Abstract: A game controller component configured for controlling an electronic game. An improved thumb actuated user input enables greater performance, increases ergonomics, and offers a new tactile input option. The improved thumb actuated user input includes various components to make possible an input experience resembling a centering trackball, with physical user feedback further augmenting user performance. Other inputs may be featured at various other areas of the controller to further increase these capabilities. Placement of individual inputs may rely on certain human factors, such as natural hand placement over a desk surface or lap. As the user activates various input components, including the thumb actuator(s), data, messages, and instructions are provided to the computing device to cause electronic game movements or actions and users benefit from various arrangements by increasing their speed, comfort, and accuracy while decreasing fatigue and injury risk.

Abstract: An enhanced viewing device may move with a user as the user moves around the room. An amount of movement associated with the enhanced viewing device may be determined. Based on the amount of movement, an enhanced viewing experience may be determined and displayed to the user.

Abstract: A method of controlling consumer electronics control (CEC) communication between a sink device and a plurality of source devices connected through high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cables may include; generating cable connection information by monitoring whether the HDMI cables are respectively connected to a HDMI port among a plurality of HDMI ports of the sink device, generating CEC error information by monitoring whether a voltage of an internal CEC node is fixed, wherein CEC lines included in connected HDMI cables are commonly connected to the internal CEC node and the connected HDMI cables indicate present connection to the plurality of HDMI ports, and executing a user guide to diagnose a stuck state of the CEC lines of the connected HDMI cables in response to the cable connection information and the CEC error information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for packaging media and data for transmission over a broadband communications network link for display at a terminal destination. Features of the method included creating desired media segments for transmission to the terminal destination and for creating targeting information, for example in whole or in part in the form of metadata, for transmission to the terminal destination. Other features include packaging the created media segments and the created targeting information in a single package and unpacking the single package for display of the targeted media at the terminal destination.

Abstract: Advanced payment applications are provided to improve the functionality of cards and devices. For example, a user interface may be placed on a card (e.g., a physical button) or a telephonic device (e.g., a virtual button on a capacitive touch screen). A code may be manually or wirelessly communicated to a card. The code may be presented on a search results page of a web search. The code may then be communicated to a card reader, such as a magnetic stripe reader. In doing so, a merchant may determine what online search results resulted in an in-store sale.

Abstract: A method of conveying an allocation of radio resources on a radio channel for communicating data between a base station and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system, wherein the radio channel spans a channel frequency bandwidth divided into frequency resource units which may be selectively allocated for communicating data between the base station and the terminal device, and wherein the method comprises, at the base station, selecting a combination of resource units for communicating the data between the base station and the terminal device from among a predefined set of allowable combinations of resource units, wherein the allowable combinations of resource units include non-contiguous combinations of resource units and wherein the number of allowable combinations of resource units is smaller than the total number of combinations of resource units, and conveying, to the terminal device, an indication of the selected combination of resource units.

Abstract: A system for determining a location and an orientation of a remote control unit within a mesh network. A remote control unit (RCU) includes a top wireless orientation beacon at a first end and a bottom wireless orientation beacon at a second end. The top wireless orientation beacon and the bottom wireless orientation beacon provide location information to a controller device. A plurality of wireless mesh beacons are disposed in a predetermined area to form a mesh network, and the controller device uses the plurality of mesh beacons to generate a map of the predetermined area. The controller device processes location information obtained from the RCU to determine a position and orientation of the RCU relative to the controller device in the map of the predetermined area.

Abstract: A decoder equipment includes a first output suitable for connecting to audio playback equipment; a second output suitable for connecting to video playback equipment; a communication interface arranged in service to receive both an incoming audio/video stream and also incoming metadata; processor means arranged: to process the incoming audio/video stream in order to supply an audio signal at least to the audio playback equipment and a video signal to the video playback equipment; to extract from the incoming metadata information about the incoming audio/video stream and consequently to generate an order for the audio playback equipment, the order specifying an audio profile that is to be applied as a function of said information.

Abstract: A digital content operating apparatus, including: a communication unit which communicates with an external device which has a display for displaying the digital content; a user operation interface which receives a user operation to control the digital content which is displayed on the external device; a display which displays either a linear content operation panel or an interactive content operation panel; and a controller which controls the user operation interface corresponding to information on the digital content which is displayed on the external device; wherein either the linear content operation panel or the interactive content operation panel is displayed alternatively as the user operation interface on the display.

Abstract: A game controller for controlling the play of computerized games and other related control systems includes a plurality of pressure sensitive touch controls, capacitive controls, and touch pad controls which are configured to initiate commands and perform other desired operations and functions. The sensitivity of the controls can be adjusted and their function can be programmed and customized.

