Video Traversal Control Patents (Class 715/720)
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Patent number: 8364021Abstract: Systems and methods are operable to manage previously recorded programs. In at least one embodiment identifies a plurality of previously recorded programs, categorizes each one of the plurality of previously recorded programs into one of a plurality of recorded program categories, and generates a recorded program category-based graphical user interface (GUI). The recorded program category-based GUI graphically depicts the plurality of recorded program categories and graphically depicts an amount of memory capacity utilized by each of the plurality of recorded program categories based upon an amount of memory capacity utilized by the previously recorded programs.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventor: Richard Kuhn
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Patent number: 8359537Abstract: A computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating media presentations is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has (1) a composite display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation and (2) a navigation tool including several selectable navigation markers associated with several navigable locations in the composite presentation. The selection of a navigation marker causes the composite display area to present the navigable location in the composite presentation that is associated with the selected navigation marker.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Charles Lyons, Wendy Van Wazer, Lisa Diener, Douglas DeVore, Peter Warner
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Patent number: 8341526Abstract: A method of reproducing one interactive graphics stream among one or more interactive graphics streams from an information storage medium, via a reproduction apparatus providing a visual display of interactive graphics, including obtaining attribute information in a player status register in the reproducing apparatus, and reading and reproducing one of the interactive graphics streams corresponding to the obtained attribute information among one or more interactive graphics streams from the information storage medium, the one interactive graphics stream being used to control reproduction of audio-visual data and being reproduced with the audio-visual data. With the method, text information written in a variety of languages and data shared by those languages are multiplexed and stored in one menu stream such that data is not redundantly stored and less storage space is wasted.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-wook Park, Seong-jin Moon
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Patent number: 8327267Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image data processing method for processing image data forming a video material includes, an obtaining step of obtaining image data at a plurality of points in time forming the video material, from the video material, and a generating step of generating image data for display to display the image data at the plurality of points in time obtained in the obtaining step in a grouped state in a display area corresponding to the video material within a story board display area in which a plurality of materials are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Fumio Shimizu, Hirotsugu Sato
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Patent number: 8317624Abstract: Online games embedded in webpages of websites may be created and/or served through a system and/or method. The games may be embedded in websites that are hosted separately from the games. The games may be designed by the website operators and/or other entities associated with the websites, and may include content from the websites to drive engagement with the websites and their content. An interface may be provided to the website operators to facilitate efficient and intuitive configuration of games that use website content. Such games may be served separately from the websites. As such, the games may provide a convenient, efficient, and/or effective mechanism for enhancing engagement of users with the website and/or its content.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: TwoChop Inc.Inventor: Mo Lam
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Patent number: 8316301Abstract: Provided are an apparatus, medium, and method segmenting video sequences based on a topic. The apparatus may include a start-shot determination unit detecting a plurality of key-frames by using character information from video sequences including a plurality of frames to determine the detected key-frames as start-shots for each topic, and a topic list creation unit creating a topic list by using the start-shots for each topic.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jungbae Kim, Doosun Hwang, Jiyeun Kim
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Patent number: 8307399Abstract: A display configured to display a list of videos that can be reproduced on the terminal on a screen of the terminal, an input unit configured to select a specific video from the list of videos, and a controller configured to select a plurality of key frames from image frames of the specific video based on a predetermined selection criterion. Further, the display displays the plurality of key frames of the specific video.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Taeyeon Lee
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Publication number: 20120272153Abstract: A system and technique for displaying a document's workflow history are disclosed. The system includes a graphical user interface for displaying one or more graphical representations of events generated by an application configured to edit a document. Each of the events generated by the application may be stored in a data structure that is associated with one or more portions of the document. The data structure may also be associated with a digital image that reflects the state of the document at the time the event was generated and one or more frames of digital video captured substantially simultaneously with the generation of the event. The system may display the stored events via graphical representations in the graphical user interface that represent a portion of the total document workflow history. A user may navigate through the graphical events based on a hierarchical algorithm for clustering events.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Tovi GROSSMAN, Justin Frank Matejka, George Fitzmaurice
