METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A CURSOR WHEN BROADCAST A VIDEO STREAM Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC G06F3/481 G06F17/00 

FIELD: computer equipment.

SUBSTANCE: method of displaying a cursor when broadcast a video stream comprises steps of: initiating transmission of a video stream from a server part to a user device; capturing a cursor image in a first OS; transmitting a cursor image and a video stream to a second OS on a user device, wherein the cursor image is transmitted separately from the video stream; obtained video stream and cursor image are displayed in second OS on user device; recording user input generating cursor position change and transmitting coordinates of changed cursor position to server part; generating a cursor image in the first OS in accordance with the changed coordinates and sending the cursor image to the second OS; receiving, on user device, corresponding frame of video stream and image of cursor with changed position; displaying a cursor image in a second OS in a broadcast video stream.

EFFECT: reduced delay and high accuracy of displaying cursor position during video stream broadcast due to reduced time between change of input device position and updating cursor position on user display device.

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