ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,645, issued on May 13, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Efficient association between DASH objects" was invented by Ye-Kui Wang (San Diego), Yuqun Fan (Shenzhen, China) and Peiyun Di (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method mechanism for streaming multi-viewpoint virtual reality (VR) content via Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (DASH) is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving media content including a VR video sequence. A DASH Media Presentation Description (MPD) is generated. The MPD includes an indication specifying that a portion of the media co...