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Publication number: 20120260173Abstract: For a graphical user interface (GUI) for an audio video display device (AVDD) showing plural content information panels arranged in a grid, the loading time during which the content information panels are retrieved and presented on the AVDD is used to display, in the area in which the loading information panel will be, a text description of the category of the panel content. The text also explains the meaning of an icon that is displayed next to the content information panel after the loading is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventors: STEVEN FRIEDLANDER, Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh, David Young
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Patent number: 8281243Abstract: The present invention provides a worker with information about work to be paid attention when the work is displayed in the moving image data. Work content for each of steps of the work to be carried out on a product is stored as moving image data in a storage unit. In response to a desired step being selected on a display device, the moving image data corresponding to the selected step is read from the storage unit. Playback of the moving image data is started on the display device. When starting the playback of the moving image data, a time bar where a progress of the playback of the moving image data is indicated by a slider. Attention work is predetermined within the step of the work. An occurrence timing of the attention work is displayed corresponding to the time bar.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Hanawa, Yoshinao Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8276075Abstract: An information processing apparatus may include a controller for controlling the reproducing of a menu based on content recorded on a information recording medium. The controller may control producing a menu that allows the content to be selected and reproduced by chapter, the chapter defined by a mark as content delimitation information set in play list information corresponding to the content recorded on the information recording medium and recording the menu on the information recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Atsushi Mae, Kenichiro Aridome, Yukio Isobe, Naoki Morimoto
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Patent number: 8276074Abstract: A computer-implemented method including displaying in a user interface, a first thumbnail representing a first video clip including a first plurality of frames; displaying in the first thumbnail, a first transition point positioned between a left edge and a right edge of the first thumbnail, the first transition point associated with a frame of the first plurality of frames, wherein, playback of the first plurality of frames starts with a first start frame positioned at the left edge and stops at the frame associated with the first transition point; receiving a first move input to move the frame associated with the first transition point to a new frame of the first plurality of frames; and in response to receiving the input, associating the new frame with the first transition point, wherein, in response to a playback input, playback starts with the first start frame and stops at the new frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Randy Ubillos
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Patent number: 8255802Abstract: A method of facilitating navigation of a sequence of source images the method using tokens representing each source image which are scaled versions of each source image and which are arranged adjacently on a display device in a continuous band of token images so that a pointer device can point to a token and the identity of the corresponding image is available for further processing.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Forbidden Technologies PLCInventor: Stephen Bernard Streater
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Patent number: 8234675Abstract: Disclosed are a method of constructing information on associate meanings between segments of a multimedia stream, which can describe the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between segments of the video streams to efficiently browse the video stream and a method of browsing a video using the same. The present invention defines the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between the segments, event intervals, scenes, shots, etc. existing within one video stream or between the video streams, and provides a method of describing the relationship in a data region based on the content of a video stream as well as a method of browsing a video by using the information on the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship obtained by the aforementioned method. Accordingly, a video browsing on associate meanings is available with easy manipulation and easy access to a desired part, thereby providing an effective video browsing interface for easy browsing of desired segments in a short period of time.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sung Bae Jun, Kyoung Ro Yoon
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Patent number: 8234674Abstract: Disclosed are a method of constructing information on associate meanings between segments of a multimedia stream, which can describe the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between segments of the video streams to efficiently browse the video stream and a method of browsing a video using the same. The present invention defines the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between the segments, event intervals, scenes, shots, etc. existing within one video stream or between the video streams, and provides a method of describing the relationship in a data region based on the content of a video stream as well as a method of browsing a video by using the information on the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship obtained by the aforementioned method. Accordingly, a video browsing on associate meanings is available with easy manipulation and easy access to a desired part, thereby providing an effective video browsing interface for easy browsing of desired segments in a short period of time.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sung Bae Jun, Kyoung Ro Yoon
