Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100014825 | USE OF A SECONDARY DEVICE TO OVERLAY DISASSOCIATED MEDIA ELEMENTS ONTO VIDEO CONTENT - A system and method are provided for utilizing a secondary device to overlay disassociated media elements onto video content presented to a user via a primary device. In general, an overlay control function of a secondary device provides an overlay input to a primary device playing video content. The overlay input includes one or more media elements forming the overlay as well as information defining a desired position of the overlay. In response, an overlay rights enforcement function of the primary device obtains overlay access rights and determines whether the overlay is permitted based on overlay access rights. If the overlay is permitted, the overlay formed by the one or more media elements provided in the overlay input received from the secondary device is overlaid on top of the video content being played by the primary device. | 01-21-2010 |
20100069144 | LOCAL ENVIRONMENT BASED WAGERING - A system and method are disclosed for providing location-based wagering. In one embodiment, wagerable data associated with a location of a first user is identified. The wagerable data may be any type of data on which a wager may be based. Then, a wager recommendation is generated based on the wagerable data and returned to the first user. The first user defines a wager, and the wager is published to one or more second users located in proximity to the first user. Each of the one or more second users is enabled to accept the wager if desired. In addition, one or more winners and one or more losers of the wager may be identified and payout may then be effected. | 03-18-2010 |
20110081867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATIONS DURING AN E-READER SESSION - A gatekeeper function is employed to control communications intended for a target user, who is associated with an electronic reader (e-reader) device. The gatekeeper function detects an attempt for an originating user to communicate with the target user. Upon detecting the attempt to communicate with the target user, the gatekeeper function determines a communication processing action that controls how to handle the communication attempt based on e-reader session information that is collected while the target user is engaged in an e-reader session. The gatekeeper function will then effect the communication processing action to control how the communication attempt is to be handled. | 04-07-2011 |
20110107206 | E-READER SEMANTIC TEXT MANIPULATION - A computerized system and method for changing the textual length of an electronic text content while maintaining the meaning of the electronic text content is disclosed. The system includes an electronic reader, or e-reader, device having an electronic touch screen for displaying an electronic text content and for receiving a user touch gesture for identifying a portion of the electronic text content targeted for a textual length change, and a semantic server programmed to receive requests for a semantic text alternative for a targeted electronic text content identified by way of the e-reader device and to determine a semantic alternative electronic text content for the targeted electronic text content, wherein the determined semantic alternative electronic text has a different textual length than the targeted electronic text content, and for replacing the targeted electronic text content displayed by the e-reader device with the determined semantic alternative electronic text content. | 05-05-2011 |
20120005616 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT A NARRATIVE - A method and system for providing information about a novel. A portion of the novel is displayed on a display. Selections of a first term at a first location and a second term at a second location are received. A current location within the novel is determined. A plurality of relationships between the first term and the second term that have been referred to in the novel prior to the current location is determined, and information about the plurality of relationships is displayed. | 01-05-2012 |
20120047119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING ANNOTATED HYPERLINKS BETWEEN VIDEO SEGMENTS - Systems and methods are provided for linking and playing media content from one or more media items. Linking items may be stored with a plurality of other linking items and associated with one or more media items. The linking items define media fragments within the media items and media segments linked to the media items. By selecting linking items associated with a particular media item, a user can dynamically select the media segments linked to the media item. | 02-23-2012 |