Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080212941 | Recording media content on different devices - A system for recording media content on different recording devices includes a metadata insertion device configured to annotate advertisement content with metadata, where the advertisement content references a media content, and where the metadata is configured to enable recording of the media content on the different recording devices. The system also includes a program finder server configured to determine the next broadcast of the media content available to the different recording devices and a recording server configured to access information pertaining to the different recording devices and configured to schedule a recording of the media content on one or more of the recording devices based upon data and protocols required by the one or more recording devices. | 09-04-2008 |
20080222088 | Apparatus and Methods for Generating an Implicit Vote for a Media Item Based on User Behavior Relative to a Media Client - A method of generating an implicit vote for a media item based on user behavior may comprise recording information identifying a first set of user inputs to a media client associated with playing of a first media item, receiving and storing an explicit vote for the first media item, and storing information that correlates a user input from the first set of user inputs with the explicit vote. The first set of user inputs may comprise at least one user input. The method may comprise recording information identifying a second set of user inputs to the media client associated with playing of a second media item, wherein the second set of user inputs may comprise at least one user input matching the stored correlated user input. The method may comprise generating an implicit vote for the second media item based on the stored information correlating the stored correlated user input with the explicit vote. | 09-11-2008 |
20080240010 | INTELLIGENT ORCHESTRATION OF CROSS-MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS - A method and architecture for managing a communication campaign direct toward a plurality of media consumption devices associated with a common user ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080244660 | VIRTUAL SET-TOP BOX TUNER IN CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method for scheduling the reception of content in a content receiver, for example, in an STB/DVR, includes scheduling ( | 10-02-2008 |
20090172745 | Method and Apparatus Regarding Receipt of Audio-Visual Content Information and Use of Such Information to Automatically Infer a Relative Popularity of That Content - A network element ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090241155 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Automatically Forming an Aggregation of Multiple Different Renderable Content Items - A network element ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090288120 | System and Method for Creating Media Bookmarks from Secondary Device - There is disclosed a mobile device, and a method thereof, for creating media bookmarks. The mobile device comprises a user interface, a timing circuit, a processor, and a wireless transceiver. The user interface detects first and second user inputs associated with a media clip, in which the first user input precedes the second user input. The timing circuit provides a time stamp at a given time. The processor determines an end time associated with the media clip corresponding to a time stamp when the first user input is detected, and a start time associated with a media clip based on the second user input. The processor also identifies a broadcast channel associated with the media clip. The wireless transceiver transmits clip information based on the start and end times to a remote server via a wireless communication link. | 11-19-2009 |
20100115596 | Method and System for Creating and Sharing Bookmarks of Media Content - A method for facilitating a bookmark server to create a bookmark from content associated with a content source is disclosed. The method comprises a remote device selecting a portion of the content associated with the content source, based on an input received via a user interface. The remote device then generates metadata associated with the selected portion of the content. The metadata includes information pertaining to the content source and the content. The remote device communicates with the bookmark server, which can access the content associated with the content source. The remote device sends the metadata to the bookmark server along with a request message to the bookmark server to create the bookmark based on the metadata. | 05-06-2010 |
20100293032 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING COMMERCIAL INFORMATION - Disclosed is commercial-information sharing system in which a vendor provides a shopping device to a customer. When the shopping device presents commercial information to the customer that the customer finds interesting, the customer may choose to share the commercial information. The information is sent from the vendor's shopping device to a personal communications device of the customer. The customer then uses his personal communications device to share the information. The vendor may send tracking information along with the commercial information. If someone is interested in the commercial information shared by the original customer and goes to the vendor to, for example, redeem a coupon, the tracking information provides the vendor with important marketing data. The original customer may also share content that he generates and then associates with the commercial information. | 11-18-2010 |