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Publication number: 20120192073Abstract: A position indicator is displayed in a vicinity of a visual indicator to a user the visual indicator visually indicates an available amount of program material through which the user is able to navigate and play back. The position indicator visually indicates a current playback position within the available amount of program material. In response to receiving a single user command, the position indicator is placed in a new current playback position over the visual indicator. The new current playback position visually represents an end position of the visual indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: ROBERT VALLONE, HOWARD LOOK, AIN McKENDRICK
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Publication number: 20120177339Abstract: A method and mobile device for searching for a scene in a video are provided. The mobile device includes an input unit having a touch panel, a display panel, and a controller. The input unit creates an input signal for reproducing video content. The display panel displays a scene-searching bar for searching for a particular scene in the video content. The controller displays, when a first touch event occurs on the scene-searching bar displayed on the touch panel, an enlarged scene-searching bar that has the same length as the scene-searching bar and a shorter time range for searching for a scene in the video content than the time range of the scene-searching bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.Inventors: Moon Su CHANG, In Jun SON, Poong Seok LEE
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Publication number: 20120173983Abstract: A method and apparatus scroll a screen in a device with a touchscreen. A method for scrolling a device with a touchscreen includes determining whether a current touch input is a circular drag touch; if the current touch input is the circular drag touch, determining whether a current page is a scrollable screen; and if the current page is a scrollable screen, scrolling the current page according to a circle drawing action of the circular drag touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyun-Keun Song
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Patent number: 8196043Abstract: A user interface and methods for using a user interface for controlling processing of time-based media files. In one exemplary method, a graphical representation of a time line for a time-based media is displayed along with a graphical representation of a current time along the graphical representation of the time line. A start graphical indicator and a stop graphical indicator is also displayed along the graphical representation of the time line. A portion of the time-based media may be selected for presentation by dragging or positioning at least one of the start graphical indicator and the stop graphical indicator along the graphical representation of the time line. In another aspect of the invention, an exemplary method allows for the adaptive control of a portion of the interface which indicates time relating to a time-based media. An input speed is determined where this input is to change the portion and the rate at which the change to this portion occurs is dependent upon the input speed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel N. Crow, Cary Dean, Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson, J. Peter Hoddie, Steven P. Jobs, Timothy E. Wasko
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Patent number: 8176515Abstract: A system and method for review of news content (audio, video and/or textual news content), such that an overview of the news content can be quickly ascertained and flexibility in the manner in which it is presented are provided. News programs (e.g. television news programs) and news stories (e.g., on-line news) are acquired and the system enables the user to easily move among and randomly access the segments of news programs and quickly locate the segments of a particular subject. News stories related to the segment of news program being viewed can be identified and displayed. Flexible playback allows speeding-up the display of the news program while displaying summary of one or more program segments and accelerating playback of a paused program after resuming from the pause. The system can additionally indicate to the user which news story is currently being viewed, and which news stories have already been viewed.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Interval Licensing LLCInventors: Subutai Ahmad, Neal A. Bhadkamkar, Steve B. Cousins, Emanuel E. Farber, Paul A. Freiberger, Christopher D. Horner, Philippe P. Piernot, Brygg A. Ullmer
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Patent number: 8176425Abstract: A simple display of items from a list, which changes in synchrony with the corresponding video display, and permits simple navigation under user control. The display includes three control objects positioned below a video frame window on a display screen. A middle displayed object is located in a focus position and corresponds to the video segment currently being played in the video window. When play of the segment is complete, the object located to the right of the focus position moves and displaces the middle displayed object, most recently displayed within the focus position, to indicate a forward progression within the viewed video sequence.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2002Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Ensequence, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Wallace, Troy Steven Acott, Larry Alan Westerman, Carl Johnson
