Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090276401 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ASSOCIATIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method and apparatus that manages associative personal information may include determining associative properties, receiving an item to be associated to the determined associative properties, indexing the received item based on the determined associative properties, storing the received item and the associated indexing information, receiving at least one of a query from a user and information concerning the user's navigation of one or more interfaces on the mobile communication device, matching at least one of the user's query and the user's navigation information to the associative properties, checking the associated indexing information for stored items associated to the matched associated properties, generating a list of stored items associated to the matched associated properties based on the associated indexing information, presenting the generated list of stored items associated to the matched associated properties to the user, and receiving the user's selection of one or more stored item from the generated list. | 11-05-2009 |
20130055323 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING A COMPANION DEVICE TO A PRIMARY VIEWING DEVICE - A method for enabling communication between a companion device and a primary viewing device includes determining presence of the primary viewing device; and determining presence of the second viewing device. The method further comprises determining that the second viewing device is a companion to the primary viewing device and causes establishment of a viewing group that includes the primary viewing device and the second viewing device. A notification message is provided to the primary viewing device with information enabling the primary viewing device to determine that there is a companion device for it. Additionally, a notification message is provided to the second viewing device with information enabling the second device to determine it is a companion device for the primary viewing device. | 02-28-2013 |
20130125188 | MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION PROCESSING - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for generating or selecting bookmarks for a multimedia presentation. These bookmarks may be encoded with the multimedia presentation into a multimedia container, which may then be transmitted to an end-user device. Also, these bookmarks may be made available to an end-user device over the Internet. Each bookmark may demarcate a content event and may comprise semantic information for that content event. Bookmarks may be generated automatically (e.g., by performing a media-analysis process) reviewed by a human. The end-user device may use the bookmarks to perform a trick play (e.g., semantic trick play) on the multimedia presentation. | 05-16-2013 |
20130287365 | INFORMATION PROCESSING - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for displaying information relating to a portion of a multimedia presentation. A progress bar is provided and displayed. A length of the progress bar is representative of a duration of the multimedia presentation. A user selects a first and a second point in the multimedia presentation, thereby defining a portion of the presentation. Depending on the selection, one or more communications (e.g., comments, online postings, etc.) may be identified. Each of these communications may have been composed in relation to at least a point of the multimedia presentation that is within the defined portion. Information depending on those identified communications may then be displayed to the user. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290488 | INFORMATION PROCESSING - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing one or more content items for display to a user of an end-user device. The user provides a comment in relation to a multimedia presentation. Based on this comment, and on content information relating to the multimedia presentation, a set of content items is then selected. This set of elements is provided for display to the user. The user may include any of the displayed content items in his comment. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290892 | INFORMATION PROCESSING - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for displaying a plurality of presentation elements to a user. A progress bar is displayed. A length of the progress bar is representative of a duration of a multimedia presentation. A communication box is also displayed. The communication box comprises a marker and a communication composed by an originator in relation to a certain point or time period within the multimedia presentation. The progress bar and the communication box are displayed such that the marker is in alignment with a position along the length of the progress bar that corresponds to the point or time period in the multimedia presentation in relation to which the communication was composed. The marker may be moved relative to the progress bar. | 10-31-2013 |
20140089967 | PROVIDING SECONDARY CONTENT TO ACCOMPANY A PRIMARY CONTENT ITEM - While a user views a primary content item (for example, a movie on a television screen), secondary content items are selected and presented to the user, either on the same screen or on a screen of the user's companion device. To choose selections that are relevant to the user's current interests, the selection process considers information beyond the realm of primary and secondary content. Over time, the selection process learns to make more relevant selections by monitoring selection choices made by other systems. | 03-27-2014 |
20150089372 | METHOD OF USER INTERACTION FOR SHOWING AND INTERACTING WITH FRIEND STATSU ON TIMELINE - A system and method of viewing media content on a timeline is presented. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a companion device user interface provides the user a second screen experience on a companion device by giving the user an opportunity to create secondary supplemental content related to the media content they are watching on a primary screen, such as a television. The user interface provides the user interaction by using visual indicators on a timeline to show the current position of all their friends, who are watching the same media content, along with the status of their media players. Being able to view the current status of all the friends on a timeline enables the users to make relevant comments to each other as the show progresses. | 03-26-2015 |
