Granted Patent B2

US 12,342,026 · App. 18/417,403 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Inventors: Jill M. Boyce (Portland, OR); Basel Salahieh (San Jose, CA)

Assignee: VIMMERSE, INC.

H04N21/2743H04N21/25875H04N21/278

Abstract

Claims (60)

1. A method comprising:

registering a first user ID for a primary device, a second user ID for a secondary device, and a session ID for a session between the primary device and the secondary device;

forming the session having the session ID between the primary device associated with the first user ID and the secondary device associated with the second user ID and associating the session ID with the primary device and the secondary device;

receiving a first video associated with the first user ID and the session ID, the first video including metadata regarding time and position;

receiving a second video associated with the second user ID and the session ID, the second video including metadata regarding time and position;

forming a composite video using the first video and the second video;

determining that all expected files for the session have been uploaded successfully using the identification of the devices of the session;

registering a player device with a third user ID and privileges to view the composite video; and

serving the composite video to the player device in response to a request associated with the third user ID.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising controlling access to the composite video based on the first user ID and the second user ID.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

registering additional user IDs;

linking the additional user IDs to the first user ID; and

controlling access to the composite video based on the linking.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming the composite video by:

coding the first video in pictures of a base layer;

coding the second video in pictures of another layer;

generating text overlays; and

adding the text overlays to the composite video.

5. An apparatus comprising a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when operated on by one or more processors cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

registering a first user ID for a primary device, a second user ID for a secondary device, and a session ID for a session between the primary device and the secondary device;

receiving a first video associated with the first user ID and the session ID, the first video including metadata regarding time and position;

receiving a second video associated with the second user ID and the session ID, the second video including metadata regarding time and position;

forming a composite video using the first video and the second video;

registering a player device with a third user ID and privileges to view the composite video;

serving the composite video to the player device in response to a request associated with the third user ID; and

receiving a user-defined name of the session, a creation time of the session, and a name and a device ID for each device in the session after serving the composite video.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , the operations further comprising:

maintaining a list of user IDs for which the third user ID has a follower relationship;

presenting the list of user IDs to the player device upon receiving a request from the player device; and

receiving a selection of a user ID from the list of user IDs;

wherein the content hosting module is further to present a composite video associated with the selected user ID.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein forming a composite video comprises:

processing available uploaded capture files to form combined content that combines content from multiple devices in which a region of a picture contains a first input video, and a second region of the picture contains a second input video.

8. A method comprising:

registering a first user ID for a primary device;

registering a second user ID for a secondary device;

registering a session ID for a session between the primary device and the secondary device;

registering a player device with a third user ID and privileges to view a composite video;

receiving a first video associated with the first user ID and the session ID, the first video including metadata regarding time and position;

receiving a second video associated with the second user ID and the session ID, the second video including metadata regarding time and position;

forming a composite video using the first video and the second video;

serving the composite video to the player device in response to a request associated with the third user ID; and

receiving a user-defined name of the session, a creation time of the session, and a name and a device ID for each device in the session after serving the composite video.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user management module is further to:

maintain a list of user IDs for which the third user ID has a follower relationship;

present the list of user IDs to the player device upon receiving a request from the player device; and

receive a selection of a user ID from the list of user IDs; and

wherein the content hosting module is further to present a composite video associated with the selected user ID.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the selected user ID is associated with a selected device, the method comprising designating the selected device as a primary capture device of the composite video.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising forming the session, having the session ID, between a first device associated with the first user ID and a second device associated with the second user ID.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising determining that all expected files for the session have been uploaded using the first user ID and the second user ID of the session.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising processing the first video and the second video to form combined content that combines content from multiple devices.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the combined content comprises a composite video in which a region of a picture contains a first input video, and a second region of the picture contains a second input video.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first input video is coded in pictures of a base layer, and the second input video is coded in pictures of another layer.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the combined content comprises immersive video with multiple input videos of a 3D scene and camera parameters associated with each input video, combined using patches and atlases.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the combined content comprises immersive video that allows the player device to navigate playback with 6 degrees of freedom of position and orientation.

18. The method of claim 8 , further comprising combining audio from multiple users, to form spatial audio.

19. The method of claim 8 , further comprising generating text overlays and adding the text overlays to the composite video.

20. The method of claim 8 , further comprising associating combined content files with a list of users participating in a capture session.

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