Patent ID: 8165197
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for upscaling video for presentation on a relatively high resolution display device, the method comprising: accessing stored video data that includes information for displaying a particular video content on a local display device at a first resolution; receiving a request to upscale the video data for displaying the particular video content on an additional display device at a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution; requesting and receiving supplemental video data corresponding to the video data, wherein the supplemental video data is accessed through an external source; combining the video data and the supplemental video data to produce a combined video data that includes information for displaying the particular video content on the additional display device at the second resolution; and determining availability of the supplemental video data used to produce the particular video content on the additional display device at the second resolution before receiving the request to upscale the video data.