Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140096269 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAST STARTUP STREAMING OF ENCRYPTED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Methods and systems to allow for the streaming of media from a file server to a client, where the streaming occurs concurrently with the execution of an information security protocol. The security protocol allows the client to securely receive one or more keys that allow the client to access the media. This permits a user to access the media sooner than would otherwise be possible, while allowing timely performance of security related processing. | 04-03-2014 |
20140157296 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT INFORMATION REGARDING A MEDIA ASSET - Methods and systems are described herein for quickly and easily displaying supplemental information about an event occurring in a media asset. In some embodiments, a media application may use a content-recognition module to determine the context of an event and distribute itemized tasks to multiple entities in order to generate the supplemental information about the event. | 06-05-2014 |
20140172891 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING LOCATION SPECIFIC CONTENT - Methods and systems are described herein for selecting a media asset for presentation on a user device based on the type of location in which the user device is located. For example, a media guidance application may receive data describing the location of a user device. Upon processing the data, the media guidance application may detect objects at the location. By cross-referencing the detected objects with a database indicating types of locations in which the detected objects are typically found, the media guidance application determines a location type for the location of the user device. The media guidance application then selects media assets appropriate for the location for presentation to the user. | 06-19-2014 |
20140201382 | USE OF OBJECTIVE QUALITY MEASURES OF STREAMED CONTENT TO REDUCE STREAMING BANDWIDTH - A method includes identifying replaceable sections among first sections of video encoded at a first bitrate, and replacement sections of the video each encoded at a bitrate that is less than the first bitrate and having encoded therein the video of a corresponding one of the replaceable sections, each replacement section and the corresponding replaceable section having respective measured levels of objective quality that meet a predetermined criterion of objective quality. The method further comprises streaming the first sections of video except for the replaceable sections, and the replacement sections instead of the corresponding replaceable sections. | 07-17-2014 |
20140269936 | USE OF OBJECTIVE QUALITY MEASURES OF STREAMED CONTENT TO REDUCE STREAMING BANDWIDTH - A method includes encoding video at a first bitrate to produce first encoded sections, and at a second bitrate that is less than the first bitrate to produce second encoded sections. The method further includes measuring levels of objective quality, indicative of perceptual quality, of the first and second encoded sections. The method includes determining, based on the measured objective quality levels, replaceable sections among the first encoded sections, and replacement sections among the second encoded sections, each of the replacement sections to replace a corresponding one of the replaceable sections. The method includes streaming the first encoded sections except for the replaceable sections, and the replacement sections instead of their corresponding replaceable sections. | 09-18-2014 |
20140351837 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM A PLURALITY OF USERS IN REAL-TIME REGARDING A MEDIA ASSET - Methods and systems are described herein for quickly and easily displaying supplemental information about an event occurring in a media asset. In some embodiments, a media application may use a content-recognition module to determine the context of an event and distribute itemized tasks to multiple entities in order to generate the supplemental information about the event. | 11-27-2014 |
20150117836 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLEMENTING CONTENT FROM A SERVER - Methods and systems to provide supplemental content to a user who is viewing video or other content. The user's device (through which he will access the video) then provides an identifier of that video to a server or other computing facility. Here, the video identifier is used to identify supplemental content that corresponds to the user's video. The supplemental content is then provided to the user device for the user's consumption. The supplemental content may be structured in such a way that pieces of the supplemental content are accessible at particular points in the video. The piece(s) of the supplemental content available at a particular point in the video will be related to one or more objects that are present at this point. This allows a user to access one or more pieces of supplemental content in a context-specific manner, at a point in the video where the piece(s) of supplemental content are relevant. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117837 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLEMENTING CONTENT AT A USER DEVICE - Methods and systems to provide supplemental content to a user who is viewing video or other content. The user's device (through which he will access the video) then provides an identifier of that video to a server or other computing facility. Here, the video identifier is used to identify supplemental content that corresponds to the user's video. The supplemental content is then provided to the user device for the user's consumption. The supplemental content may be structured in such a way that pieces of the supplemental content are accessible at particular points in the video. The piece(s) of the supplemental content available at a particular point in the video will be related to one or more objects that are present at this point. This allows a user to access one or more pieces of supplemental content in a context-specific manner, at a point in the video where the piece(s) of supplemental content are relevant. | 04-30-2015 |