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1 Family 1 Cascades Streaming “SEAMLESS CAMERA ANGLE SWITCHING IN A VIDEO STREAM” A PORTFOLIO OF PATENTS EXCLUSIVELY OFFERED FOR SALE OR LICENSE BY CASCADES STREAMING TECHNOLOGIES . Redacted Summary: Full document including market overview, exemplary players and product, and possibly EOUs available upon request. Contact: rich@transactionsip.com or tmajor@transactionsip.com Non-confidential Marketing Package Not for public distribution without explicit permission from Cascades Streaming Technologies

1 Cascades Ventures “RAPID KEY FRAME SWITCHING IN A VIDEO STREAM” A PATENT EXCLUSIVELY OFFERED FOR SALE OR LICENSE BY CASCADES VENTURES . Non-confidential Marketing Package Not for public distribution without explicit permission from Cascades Ventures

2 Important Disclaimer and Notice This memorandum constitutes an offer for sale of patents on behalf of the owner by Cascades Streaming Technologies, LLC (Cascades), an IP licensing and brokerage firm. The information in this report is provided solely for the purpose of assisting the independent evaluation of the portfolio by prospective buyers. The information provided herein or exchanged pursuant to the sales process is not intended to be notice or accusation of infringement of any of the patents or portfolios offered for sale. Nothing in this document shall constitute or be interpreted as legal analysis regarding the scope of the patents or other intellectual property rights. Any discussion of the use or potential use of the patent portfolio is for illustrative purposes only. In making a decision regarding this sales opportunity, potential purchasers must rely on their own examination and evaluation of the patents and portfolios including the merits and risks involved. No representation or warranties regarding the patents or portfolios are provided or implied. This report and any other documents or information provided by Cascades related to the patents or portfolios are intended for use by the receiving party solely for its use in engaging in the sales process and in determining whether to purchase the patents or portfolios. Any distribution of such report, documents or information outside of the receiving party's organization without Cascades permission is strictly prohibited. Cascades reserves the right to modify or discontinue the sales process at any time including accepting offers prior to the completion of the due diligence period.

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3 Offering Information � Exclusively offered for sale or license by Cascades Streaming Technologies, LLC. � Any questions about this patent offering should be directed to: � Mark Magas Cascades Streaming Technologies mmagas@cascadesventures.com (847) 656-3560

4 Bidding Process � The owner reserves the right to accept or reject a bid at anytime. � We will keep all parties who have notified us of their interest in submitting a bid, or who have submitted a bid, reasonably informed throughout the process. � All information on interested parties – including bidder names, bid amounts, terms, and the winning bidder – will remain confidential.

5 Family 1 Executive Summary � This Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio consists of four assets, including three issued U.S. patents and one pending U.S. patent application. � Assigned to Cascades Streaming Technologies in exclusive license agreement. � Discloses various systems and methods related to switching between camera angles at key frames in a video streaming platform. � Technically and financially beneficial for offensive and defensive strategies for any company in the video streaming or virtual reality market.

5 Executive Summary � This Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio consists of one patent, U.S. 8,787,726. � Assigned to the original inventor, Antonio Rossi. � Discloses various systems and methods related to rapidly switching at key frames in a video streaming platform. � Technically and financially beneficial for offensive and defensive strategies for any company in the video streaming or virtual reality market. � Source code for functional proof of concept also available as part of sale or license.

12 Portfolio Details � This IP portfolio includes three issued U.S. patents and a pending U.S. application: � U.S. 7,571,244; � U.S. 8,156,236; � U.S. 9,264,472; � U.S. Application 14/993,334; � Early priority date of July 15, 2000. � Patent terms lasting between 2021-25.

14 Patent Details � This IP portfolio includes one issued patent, U.S. 8,787,726. � Priority date of February 26, 2012. � Patent term lasting until 2033. � Clean prosecution history. � Source code for functional proof of concept also available as part of sale or license.

14 Family 1 Representative Patent � US Patent 9,264,472 � Abstract: A computer system and method providing for viewing and switching of audio-video data. The system comprises: a plurality of audio/video sources containing information referring to an event; a streaming server, streaming the contents of a first audio signal and a first video signal from the audio and video sources to a user; a feed distributor controllably feeding the first audio signal and first video signal to the streaming server; and a user-operated control unit communicating with the feed distributor and controlling operation of the feed distributor, so as to instruct the feed distributor to switch between audio or video. Switching between audio signals occurs without altering the video signals and switching between video signals occurs without altering the audio signals.

15 Representative Patent US Patent 8,787,726 � Abstract: The multimedia systems and methods disclosed herein permit rapid switching � from one video stream to another in order to present similar images at different camera angles . The systems and methods further describe a virtual joystick and a moviola system. The virtual joystick allows a viewer to select for viewing in a main portion of a display, a sequence of images at a different camera angle than what was previously rendered on the main portion. The different camera angle is intuitively obvious based on a spatial relationship between two or more thumbnail display windows displayed in the virtual joystick. The moviola system allows rapid backwards navigation of a video stream that has already been received in a video receiver, and also allows slow motion backwards/forwards viewing starting from a paused image.

16 Representative Claim � US Patent 8,787,726 – Claim 9. A method comprising: storing in a first buffer, a first video stream comprising a first plurality of differentially compressed image frames and a first plurality of key frames, the first video stream generated from a first sequence of images of an event perceived at a first video camera angle; storing in a second buffer, a second video stream comprising a second plurality of differentially compressed image frames and a second plurality of key frames, the second video stream generated from a second sequence of images of the event perceived at a second video camera angle, wherein the first and the second video streams are perceivably aligned in time; receiving at an arbitrary instant in time after transmission of a first key frame and during transmission of one of the compressed image frames in the first plurality of differentially compressed image frames, a request to transmit the second video stream in place of the first video stream; using a backwards seek procedure to identify in the buffered second video stream, a second key frame that precedes the arbitrary instant in time; using the identified second key frame to execute a forward seek for identifying in the buffered second video stream, a compressed image frame corresponding to the arbitrary instant in time; and transmitting the second video stream starting from the compressed image frame corresponding to the arbitrary instant in time.

15 Family 2 Representative Claim � US Patent 9,264,472 – Claim 1. A method for switching between streams of audio-video data transmitted to a plurality of users over a packet-switching network, comprising: establishing separate connections with each of said plurality of users over the network; streaming first audio data and first video data in a first stream from at least one server to at least one of said plurality of users via at least one of said connections, said first audio and first video data relating to an event; and for at least one of said plurality of users, switching the first stream with a second stream comprising second video data that is different from the first video data, wherein only one of said first and second streams is transmitted to a user at a time, and wherein: (a) the first video data and the second video data each comprise differentially compressed data; (b) the first stream comprising first video data and the second stream comprising second video data each comprise one or more key frames; and, (c) the first stream comprising first video data switches to the second stream comprising second video data at said one or more key frames.