjust a resolution of the first compressed output video stream to match a target resolution, the target resolution based on the information identifying the first remote computing device; and transmitting, via the network, the first compressed and scaled output video stream from the video processing device to the first remote computing device identified in the first command for display on a first screen.