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(11) EP 4 681 435 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
21.01.2026 Bulletin 2026/04

(21) Application number: 24706171.6

(22) Date of filing: 07.02.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 21/2343(2011.01)
H04N 21/475(2011.01)
 H04N 21/462(2011.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
H04N 21/4622; H04N 21/4755; H04N 21/23439
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB2024/050321
(87) International publication number:
WO 2024/189305 (19.09.2024 Gazette 2024/38)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
GE KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 16.03.2023 GB 202303851

(71) Applicants:
  • Sony Group Corporation
    Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)
  • Sony Europe B.V.
    Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0XW (GB)

    AL 

(72) Inventor:
  • MOORE, Nigel Stuart
    Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4SB (GB)

(74) Representative: D Young & Co LLP 
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ
London EC2V 7BQ (GB)

   


(54) A METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SELECTING A SERVICE INSTANCE OF A VIDEO SERVICE