VIRTUAL PLAYBOOK WITH USER CONTROLS

摘要

A computerized method operable on a computer system for compositing data streams to generate a playable composite stream includes receiving a plurality of independent data streams that are included in a broadcast stream. The independent data streams include a video stream and a metadata stream. The metadata stream includes a plurality of user selectable graphics metadata for a plurality of graphics options. The computerized method further includes receiving a user selection for at least one of the graphics options; and compositing the at least one graphics option with the video stream to generate a composite video stream, which includes the at least one graphics option and the video stream.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
posting, by a media server system, a link to initiate streaming of real-time live gameplay of a video game that is being played by at least one game player on at least one game player device; enabling selection of the link by a plurality of spectators on a plurality of spectator computers coupled to the media server system; receiving in real time by the media server system via a first network connection a video game stream of the real-time live gameplay of the video game as the at least one game player is playing the video game; streaming in real time by the media server system the video game stream of the real-time live gameplay of the video game via a second network connection to one or more commentator computer systems as the video game stream is being received by the media server system; receiving in real time by the media server system contemporaneous comments associated with the real-time live gameplay of the video game from at least one of the one or more commentator computer systems as at least one commentator is generating the contemporaneous comments on the at least one of the one or more commentator computer systems; generating by the media server system a composite stream of at least a portion of the video game stream and at least some of the contemporaneous comments associated with the real-time live gameplay of the video game; receiving at a particular moment in time by the media server system a selection of the link from a particular spectator computer of the plurality of spectator computers; and in response to receiving the selection of the link from the particular spectator computer, initiating over a third network connection to the particular spectator computer of the plurality of spectator computers a real-time streaming of the composite stream being generated by the media server system at substantially the particular moment in time and thereafter.