Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include at least one method. The method includes communicatively coupling a first client device to a platform that distributes live streams over a network to client devices including the first client device. The live streams provide a live broadcast of a live event from viewpoints captured by source devices located at the live event including a second client device. The method further includes receiving an indication of a selection of a first viewpoint from the first client device and communicating a first live stream to the first client device. The first live stream is captured by a first source device and, when rendering by the first client device, causes display of the first viewpoint on the first client device.

Abstract: The following describes techniques to maintain continuity of a live media stream. A media stream may include a first distribution layer at a first bit-rate with at least one key frame at a first time relative to a time domain and a set of delta frames succeeding the first key frame. The media stream may also include a second distribution layer including at least one key frame at a second time that is shifted in time relative to the first time. A device may subscribe to the media stream with a minimized start-up time and optimized quality of experience among varying complexity of the media content and dynamic network conditions.

Abstract: Presented here are methods and systems for enabling multiple consumers to view an ordered data stream at the same time. An embodiment of the invention follows a client-server model, in which there is one server that is the source of the data and multiple clients that are the consumers of the data. Additionally, this invention can also be embodied by a number of other models, including but not limited to: 1) multiple servers or server clusters acting as data sources, and multiple clients acting as consumers, 2) pure peer-to-peer, where each peer can be both a source and/or a consumer of data, 3) a server-assisted peer-to-peer model, where peers may be both a source and/or a consumer of data and a set of one or more servers act as source and back-up and provide meta-information about the peers, such as which data is available from which peer.

Abstract: Presented here are methods and systems for enabling multiple consumers to view an ordered data stream at the same time. An embodiment of the invention follows a client-server model, in which there is one server that is the source of the data and multiple clients that are the consumers of the data. Additionally, this invention can also be embodied by a number of other models, including but not limited to: 1) multiple servers or server clusters acting as data sources, and multiple clients acting as consumers, 2) pure peer-to-peer, where each peer can be both a source and/or a consumer of data, 3) a server-assisted peer-to-peer model, where peers may be both a source and/or a consumer of data and a set of one or more servers act as source and back-up and provide meta-information about the peers, such as which data is available from which peer.