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Patent number: 8166416Abstract: A multimedia play menu is generated into an auto playgroup organizer system for a multimedia player by using intelligence cursor/scroll sequence functions programmed for operation by an input device such as a hand-held mobile mouse. The intelligence cursor/scroll can sense any type of digitalized item or symbol displayed on the LED or LCD screen of the multimedia player. When the intelligence cursor/scroll function senses a click/press sequence symbol representing the position of a song, it will start to carry out a click/press sequence function as a user wishes. The more clicks/presses are applied by the intelligence cursor/scroll on the sequence symbol before a song/item, the higher the position for that song/item is created, analyzed, recorded and carried out.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Cyber Group USA, Inc.Inventors: David Mei, Jin-Xia Bao, Si Ping Bao
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Patent number: 8161387Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the presentation and marking of media modules. In different aspects, the systems and methods may allow a user to present and consume a media module, particularly a media module containing data that is typically presented in a serial manner such as audio, visual, or video media, and to create a marked media module for quickly and easily returning to a marked point of interest in the media module at a later time or on a different device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2006Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.Inventor: Steven N. Tischer
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Publication number: 20120084653Abstract: A system and method for controlling content rendering. The method includes rendering at a display device a content signal received on a predetermined input and sourced from a computer system and receiving at the display device a content rendering control command from a remote control device. The method further includes translating the content rendering control command to a media player control command recognizable by a media playback application of the computer system and sending the media player command to the computer system over a communication network to alter the content signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kalyana Kota, Guru Balasubramanian, Tanmay Agnihotri
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Patent number: 8151310Abstract: A data delivering system comprises a video server receiving and processing oilfield data into a video delivery, and a network delivering the video delivery from the video server to at least one client device, where the video delivery including a plurality of sections.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Pascal Hochart, Zhuyun Dai, Yao Liu, Min He
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Patent number: 8151179Abstract: Systems and methods for linking slides used during a presentation with a video recording of the presentation are provided. A presenter can develop slides for a presentation using a presentation tool. The presenter can then use the presentation tool to present the slides during a live talk, a video of which can be simultaneously recorded. The presentation tool can record the times at which each slide in the presentation was displayed, and for how long each slide was displayed. After the presentation concludes, the video recording or a link thereto can be provided to the presentation tool, which then can link the video recording to the slides. Viewers of the linked presentation can view the video and slides of the presentation, with the slides advancing in step with the video. Additionally, advancing or rewinding the slides can advance or rewind the video to the corresponding time point, and vice-versa.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Tiruvilwamalai V. Raman, Charles L. Chen
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Publication number: 20120079386Abstract: A mobile terminal of controlling playback speed of an image by using a touch gesture and a method for controlling playback speed of a mobile terminal are provided. A direction, such as fast-forward or rewind, and a multiple velocity of a video screen image are determined according to a direction and movement distance of a touch gesture made by moving a user's finger on a video reproduction screen image and the video screen image is moved according to the determined multiple velocity and direction at a corresponding position when the touch gesture is released such that the video can be fast-forwarded or rewound at various speeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Changmok Kim, Wheeyoung Jun, Sungwon Yeom, Heejin Cho, Hyunbo Choi, Hyeokjin Kwon
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Patent number: 8139725Abstract: A structured voice interaction system includes logic to communicate one or more voice prompts to a caller via a voice channel, and to communicate navigation information for the structured voice interaction system to the caller via a data channel. Voice prompts communicated to the caller via the voice channel connection are coordinated with the navigation information communicated via the data channel connection. Information not referenced by the voice channel prompts, but related to or associated with actions or options referenced by the voice channel prompts, is accessed, identified, and provided over the data channel connection.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLCInventors: Alexander J. Cohen, Robert W. Lord, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Mark A. Malamud, Royce A. Levien, Edward K. Y. Jung
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Publication number: 20120066597Abstract: Methods, systems, and products insert markers into recorded media modules. A pair of reference points is received that marks a position and another position in a recorded media module. A copy of the recorded media module is retrieved from memory. Portions of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position, and occurring after the another position, are discarded. The copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position is then presented to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventor: Steven N. Tischer
