Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090303186 | USER INPUT HANDLING FOR DIGITAL VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE - Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to providing user inputs, such as, for example, text from a keyboard, to an application executed on a digital video object playback device. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304344 | EVENT STATE MONITORING FOR MULTIPLE PLATFORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A USER ACCOUNT - Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to monitoring state information for one or more events across one or more platforms associated with a user account, and providing event information appropriate for an electronic device to a the electronic device for display to a user associated with the user account. The user may provide inputs related to one or more of the events via the electronic device, and the inputs may be transmitted to one or more platforms. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304346 | MESSAGING WITH USER GENERATED CONTENT RELATED TO VIDEO OBJECT TIMECODE - Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to messaging techniques with user generated content related to video object timecode. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304365 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE WITH A DATA ACCESS DEVICE AND AN OPTICAL DISC IN AN ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses are provided, which may be implemented using an optical disc and a data access device such as, e.g., an optical disc player device. The optical disc may include content information, such as, video data, audio data, and advertisement data. The advertisement data may be associated with at least one product and/or service that is not adapted for use by the optical disc player device. The optical disc may include instructional information to adapt the optical disc player device to access user input data identifying user contact information and at least one advertisement selection, and to initiate transmission of an information request associated with at least one product and/or service associated with advertisement selection and/or advertisement data. The information request may include user contact information and may be adapted for use by at least one information delivery system which may initiate subsequent user contact without using the optical disc player device. | 12-10-2009 |
20090307227 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COMBINING AND DISTRIBUTING USER ENHANCED VIDEO/AUDIO CONTENT - Methods and apparatuses are provided, which may be implemented to combine and distribute user enhanced video and/or audio content. | 12-10-2009 |
20090307723 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MANAGING ASSETS STORED IN LOCAL MEMORY OF AN OPTICAL DISC PLAYER DEVICE - Methods and apparatuses are provided, which may be implemented for use in managing data assets stored in local memory of the optical disc player device. | 12-10-2009 |
20100228811 | System and method for managing data transfer - There is provided a media playback device for accessing first and second server-side applications via a communications network and managing data transfer via client-side applications. The media playback device includes a memory configured to store first and second client-side applications corresponding to the first and second server-side applications. The media playback device includes a processor configured to launch the first client-side application, request first data for use by the first client-side application, transfer the first data by the first client-side application to the first server-side application, and store the first data in the memory. The processor is further configured to receive an input requesting launch of the second client-side application, launch the second client-side application, identify the first data for use by the second client-side application, and read the first data from the memory into the second client-side application. | 09-09-2010 |
20100231791 | System and method for dynamic video placement on a display - There is provided a video playback device for providing adjustable display coordinates and for playing a video on a display. The video playback device comprises a memory storing a plurality of video streams each associated with one of a plurality of different display coordinates and a processor configured to determine a first input display coordinate for displaying the video on the display, select a first coordinate of the plurality of different display coordinates corresponding to the first input display coordinate, and output a first video stream of the plurality of video streams associated with the selected first coordinate on the display. | 09-16-2010 |
20100268359 | System and method for an interactive device for use with a media device - There are provided systems and methods for an interactive device for interaction with a user of a media device, wherein the interactive device and the media device are operable to communicate with a server having a memory storing a plurality of states including a present state of the media device playing a media. The interactive device comprises a peripheral hardware for interaction with the user of the media device and a processor configured to establish a communication with the server, obtain the present state of the media device from the server, select an action in response to the present state of the media, and execute the action using the peripheral hardware for interaction with the user of the media device. The interactive device can operate independently of the server or with several interactive devices connected to the server. | 10-21-2010 |