IP Library Granted Patent US 9,900,646
Granted Patent B2
US 9,900,646 · App. 15/259,956 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Method, device and computer program product for outputting a transport stream

Inventors: Kazumi Hirano (Tokyo, JP); Toru Domukai (Tokyo, JP); Samuel Aran Masham (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Sony Corporation; Sony Europe Limited
H04N21/42224H04N21/2187H04N21/2387H04N21/2668H04N21/26258H04N21/41407H04N21/435H04N21/4307H04N21/458H04N21/47217H04N21/4825H04N21/64322H04N21/8586
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Patent No.
US 9,900,646
App. No.
15/259,956
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method comprising: receiving, via a distribution channel, video data having an identifier that identifies a position within a video and an address defining a location of a stored playlist. The method also comprises obtaining from a server a playlist in response to a user input, where the playlist includes location information identifying a location of a stored transport stream. The method also comprises receiving the transport stream from the location identified in the playlist over a network, and displaying the obtained transport stream.

Claims (36)

1. A method of controlling video and/or audio stream playback, comprising:

detecting a control input to a touch sensitive screen; and

responsive to said detecting the control input to the touch sensitive screen, transitioning from outputting to a first display a first stream of video and/or audio data provided by a first source to outputting to a second display a second stream of video and/or audio data provided by a second source,

wherein content of the first stream of video and/or audio data is the same as content of the second stream of video and/or audio data, and

wherein the outputting to the second display comprises, with respect to the outputting to the first display, a stream retrieve delay and applying a user determined delay which is controlled by the control input to the touch sensitive screen.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first source is different from the second source, and

wherein, when output of the first stream of video and/or audio data is transitioned to output of the second stream of video and/or audio data, the first stream of video and/or audio data continues to be decoded.

3. A non-transitory storage medium containing computer readable instructions which, when loaded onto a computer configure the computer to perform a method comprising:

detecting a control input to a touch sensitive screen; and

responsive to said detecting the control input to the touch sensitive screen, transitioning from outputting to a first display a first stream of video and/or audio data provided by a first source to outputting to a second display a second stream of video and/or audio data provided by a second source,

wherein content of the first stream of video and/or audio data is the same as content of the second stream of video and/or audio data, and

wherein the outputting to the second display comprises, with respect to the outputting to the first display, a stream retrieve delay and applying a user determined delay which is controlled by the control input to the touch sensitive screen.

4. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 3 ,

wherein the first source is different from the second source, and

wherein, when output of the first stream of video and/or audio data is transitioned to output of the second stream of video and/or audio data, the first stream of video and/or audio data continues to be decoded.

5. An electronic device for replaying video and/or audio streams comprising:

circuitry configured to detect a control input to a touch sensitive screen; and

a processor configured to

instruct decoding of a second stream of video and/or audio data, and

cause, responsive to detection the control input to the touch sensitive screen, transition from outputting to a first display a first stream of video and/or audio data provided by a first source to outputting to a second display the second stream of video and/or audio data provided by a second source,

wherein content of the first stream of video and/or audio data is the same as content of the second stream of video and/or audio data, and

wherein the outputting to the second display comprises, with respect to the outputting to the first display, a stream retrieve delay and applying a user determined delay which is controlled by the control input to the touch sensitive screen.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to decode the first stream of video and/or audio data.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein, when output of the first stream of video and/or audio data is transitioned to output of the second stream of video and/or audio data, the first stream of video and/or audio data continues to be decoded.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to cause the transition from output of the second stream of video and/or audio data based on detection of the control input to the touch sensitive screen to output of the first stream of video and/or audio data, which has continued to be decoded.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the transition from output of the second stream of video and/or audio data to output of the first stream of video and/or audio data includes outputting the second stream of video and/or audio data at an increased playback speed prior to outputting the first stream of video and/or audio data.

10. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising an interface configured to receive the first stream of video and/or audio data from a local server, which is the first source.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the local server is a television, and the first stream of video and/or audio data represents a live broadcast channel.

12. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising an interface configured to receive the second stream of video and/or audio data from a remote server via a network, which is the second source.

13. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising an interface configured to receive the first stream of video and/or audio data from a local server, which is the first source, and to receive the second stream of video and/or audio data from a remote server via a network, which is the second source.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the local server is a television, and the first stream of video and/or audio data represents a live broadcast channel.

15. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to decode the second stream of video and/or audio data from a plurality of clips comprising a playlist.

16. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the electronic device is configured to obtain a pointer to the second stream of video and/or audio data stored in association with the first stream of video and/or audio data.

17. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the second stream of video and/or audio data comprises a plurality of clips, and the control input defines one or more clips of the second stream of video and/or audio data.

18. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the touch sensitive screen is one of the first display and the second display.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2021
From: SONY EUROPE BV; SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 055844/0954 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2020
From: SONY EUROPE LIMITED
To: SONY EUROPE B.V.
Reel/Frame 052162/0623 →
Priority Claims (2)
GB 1205761.8 · Mar 30, 2012 · national
GB 1222726.0 · Dec 17, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14560730 · Dec 4, 2014
Division 13754295 · Jan 30, 2013
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