Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080222106 | Media content search results ranked by popularity - Media content search results ranked by popularity is described. In embodiment(s), a search request for television media content can be initiated by a viewer, and television media content that is relevant to the search request can be identified. The relevant television media content can then be ranked based on a popularity rating such that the relevant television media content can be displayed in an ordered list that is ordered by popularity rankings. | 09-11-2008 |
20080295012 | Drag-and-drop abstraction - Drag-and-drop abstraction is described. In embodiment(s), a graphical user interface displays destinations that can be selected to receive various media content, and also displays representations of the various media content. A user can associate a representation of the media content with one or more of the destinations. A resource manager can then determine a media format of a selected destination, as well as initiate delivery of an identifier of the media content to the selected destination. | 11-27-2008 |
20080317292 | AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF DEVICES BASED ON BIOMETRIC DATA - The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can obtain biometric data from a user as the user interacts with a device. Based upon the obtained biometric data, the architecture can determine an identity of the user and automatically apply settings associated with that particular user to the device. The settings can relate to a physical configuration of the device (or aspects, features, and/or peripherals of the device), as well as to a data set employed by the device (or components of the device). As such, a user of the device can benefit from enhanced efficiency, utility, and/or convenience. | 12-25-2008 |
20080318597 | INTENSITY-BASED MAPS - The claimed subject matter relates to a first architecture that can create an intensity map based upon intensity scores, and to a second architecture that can provide intensity scores and can request and receive the intensity map. Intensity scores can relate to an approval or a level of satisfaction of a current location of a user and can be conveniently provided, in some cases with a single keystroke (e.g., 0-9 from a conventional cell phone keypad) by, say, mobile device users. Numerous intensity scores can be received and aggregated to produce an intensity map of a given area or region. Portions of the intensity map can be provided to requesting devices, potentially filtered based upon a variety of criteria. As a result, the intensity map can provide in substantially real-time a visual indication of locations or entities that might be interesting to explore. | 12-25-2008 |
20080319773 | PERSONALIZED TRAVEL GUIDE - The claimed subject matter relates to architectures for providing and accessing a service that facilitates an enhanced travel experience. The architectures can determine a location of a subscribing mobile device, match a profile relating to the device with available guides for a site in proximity to the location, and transmit a notification to the device of the availability of the guide(s). The architecture can also provide incentives to third-parties for authoring guides or content for guides as well as tools and/or templates to assist in guide creation. In addition, the architecture can receive requests from the device for guides as well as facilitate the output of the guide on the subscribing device. | 12-25-2008 |
20080319827 | MINING IMPLICIT BEHAVIOR - The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can monitor transactions between a content consumer and a user-interface that provides the content. The architecture can also monitor environment variables that relate to a content consumption environment. From one or both of these potential sources, the architecture can identify implicit behavior on the part of the content consumer that relates to the consumption of the content. The implicit behavior can be employed to determine or infer effects of the consumed content, which can supplement, enhance, or replace conventional explicit consumer feedback. | 12-25-2008 |
20080320126 | ENVIRONMENT SENSING FOR INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT - The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate an enhanced entertainment experience based upon interactivity between entertainment medium or content and a content consumer's environment. In one aspect, based upon features or condition of a content consumer's environment, entertainment content can be interactively selected or modified. In another aspect, based upon features included in the entertainment content, components or conditions extant in the environment can be interactively updated or modified. | 12-25-2008 |
20080320515 | Self-organizing media content - Self-organizing media content is described. In embodiment(s), a self-organizing map can be applied to metadata that corresponds to television media content. A media content array of television media content choices can then be generated based on the mapped metadata where the media content array is organized to include n-dimensions that are each based on a different attribute of the metadata. The media content array can then be displayed on a user interface that facilitates dynamic traversal of the media content array for viewer selection of the television media content choices. | 12-25-2008 |
20080320516 | TAILORED CHANNEL FOR CONTENT CONSUMPTION - The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can establish a tailored and/or personalized content channel. The content channel can be interfaced with one or more devices, and can be configured to serve particular content or types of content as well as to filter particular content or types of content. The content can be selected or filtered based upon a wide variety of factors that can be expressly specified, or in some cases intelligently inferred. In addition, the architecture can provide detailed analysis of content and summarize various content consumption habits or histories. | 12-25-2008 |
20090113480 | NON-MEDIA-CENTRIC PACKAGING OF CONTENT - The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can establish a tailored and/or personalized content channel based various aspects of a social network. The content channel can be interfaced with one or more devices, and can be configured to serve content based upon a content schedule. The content schedule can be programmed based upon selections or recommendations of a member of a user's social network. The architecture can further maintain presence information associated with a member of the social network, such as indicia of the member's current behavior or activity. | 04-30-2009 |
20090132339 | Signature-Based Advertisement Scheduling - Signature-based advertisement scheduling techniques are described. In an implementation, a signature for each of a plurality of advertisements is computed that describes characteristics of the respective advertisements. The signatures are compared to determine similarities of the plurality of advertisements, one to another. The plurality of advertisements is then scheduled for output in conjunction with content based on the comparison. | 05-21-2009 |
20090133057 | Revenue Techniques Involving Segmented Content and Advertisements - Revenue techniques involving segmented content and advertisements are described. In an implementation, content, which has one or more advertisements embedded by a content provider, is segmented into a plurality of segments. An identification is performed to determine which of the plurality of segments are program segments. An identification is also performed to determine which of the plurality of segments are advertising segments, at least one of the advertising segments includes at least one of the advertisements. An option is provided to pay to output the program segments without output of the advertising segments. | 05-21-2009 |