Abstract: A browser device communicates via Wi-Fi with a central function device. The function device has information regarding all the various remote controls needed by the consumer. The function device communicates wirelessly with the browser device and in turn then operates all of the consumer's electronic devices.

Abstract: Systems, controllers and methods for contextual-based searching are provided. A system includes one or more devices configured to collect at least one audio stream and a contextual search system. The contextual search system includes a data analyzer and a search engine. The data analyzer is configured to receive the at least one audio stream from among the one or more devices and to determine contextual information from the received at least one audio stream. The search engine is configured to perform a search of at least one search term using the contextual information, to produce a search result.

Abstract: An equipment control method, applied to a mobile terminal, includes: positioning, in response to the mobile terminal pointing to equipment to be controlled in which an external ultra-wideband positioning device is installed, the external ultra-wideband positioning device, the external ultra-wideband positioning device having a binding relationship with the equipment to be controlled; determining the equipment to be controlled that is bound to the external ultra-wideband positioning device based on the binding relationship, in response to positioning to the external ultra-wideband positioning device; and retrieving and displaying a control interface of the equipment to be controlled that matches the equipment to be controlled.

Abstract: Systems and methods for push-based dynamic bandwidth allocation deliver addressable, advertising content in a digital network. Bandwidth is allocated on a push basis in response to receiving a trigger from a content distribution stream. The trigger contains data indicating an addressable break. A portion of bandwidth is then allocated to an addressable content stream based on the data of the trigger. The addressable content stream is then streamed to a receiver during the addressable break and the receiver is tuned from the broadcast stream to the addressable content stream for the duration of the addressable break. The additional bandwidth is de-allocated at the end of the addressable break.

Abstract: A system and method for enabling set up of a controlling device capable of controlling a plurality of appliances provides an interactive instruction set and associated programming which is downloadable to a controllable appliance having an associated display, such as an Internet enabled television. The programming is accessible by the controllable appliance and is configured to appropriately display interactive instructions from the interactive instruction set to a user during a user initiated set up procedure for setting up the controlling device to communicate commands to another controllable device (e.g., a DVD, VCR, DVR, etc).

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system of pause and replay of media content through bookmarks on a server device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a server device includes authenticating a user of a client device, communicating a media content to the client device through a network, processing a pause request of the client device to pause the media content, storing a bookmark location indicating a current playback location of the media content in the client device on the server device, processing a play request of the user to play the media content from the bookmark location (e.g., the play request may be received from a different client device of the user), and communicating the media content from the bookmark location to the user.

Abstract: An information push method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. A type identification corresponding to a media work is displayed when a first page of playing the media work is displayed, and the page is switched when a user triggers the type identification on the first page to display the second page corresponding to the type identification to the user. Since information of other media works corresponding to the type identification of the media work can be displayed on the second page, the user's demand for obtaining push information can be effectively met; at the same time, since the user can directly obtain the second page in a manner of direct triggering the type identification, and the obtaining operation process is very concise, then the solution provided by the present disclosure can optimize an user experience while improving information push efficiency.

Abstract: Various approaches relate to user defined content filtering in media playing devices of undesirable content represented in stored and real-time content from content providers. For example, video, image, and/or audio data can be analyzed to identify and classify content included in the data using various classification models and object and text recognition approaches. Thereafter, the identification and classification can be used to control presentation and/or access to the content and/or portions of the content. For example, based on the classification, portions of the content can be modified (e.g., replaced, removed, degraded, etc.) using one or more techniques (e.g., media replacement, media removal, media degradation, etc.) and then presented.

Abstract: A controller device programming system and method directed at identifying a connected display device 30 connected to a content management device 20 via at least one connected intermediary device 40. The system and method evaluate the details included within a sink data amalgamation that includes sink identification data from both the connected display device 30 and at least one of the connected intermediary devices 40. Keywords, whitelists, and blacklists can be employed to evaluate the content of the sink data amalgamation and determine one or more priority display device matches to, in turn, improve selection of a set of function codes for control of the connected display device 30 using a controller device 50 paired with the content management device 20.

Abstract: A television and system and method for providing a remote control device are disclosed. In one embodiment of the television, the television includes a processor, a memory, a tuner, a panel, and an audio driver therein in an interconnected architecture. The television may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device, such as a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device having a touch screen display, whereby formatted parallel audiovisual experience instructions, including virtual buttons, may be transmitted to the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device for display on the touch screen display to create an experience parallel to the experience on the television. The television receives and processes virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device to control amenities associated with the television.

