3 results about "Video Media" patented technology

A method for utilizing interactive video with tagged objects may include generating video data that includes both video media and an interactive video layer, providing the video data to a remote user via a network, and enabling the remote user to present the video data with or without the interactive video layer based on user selection of an option to turn the interactive video layer on and off, respectively. The interactive video layer may include objects mapped to corresponding identifiers associated with additional information about respective ones of the objects. At least one defined selectable video object may correspond to a mapped object. The selectable video object may be selectable from the interactive video layer during rendering of the video data responsive to the interactive video layer being turned on, where the selectable video object has a corresponding object function call defining an action to be performed responsive to user selection of the selectable video object. A corresponding apparatus is also provided.

Adjusting utilization of network bandwidth in a network comprising a media server and a media client is provided. The media client is connected to a display screen, and a video media is streamed from the media server to the media client. A distance between the display screen and a viewer is measured, and an indication of tile distance is sent to the media server. A resolution of the streaming video media is then adjusted in accordance with the indication, and the streaming video media with the updated resolution is received by the media client.