20090133060 | Still-Frame Content Navigation - Still-frame content navigation techniques are described. In an implementation, content is received via a real-time broadcast. A still frame is identified for each of a plurality of segments of the content that is representative of a respective segment. A plurality of the still frames is output in a user interface. Each of the still frames is selectable to navigate to a respective one of the segments that includes the still frame. | 05-21-2009 |
20090320065 | CONTENT SELECTION AND OUTPUT - Content selection and output techniques are described. In an implementation, a user interface is output at a client device that provides for selection of television content via a website for output on a television. A communication is formed to be communicated to the website based on interaction with the user interface to cause the television content to be output by the television automatically and without user intervention. | 12-24-2009 |
20090328102 | Representative Scene Images - Representative scene images are described. In embodiment(s), an episodes user interface can be generated to include scene images that each represent and visually distinguish a different episode in a television program series. The episodes user interface can then be communicated to a media device to be rendered for display where the scene images are viewer-selectable via the episodes user interface. A scene image can be selected to initiate a request for an episode in the television program series to be rendered for viewing at the media device. | 12-31-2009 |
20100088715 | Content Promotion to Anonymous Clients - Techniques involving anonymous content promotion are described. In an implementation, content, which may include one or more advertisements embedded by a content provider, is promoted to clients who anonymously indicate behaviors. A client may generate behavior data matching behaviors of the client to unique codes. The client communicates the behavior data having the matched behaviors/unique codes anonymously to a network operator. A network operator collects behavior data from multiple clients. The network operator associates unique codes corresponding to a behavior to content to promote the content to clients who anonymously indicate the behavior through the unique codes in the behavior data. The network operator may output a promotion having the associated unique codes to multiple clients to enable each client to identify its own unique codes and obtain corresponding content recommendations and/or content. | 04-08-2010 |
20100248822 | PERSONALIZATION USING A HAND-PRESSURE SIGNATURE - A hand-held device having a body with a pressure-sensitive exterior surface. At least a portion of the pressure-sensitive exterior surface is designed to be grasped by a user's hand. The pressure-sensitive surface contains a plurality of pressure sensors operative to provide an output signal proportional to a pressure applied by the user's hands to the exterior surface of the hand-held device at the area the pressure sensor is located. The device also includes a memory for storing the output signals provided by the plurality of pressure sensors and a processor for comparing the output signals provided by the plurality of pressure sensors against stored pressure profile signatures for positively identifying the user. | 09-30-2010 |
20100299692 | Media Content Search Results Ranked by Popularity - Media content search results ranked by popularity is described. In embodiment(s), a search request for television media content can be initiated by a viewer, and television media content that is relevant to the search request can be identified. The relevant television media content can then be ranked based on a popularity rating and the relevant television media content can be displayed in an ordered list that is ordered by popularity rankings. | 11-25-2010 |
20100318927 | MEDIA ASSET PIVOT NAVIGATION - Media asset pivot navigation is described. In various embodiments, collections of media assets are determined from relational metadata that corresponds to the media assets in a respective collection. Each collection of media assets are represented as a navigation axis along which the media assets in a respective collection can be located, and a media asset can be associated with multiple collections of media assets based on the relational metadata. A media asset navigation interface is generated for display from which the collections of media assets can be navigated to locate the media assets for selection. The media asset navigation interface includes a display of a collection of media assets represented as a navigation axis. A navigation input can be received to pivot from the navigation axis to an alternate navigation axis and initiate a display of an additional collection of media assets that are represented as the alternate navigation axis. | 12-16-2010 |
20100325552 | Media Asset Navigation Representations - Media asset navigation representations are described. In various embodiments, a content navigation input is received, such as an input to a client device, to initiate a display of a media asset navigation interface from which media assets can be selected. Groups of related media assets are determined, and each group of related media assets is represented for user selection from the media asset navigation interface. A visual element is identified for each group of related media assets, and the visual elements each provide a coherent visual representation of the related media assets in a respective group. A display can be initiated of the visual elements in the media asset navigation interface where each of the visual elements are selectable to individually navigate the related media assets in the respective groups. | 12-23-2010 |
20120254758 | Media Asset Pivot Navigation - Media asset pivot navigation is described. In embodiments, collections of media assets can be determined, where each of the collections correspond to a navigation axis that is traversable in a user interface to locate media assets for selection. Visual representations are determined that each represent a collection of media assets, and the visual representations are displayable in the user interface. The visual representations that represent the collections of media assets can be non-textual visual representations that are most likely discernible to a user as representing the collections of the media assets. A navigation input relative to a collection of media assets can be received, and responsive to receiving the navigation input, a visual representation that represents the collection of media assets is changed based on user interactions with the media assets in the collection of media assets. | 10-04-2012 |
20130283306 | MEDIA CONTENT SEARCH RESULTS RANKED BY POPULARITY - Media content search results ranked by popularity is described. In embodiment(s), a search request for television media content can be initiated by a viewer, and television media content that is relevant to the search request can be identified. The relevant television media content can then be ranked based on a popularity rating and the relevant television media content can be displayed in an ordered list that is ordered by popularity rankings. | 10-24-2013 |
20140195910 | MEDIA CONTENT CATALOGS - In a method in a computer system for displaying on a display device a personal catalog of media content, a plurality of media content listings is received from a plurality of network enabled media devices. The plurality of network enabled media devices has common ownership with the computer system, which comprises a network enabled media device. The plurality of media content listings and a media content listing of the computer system are used to compile a personal catalog of media content. The personal catalog of media content is displayed on the display device. | 07-10-2014 |