Abstract: A TV awakening method based on speech recognition, smart TV and storage medium. By setting a standby state of the smart TV to the standby state of screen being off without powering off, the user's speech can be received and recognized in real time to wake up and control the smart TV, and speech recognition has been efficiently applied, smart turning-on and turning-off in real time are realized, and diversified requirements of the user are met.

Abstract: In response to a detected presence of an intended target appliance within a logical topography of controllable appliances identity information associated with the intended target appliance is used to automatically add to a graphical user interface of a controlling device an icon representative of the intended target appliance and to create at a Universal Control Engine a listing of communication methods for use in controlling corresponding functional operations of the intended target appliance. When the icon is later activated, the controlling device is placed into an operating state appropriate for controlling functional operations of the intended target appliance while the Universal Control Engine uses at least one of the communication methods to transmit at least one command to place the intended target appliance into a predetermined operating state.

Abstract: A media application segments a library of media associated with a user account into episodes, wherein each episode is associated with a corresponding time period. The media application generates, using an event machine-learning model, an event signal that indicates a likelihood that an event occurred in each episode, wherein the event machine-learning model is a classifier that receives the media as input. The media application generates an event significance score for each episode. The media application determines one or more events from the episodes based on the event signal and a corresponding event significance score exceeding a threshold event significance value. The media application provides a user interface that includes corresponding media from the one or more events.

Abstract: A set top/back box and system and method for providing a remote control device are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes television input/output, a processor, and memory. The set top/back box may establish a pairing with a programmable device, such as a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device having a touch screen display, whereby formatted parallel audiovisual experience instructions, including virtual buttons, may be transmitted to the programmable device for display on the touch screen display to create an experience parallel to the experience on the television. The set top/back box receives and processes virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the programmable device to control amenities associated with the set top/back box.

Abstract: The present application discloses a display method and a display apparatus; and the display apparatus includes a controller configured to determine, on the basis of a schedule list and target program display information corresponding to a target EPG page, whether there is a schedule conflict; if there is a schedule conflict, determining a specified channel and specified time period corresponding to the schedule conflict; obtaining a specified schedule identifier corresponding to the specified channel in the specified time period, and displaying the specified schedule identifier on specified program information.

Abstract: A method for controlling a control device includes receiving, from a broadcast receiver, first information regarding a content which is currently provided through the broadcast receiver, and displaying a UI corresponding to the content which is currently provided through the broadcast receiver among a plurality of UIs based on the received first information. The plurality of UIs includes a plurality of UI items for controlling the broadcast receiver, respectively. A control command is transmitted to the broadcast receiver in response to a user input selecting an UI item among the plurality of UI items for controlling the broadcast receiver.

Abstract: A system may include a database that has a number of datasets regarding a number of commercial items. The system may also include a processor that may communicative couple to a mobile electronic device. The processor may receive an image of a commercial item from the mobile electronic device, determine an identity of the commercial item based on the image and the number of datasets in the database, and determine one or more information links relevant to the commercial item based on the identity. The one or more information links may display information regarding the commercial item. The processor may then send the one or more information links to a mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device may then display the one or more information links with the image.

Abstract: Intelligently downloading content to user devices is described herein. According to an embodiment, a user request for content is received. In response to the request, a low quality version of the content is downloaded and played to the user. Then, a higher quality version of the content is downloaded (this may occur during or after the download or playback of the low quality version of the content). Playback of the low quality version is discontinued. Then, playback of the higher quality version begins at the point where playback of the low quality version was discontinued. In some embodiments, the low quality version and the higher quality version of the requested content (among all the versions of the requested content) are identified via crowdsourcing.

Abstract: A remote controller includes a touch screen, a communicator, and a processor. The processor controls control a first user interface to be displayed on the touch screen, identifies a signal which is received through the communicator while the first user interface is displayed on the touch screen, and controls a second user interface to be displayed on the touch screen based on the received signal. The second user interface performs a function which is different from that of the first user interface.

Abstract: An illustrative 3D modeling system accesses 1) a 3D body model bounded by vertices forming an unadorned body (without hair or clothing), and 2) a 2D image depicting an adorned subject (with hair and/or clothing). The set of vertices is configurable to simulate different subjects based on a set of parameters and the adorned subject is outlined in the 2D image by a set of silhouette pixels. The 3D modeling system maps the silhouette pixels to vertices of a particular cross section of the 3D body model using an optimization function configured to even out a distribution of silhouette pixels to vertices. Based on the mapping, the 3D modeling system defines the set of parameters to deform the 3D body model such that the particular cross section conforms to an outline of the adorned subject formed by the set of silhouette pixels. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that determines whether or not a terminal device and an imaging device are associated with each other on the basis of first identification information received from the terminal device and second identification information received from the imaging device, and sets the terminal device as a destination of transmission of a return video image on the basis of a determination result.

