Clarence J Hau

US Patent:

20210409796, Dec 30, 2021

Filed:

May 18, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/323753

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Clarence Hau - Tenafly NJ, US
Michael Harrell - Parker CO, US
Anil Abraham - Upper Saddle River NJ, US
Peter Rosenberg - New York NY, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/234
H04L 29/06
H04N 21/2187
H04N 21/235

Abstract:

Systems and methods for switching from a linearly distributed live content and/or internet stream to other contents are provided by aligning timing between contents. Break points may be programmed between diverse non-time synced source encoder of the respective contents to facilitate switching between contents. A first linear stream is caused to be provided. A switchover time to a second linear stream is then identified. The second linear stream is caused to be provided at the switchover time. In different embodiments, switching may occur between different number of contents using the described systems and methods. One or more streaming contents may be up-converted and/or down-converted in different streaming systems.