Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090092133 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK MOBILITY OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method, device and system for allowing a mobile communication device, such as a DLNA/UPnP device, to continue to communicate with its local network, even when the mobile device leaves or loses contact with the local network. The method includes providing information to a remote access server to create a virtual mobile device in a local network. The virtual device communicates with other devices within the local network as if it is the actual mobile device. The remote access server is configured to route data packets between the virtual device and the mobile device via a second network that does not rely on the mobile nodes connection to the local network. A public IP address of the remote access server provided to the mobile device before the device leaves the local network is used to communicate with the virtual device via an IP-based public network coupled to the local network. | 04-09-2009 |
20090094317 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT WITHIN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK - A system, method and communication device configuration for sharing multimedia content between network devices, such as UPnP or UPnP/DLNA devices and mobile communication devices, across different local networks or subnets. One possible system arrangement or architecture is based on the communication devices forming groups and then sharing UPnP control messages across the groups. The system arrangement supports enabling group member access to UPnP devices that are in other group devices or reachable via other group devices. By enabling devices to form groups across wide-area networks and distribute UPnP messages within the group members, the system effectively extends the range of a UPnP network. Devices include an overlay middleware and an xDLNA application to provide the functionality to form or join a device group and communicate multimedia content with other devices in the group as if the devices are within the same local network. | 04-09-2009 |
20090100137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES IN A PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method and apparatus that provides services in a peer-to-peer communications network is disclosed. The method may include determining at least one group to which a first application is associated, determining if there is at least one second application in the group, and if there is a second application, then sharing information with the second application. | 04-16-2009 |
20090190556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE HANDOVER - A method and apparatus for handing over a mobile node from a source access point to a target access point is provided herein. During operation the source access point will create handover messages on behalf of the mobile node. When the source access point detects that handover is taking place, the source access point will transmit the appropriate handover message to the mobile node's anchor node. Because the source access point may not have the necessary security credentials to create messages on behalf of the mobile node, in an alternate embodiment of the present invention, the messages are created by the mobile node and stored at the source access point until needed. | 07-30-2009 |
20100167728 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEMTO CELL COVERAGE MAPPING USING MACRO BASE STATION - A method and apparatus are disclosed for selecting between connection of a mobile communication device to a macro cell or connection of the mobile communication device to one of a plurality of femto cells in a network. The method includes determining a mapping of locations of the femto cells within coverage range of the macro cell, determining whether network considerations indicate the mobile communications device should be connected to the macro cell or to one of the plurality of femto cells, and enabling connection of the mobile communications device to the macro cell or to one of the plurality of femto cells based on the network considerations and the mapping of locations of the femto cells. | 07-01-2010 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20140280699 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING DISCOVERY AND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN UNRELATED BROWSER SESSIONS - A method and apparatus for communicating data to a browsing session is disclosed In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a first information from a first browsing session in a proxy, the first information comprising a request for a webpage having at least one webpage element, transmitting a second information comprising a first wrapper distinct from the requested webpage, establishing a first communications session between the first wrapper and the proxy; and transmitting a third information to the first browser via the first communications session, the third information comprising at least one element based on the requested webpage element for rendering by the first browsing session via the first wrapper. | 09-18-2014 |
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 |
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 |