Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090319470 | Triggers for Time-Shifted Content Playback - In accordance with one or more aspects, a trigger corresponding to media content is retrieved from a storage device. The trigger includes a time-shift parameter identifying how much playback of the media content can be time-shifted while keeping the trigger valid. A determination is made, based at least in part on a current time and the time-shift parameter, whether the trigger is valid during playback of the media content. | 12-24-2009 |
20090320061 | Advertising Based on Keywords in Media Content - In accordance with one or more aspects, a trigger including both a criteria portion and a payload portion is accessed, the criteria portion identifying one or more criteria that includes a keyword, and the payload portion identifying one or more actions for presenting advertising content. Data corresponding to media content being presented is also accessed, and a check is made as to whether the data satisfies the one or more criteria. The one or more actions are performed in response to the data satisfying the one or more criteria. The trigger associating the advertising content with the keyword can be received in exchange for compensation. | 12-24-2009 |
20100211988 | MANAGING RESOURCES TO DISPLAY MEDIA CONTENT - This document describes tools capable of enabling a media device to assign available resources to media content prior to receiving a request to display that media content. In one embodiment, the tools determine a next media content to be requested and available resources on a media device to display that next content. The tools may assign the available resources to the next page of media content prior to receiving a request to display the next page of media content. | 08-19-2010 |
20100223627 | Application Tune Manifests and Tune State Recovery - In accordance with one or more aspects, a request to run an application is received. The application has an associated tune manifest that identifies one or more resources that the application may use. The tune manifest is compared to a device resource record, and a check is made, based at least in part on the comparing, whether the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest can be satisfied by the device. If the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest can be satisfied by the device, then the application is run; otherwise, a notification of a conflict between the application and the device is presented. Additionally, when the application exits, a device tune state that identifies a content source to which the device was tuned prior to running the application can be retrieved and the device restored to this device tune state. | 09-02-2010 |
20100241669 | UPDATING DATA-CONSUMING ENTITIES - This document describes tools capable of updating data-consuming entities. These tools allow a developer of an application to use data binding to update data-consuming entities without the need to write custom code. | 09-23-2010 |
20100299620 | LARGE SETS OF DATA - This document describes tools that enable a computing device to retrieve large data in smaller blocks. The tools also allow the computing device to receive and display data that does not include display formatting information through the use of templates. | 11-25-2010 |
20110119330 | SELECTIVE CONTENT LOADING BASED ON COMPLEXITY - Selective content loading based on complexity is provided by a method of selectively loading content which includes receiving markup data at a client computing device and determining a markup weight for the markup data at the client computing device. The method further includes determining if the markup weight is less than a threshold value at the client computing device. The method further includes, if the markup weight is less than the threshold value, loading the markup data at the client computing device, and if the markup weight is not less than the threshold value, not allowing the markup data to load at the client computing device. | 05-19-2011 |
20110209206 | ACCESS RESTRICTION FOR COMPUTING CONTENT - Access restriction for computing content is provided by operating a computing device with a first profile, recognizing an attempt to log off of the first profile, and requesting a user to supply a log off credential. If the log off credential is not correct, the computing device continues to operate with the first profile, and if the log off credential is correct, the computing device operates without the first profile. | 08-25-2011 |
20110254683 | CONTROLLABLE DEVICE SELECTION BASED ON CONTROLLER LOCATION - Controllable device selection based on controller location is described. In embodiments, a companion utility is executed by a portable device to interface the portable device with a selected one of multiple controllable devices via a wireless network. A location of the portable device can be determined based on a positioning unit that is integrated with the portable device. A controllable device can then be selected that is proximate the location of the portable device for input control of the controllable device via the wireless network. | 10-20-2011 |
20110283175 | EDITABLE BOOKMARKS SHARED VIA A SOCIAL NETWORK - Editable bookmarks shared via a social network are described. In embodiments, a bookmark is received from a client device at a media content service. The bookmark corresponds to a media asset and includes an identifier of the media asset. Metadata associated with the media asset is added to the bookmark to generate an editable bookmark. A bookmark invitation is also received from the client device, and the bookmark invitation is directed to social network contacts of a user of the client device. The editable bookmark can then be communicated to receiving client devices of the respective social network contacts identified by the bookmark invitation, and a receiving client device can initiate playback of the media asset that corresponds to the editable bookmark. Further, the editable bookmark can be updated when additional data associated with the media asset is received from a social network contact via a respective client device. | 11-17-2011 |
20120063649 | USER-SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTE CUSTOMIZATION - User-specific attribute customization is provided by an entertainment system including a user identification module to identify one or more users within an operative range of the entertainment system, and a dominant attribute module to automatically express exclusive user-specific attributes of a dominant user when the dominant user is one of two or more identified users within the operative range of the entertainment system. The entertainment system further includes a cooperative attribute module to automatically express merged user-specific attributes of a first user and a second user when the first user and the second user are two of two or more identified users within the operative range of the entertainment system. | 03-15-2012 |