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20130290859 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUGMENTING USER-INPUT INFORMATION REALTED TO MEDIA CONTENT - Disclosed is a method of augmenting user-input information that includes associating a first secondary device with primary media content, receiving user-input information input at the first secondary device, and analyzing the user-input information to identify user-content metadata. The method further includes at least one of: receiving primary-content metadata related to the primary media content and deriving primary-content metadata from the primary media content and identifying associations between the user-content metadata and the primary-content metadata. | 10-31-2013 |
20130346414 | Correlation Engine and Method for Granular Meta-Content Having Arbitrary Non-Uniform Granularity - One disclosed method includes receiving correlation instructions related to a plurality of meta-content elements that are associated with a primary content. The primary content may be multimedia content such as, but not limited to, an audiovisual content. The method includes performing a correlation in response to receiving the instructions. The correlation is between the meta-content elements, where the meta-content elements each have an arbitrary granularity defining meta-content segments. The method returns a result based on the correlation. Another disclosed method include receiving a request having correlation instructions related to a plurality of meta-content elements, where the meta-content elements are associated with a primary content. Again, each meta-content element has an arbitrary granularity defining meta-content segments. The method includes determining, in response to receiving the request, a composite of meta-content segments of the plurality of meta-content elements, based on the correlation instructions. | 12-26-2013 |
20130347057 | Privacy Manager for Restricting Correlation of Meta-Content Having Protected Information Based on Privacy Rules - A method intercepts correlation instructions related to a plurality of meta-content elements associated with a primary content. The primary content or the meta-content elements may have associated privacy rules. At least one meta-content element of the group is selected as having privacy protected information specified in the privacy rules. A set of meta-content items, of meta-content element, are determined that are subject to a correlation restriction based on evaluation of the privacy rules with respect to each meta-content item contained in the meta-content element, and the privacy rules for the set of meta-content items are enforced. The privacy rule enforcement may involve preventing execution of the correlation instructions, excluding the selected at least one meta-content element from a correlation based on the correlation instructions, excluding the set of meta-content items from a correlation based on the correlation instructions, or restricting access to a correlation result based on the correlation instructions. | 12-26-2013 |
20140009476 | AUGMENTATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONSUMPTION - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for augmenting a user's multimedia consumption experience. The methods comprise whilst the user is consuming the multimedia presentation using a first device, that device provides (to one or more remote processors) information that may be used to identify a relevant location. The one or more processors use this information to identify the location and acquire a virtual environment. This virtual environment may be a virtual representation the location. The virtual environment is presented to the user on a second (companion) device. Using the second device, the user may explore the virtual environment and interact with virtual objects therein. | 01-09-2014 |
20140095608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING ONLINE CONTENT TO A SECOND INDEXED CONTENT - A method includes receiving content-association input, including identification of accessed first content and an index position of a second content, and associating the accessed first content with the second content at the index position. Users accessing the second content are provided information related to the first content in response to the access of the second content. The information provided may be a link to the first content, a description of the first content, a portion of the first content, or the entire first content. Another method includes providing a user interface within an application window while the application window displays a first content and providing a second window in response to selection input via the user interface. The second window displays an indexed second content. Input may be received via the second window to create an association of the first content with the second content at an index position. | 04-03-2014 |
20140176604 | Automated Object Selection and Placement for Augmented Reality - A system to facilitate AR processing includes receiving captured media from a user device and context information relating to media that is being delivered to a receiving device. The system may use the media being delivered with the captured media to generate one or more virtual objects. The user device may augment a user's view of reality that is reflected in the captured media by overlaying or otherwise incorporating the virtual objects in the user's view of reality. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181160 | SEQUENTIAL SEMANTIC REPRESENTATIONS FOR MEDIA CURATION - Generating a sequential semantic representation and a resulting content item sequence or presentation is disclosed. A set of nodes and paths among the nodes are determined. Each node includes a corresponding a set of criteria. The paths define a relationship among the plurality of nodes. Transitional operators that define additional criteria for the nodes, are associated with the paths. Content items that include characteristics that are determined to match the corresponding set of criteria for at least one of the nodes are retrieved. | 06-26-2014 |
20140289625 | SYSTEM TO GENERATE A MIXED MEDIA EXPERIENCE - Segments of plural media expressions of a narrative are defined and linked by metadata enabling substitution of a segment of one medium expression of the narrative for a segment of another medium expression the narrative when requested by a user. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289654 | INTERACTIVE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIXED MEDIA INTERACTIVE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIXED MEDIA - An interactive interface for a computing device enables a user to select the medium of expression in which a segment of a narrative will be presented. | 09-25-2014 |