Providing user content with streamed media chunks

摘要

In a streaming server, companion content may be received and incorporated along with media that is streamed to clients. The companion content may originate from one of the clients, in some cases. In other cases, the companion content may originate from a source other than a client. The companion content may be any media relates to the media being streamed to the clients or directives that control the processing of the media being streamed to the clients.

主权项

1. A method in a server for providing video media data comprising operating the server to perform steps of:
receiving video media to be streamed to one or more client devices that provide the video data to a video player; generating a plurality of media chunks from the video media received; generating a plurality of manifest files which reference the plurality of media chunks; providing at least some of the manifest files to the one or more client devices, whereby said one or more clients can stream some of the media chunks using the manifest files; receiving companion content from a first client in the client devices, wherein the companion content is associated with a media chunk streamed by the first client; modifying one or more of the manifest files to reference the companion content, said one or more manifest files being identified based on the associated media chunk streamed by the first client; and providing a manifest file that contains a reference to the companion content to at least a second client in the client devices, wherein the second client generates output based on the companion content referenced in the manifest file.