ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,370, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for blending media" was invented by Matthew J. Yaeger (Tustin, Calif.), Benjamin D. Buckner (Irvine, Calif.) and Shalin M. Mehta (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Streaming media includes generating an initialization segment having a first sample description for a first set of image parameters and a second sample description for a second set of image parameters. The method also includes transmitting a media stream including the initialization segment, a first set of frames referencing the first sample description, and a second s...