Patent ID: 8724029
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving multimedia content to be displayed, wherein the multimedia content comprises multiple content layers and specified in the multimedia content is a rendering order of the multiple content layers; determining, automatically and independent of user input, that the multimedia content includes video content in one content layer that is not specified in the rendering order as a lowest content layer of the rendering order; moving the video content in response to said determining to the lowest content layer of the multiple content layers such that a content layer for the video content is changed from the one content layer to the lowest content layer subsequent to said receiving the multimedia content to be displayed; replacing a region of each layer between the one content layer and the lowest content layer with a transparent region, wherein each replaced region corresponds to a location from which the video content was moved; and sending the multimedia content to a rendering system, wherein said sending includes sending the lowest content layer to an accelerated video renderer of the rendering system.