Method for multicasting views of real-time streaming interactive video

摘要

A method includes multicasting by a server center of streaming interactive video/audio streams to multiple destinations via an outbound Internet traffic interface. A given video/audio stream is routed to multiple destinations simultaneously. At least one of the video/audio streams is received at a delay buffer of the server center, the delay buffer storing a replayable portion of at least one of the video/audio streams.

主权项

1. A method for streaming interactive video comprising:
running a twitch video game or application on one or more servers at a hosting service center, uncompressed streaming interactive video being produced therefrom; compressing, by a compression unit of the hosting service center, the uncompressed streaming interactive video, thereby generating compressed streaming interactive video; and transmitting the compressed streaming interactive video over the Internet from the hosting service center to a plurality of destinations, at least one destination being a client device associated with a user of the twitch video game or application, the client device being geographically remote to the hosting service center, wherein the compressed streaming interactive video is compressed with a worst-case, round-trip latency, from control input of the user on the client device to display of a response to the control input on the client device, of 90 milliseconds over a distance of 1500 miles or less from the hosting service center.