Abstract: A broadcast reception device includes: a program recording execution unit that stores, into a recording-content storage area, program identification information for identifying a broadcast program, and storage-destination information for specifying a server device storing the broadcast program; a reception function execution unit that transmits the program identification information and the program storage-destination information to the server device specified from the program storage-destination information; and an output unit that outputs sound information and image information on the broadcast program transmitted from the server device.

Abstract: A digital content operating apparatus, including: a communication unit which communicates with an external device which has a display for displaying the digital content; a user operation interface which receives a user operation to control the digital content which is displayed on the external device; a display which displays either a linear content operation panel or an interactive content operation panel; and a controller which controls the user operation interface corresponding to information on the digital content which is displayed on the external device; wherein either the linear content operation panel or the interactive content operation panel is displayed alternatively as the user operation interface on the display.

Abstract: A digital content operating apparatus, including: a communication unit which communicates with an external device which has a display for displaying the digital content; a user operation interface which receives a user operation to control the digital content which is displayed on the external device; a display which displays either a linear content operation panel or an interactive content operation panel; and a controller which controls the user operation interface corresponding to information on the digital content which is displayed on the external device; wherein either the linear content operation panel or the interactive content operation panel is displayed alternatively as the user operation interface on the display.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a remote control device for transmitting and receiving a control signal to and from a display device may include a Bluetooth circuit configured to establish Bluetooth connection with the display device, an IR circuit configured to output an IR signal, and a controller configured to output an IR signal for controlling the display device or an external device connected to the display device based on information on a video input mode of the display device when Bluetooth connection with the display device is not established.

Abstract: The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a method for processing data, a device for processing data, a system for processing data, a system controller and a mudure controller. The method includes: receiving input image data; storing the image data into a memory; reading target image data from the memory according to loaded area information of at least one output portal, wherein the output portal is electrically connected with a display screen, and the loaded area information of the output portal characterizes a target display area of the display screen; compressing the target image data to reduce the data volume of the target image data to meet a output bandwidth of the output portal to obtain compressed image data characterized by a plurality of image data packets; and outputting the compressed image data through the output portal.

Abstract: This application discloses an interaction method performed by a display device and the display device. A three-dimensional virtual object may be obtained; an optical signal of the virtual object is transmitted to a first region of a space and then projected from the first region into a second region of the space through the display device, so that an image of the virtual object is generated in the second region of the space that is outside the display device; when it is detected that a user performs a motion sensing operation on the image of the virtual object in the second region of the space, the virtual object is updated based on the motion sensing operation, to obtain an updated virtual object; and an optical signal of the updated virtual object is then used for generating an image of the updated virtual object in the second region of the space.

Abstract: Methods for determining the presence of an unmeasured chemical in an environment can include receiving a plurality of sensor readings from a plurality of chemical sensors, wherein each chemical sensor of the plurality of chemical sensors is configured to detect a different chemical, determining a cross-sensitivity pattern from one or more unmeasured chemicals in the plurality of sensor readings, comparing the cross-sensitivity pattern with one or more known chemical patterns, determining that the cross-sensitivity pattern matches at least one of the one or more known chemical patterns that correspond to one or more chemicals, and identifying one or more unmeasured chemicals based on determining that the cross-sensitivity pattern matches the at least one of the one or more known chemical patterns.

Abstract: Systems and methods are presented herein for selectively preventing display of brand and business identifiers in content that is considered offensive, objectionable, disturbing, and/or unsettling, to prevent an unintended association by viewers of the content between the content and the brand or business. A request to display media content, comprising at least one frame with objectionable subject matter, is received. In response to determining the at least one frame comprises objectionable subject matter, a determination is made as to whether an entity identifier is visible in the at least one frame. In response to determining at least one entity identifier is visible in the at least one frame, a first context of the objectionable subject matter and a second context of the entity identifier are determined. The first context is compared to the second context and, based on the comparing, a masking action is determined to be required for the entity identifier.

Abstract: This application discloses a method for determining an implantation location of recommendation information performed at a computer device. The method includes: acquiring a target video; acquiring, according to a scene change status of the target video, a target video frame being used for location detection; performing image recognition on the target video frame to obtain masking information of the target video frame including a first region of an object of a target type in the target video frame; and determining an implantation location of recommendation information in the target video frame based on the first region. Image recognition processing is performed on the target video frame to obtain the masking information of the target video frame, so as to determine the implantation location in the target video frame on the basis of the first region corresponding to the object of the target type in the target video frame.

