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Tencent was granted a patent for combining media streams in network packets.

What happened

In September 2026 Tencent patented a media-delivery technique for carrying synchronized data from multiple streams in real-time communications and streaming systems.

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Abstract

A method for transmitting a media data stream, performed in a server, is provided. The method includes obtaining a first data fragment from a first media data stream as an RTP load; obtaining a second data fragment from a second media data stream; adding the second data fragment into an RTP extension header; and generating an RTP packet comprising the RTP extension header and the RTP load.

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Grant date
Sep 29, 2026
Inventors
Zhihua Tan
Tech area
networking / data transmission
Patent number
US12750411

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  • Zhihua TanInventor

Details

Primary CPC class
H04L 65/65 (Transmission of digital information)
USPTO assignee
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
What the invention does
A method that puts content from one media stream in the main packet and inserts data from another into the packet’s extension area before transmission.

Topics and mentions

Tags

  • Intellectual Property
  • Research & Development
  • Communications
  • Software

Technologies named

  • RTP
  • media streaming
  • real-time communications
  • data transmission

Extraction

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Sep 30, 2026
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signal_subtype
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