Abstract: A digital content operating apparatus, including: a communication unit which communicates with an external device which has a display for displaying the digital content; a user operation interface which receives a user operation to control the digital content which is displayed on the external device; a display which displays either a linear content operation panel or an interactive content operation panel; and a controller which controls the user operation interface corresponding to information on the digital content which is displayed on the external device; wherein either the linear content operation panel or the interactive content operation panel is displayed alternatively as the user operation interface on the display.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to cloud gaming systems, which utilize a cloud gaming controller in electronic communication with a computing device. One embodiment includes a cloud gaming system, including a pair of cloud gaming controller input modules non-removably secured to a rigid, fixed length bridge section, a smart device holder attached to the rigid, fixed length bridge section, and a smart device secured by the smart device holder such that an entire back surface of the smart device lies fixed in a plane, wherein said plane is parallel to a front surface of the rigid, non-expandible bridge section.

Abstract: A display device includes a power key, and at least one processor that executes following: determination processing that determines, when turning on a light source in response to a user's operation on the power key, whether a power supply supplying power is a predetermined power supply or not, and control processing that displays, when the determination processing determines that the power supply is the predetermined power supply, a power-on continuation confirmation screen and continues, in case of detection of a confirmation operation from the user according to the power-on continuation confirmation screen, lighting of the light source.

Abstract: An operating device includes a lock mechanism unit that regulates relative movement of an operating unit with respect to a supporting member, and a controller that releases locking of the lock mechanism unit when input of an operator is detected by an operation detector. When contact of a finger with a surface panel is detected by a first detection member, locking of the operating unit by the lock mechanism unit is released. In addition, when a pressing operation to the operating unit is detected by a second detection member, control is performed so that a response force providing mechanism operates.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to synchronize the power states of a display device and an external device connected to the display device. The display device includes an external device interface connected to an external device, a user input interface configured to receive a power signal from a remote control device, and a controller configured to process the power signal to control power of the display device to be turned on or off. When the power signal is received, the controller is configured to determine whether to process the power signal based on whether a signal is inputted from the external device.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to permit both real-time display of a picture represented by a non-compressed video signal on a television and display of a picture represented by a compressed video signal at any desired time by simultaneously transmitting the compressed video signal and non-compressed video signal via one interface. An STB packetizes a compressed video signal, and multiplexes the compressed video signal and a blanking signal combined with a non-compressed video signal. Thus, both the video signals are transmitted simultaneously. A picture represented by the non-compressed video signal is displayed on a television in real time. The compressed video signal is stored in a storage medium incorporated in the television, read at any user's desired time, and decoded so that a picture represented by the compressed video signal can be viewed at the user's desired time.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described to provide voice search in an elastic cloud environment communicating with a set-top box (STB) by receiving by a voice cloud search server pulse-code modulation (PCM) audio packets transmitted from the STB; sending the PCM audio packets to a natural language processing (NLP) service for converting to text; sending the text sets to an elastic voice cloud search server for querying an electronic program guide (EPG) service, channel and program data associated with the text set wherein the EPG service to at least return identified channel and program data; in response to an identified return of channel and television program data, sending sets of text to a third-party search service for performing an independent search for related data and returning search results of video and image content which is then stripped of dynamic scripts to return to the STB.

Abstract: Systems and methods directed to generating an interactive graphical marker that includes a first region with a first indicator and a second region with a second indicator, the second region being around a circumference of the first region. The systems and methods are also directed to monitoring an animation of the interactive graphical marker to detect when the first indicator and the second indicator are aligned at a predetermined angle of rotation, and in response to detecting that the first indicator and the second indicator are aligned, initiating an interactive game application on a second computing device and a third computing device.

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may receive historical content data indicating historical characteristics associated with one or more groups of content. The device may determine, based on the historical content data, one or more characteristics associated with a time period. The device may determine, based on the one or more characteristics, a new group of content associated with the time period. The device may generate a display element for accessing content included in the new group of content during the time period.

Abstract: A system is provided for creation of channel to support legacy video-on-demand (VOD) systems. The system comprises a memory for storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions. Based on the executed instructions, the processor is further configured to receive a playout schedule that corresponds to a live video feed of a first channel. A plurality of segments of the live video feed is stored in the memory based on a version specified in the playout schedule. A second channel comprising VOD content assets is generated based on the live video feed of the first channel, one or more scheduling rules received in the playout schedule that corresponds to the live video feed, and the version of the plurality of segments of the live video feed. Based on the playout schedule, an encoded second channel is transmitted to a plurality of multichannel video program distributors (MVPDs).