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Patent number: 8132103Abstract: Movie video trailers for a particular movie quote may be created and provided to a user. The Internet may be searched to identify documents that likely include references to a movie. A reference to the movie within an identified document may be detected and determined to be a movie quote. The movie quote and related information may be extracted from the identified document. A location of the movie quote within the movie may be determined. A movie video trailer that includes the movie quote may be created based on the location of the movie quote. A request for a movie video trailer that includes a movie quote or a partial movie quote, specified by the user, may be received from the user. A movie video trailer that includes the movie quote or the partial movie quote may be identified and provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: AOL Inc.Inventors: Abdur R. Chowdhury, Harmannus Vandermolen
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Publication number: 20120047437Abstract: A method, in combination with or on a computer, for defining, editing, and jumping to predefined points in time in audio, video and other multimedia playback by selecting a point of interest from a scrolling list of choices, rendered with dynamic transparency if superimposed on motion graphics or video. Additionally, the present invention renders such a system to be easily used on a small screen while maximizing viewable area, as well as on large screen devices with various devices or human input.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventor: Jeffrey Chan
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Patent number: 8112711Abstract: A method and a system of displaying a user interface to control playback and features that may be associated with a prerecorded media. A media player, such as a DVD player, a personal computer, a home media server, a high definition video player, an optical player, a hard drive based player, or a software DVD-ROM player receives streams of video from different media and displays its content. Simultaneously, and without interrupting the video playback, a user interface is overlaid on the video image. The user interface may include menu selections to control the playback of the video including scene selection, settings, and viewing rights. The user interface may include menu selections to control features associated with the video such as Documentaries, Games, Purchases, Activities, Commentaries, Outtakes, Karaoke, Trailers, Songs, Wishlists, and Events.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2004Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Ackley
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Patent number: 8082503Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus for displaying a content file list, a content file list displaying method and a recording medium storing a program performing the method, which are capable of easily identifying a paused content file and memorizing a point of the content file which reproducing is paused and content of the content file at the paused point, are provided. The method includes: determining whether or not a paused content file exists; creating a content file list capable of identifying the paused content file with reference to the result of the determination; and displaying the created content file list.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tae-wook Nam
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Patent number: 8082504Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for the marking of media modules. Embodiments described herein include a system and method for creating a reference point on a first device. The reference point may be used to mark a point of a media module being presented on a second device by correlating the reference point on the first device to the point to be marked in the presentation of the media module presented on the second device. The media module or a copy of the media module may be presented in a presentation module utilizing the marked point created using the reference point.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2006Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Steven N. Tischer
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Publication number: 20110289412Abstract: A system for adjusting audiovisual content having a server including a receiver for receiving a first content from a media source, a first circuitry configured to generate a second content based on the first content, the second content having multiple audio channels, a first transceiver for sending the second content to one or more clients, each client including a second transceiver for receiving the second content, and a second circuitry configured to generate a third content based on the second content and provide the third content to an audio device, wherein the second circuitry is configured to provide a graphical user interface to a user, the graphical user interface having a plurality of icons representing the user and the multiple audio channels, wherein movement of any of the plurality of icons will alter the second content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Anthony B. Sokol, Michael D. Orosz, James E. Ziegler, Barry Berk
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Patent number: 8060826Abstract: A method for processing a still image and a broadcast receiving apparatus thereof is provided. The method for processing a still image includes transmitting to an external apparatus a still image selected by a user using a GUI window to select a desired still image from among still images of a stored broadcast. Accordingly, the user can conveniently use the home network service.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mi-kyoung Park
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Publication number: 20110276880Abstract: In a video network context, video sessions can be aggregated and delivered to users, and smart replay can be provided responsive to user commands. Various and different commands are received from users at different times. Video sessions (e.g., program streams) are identified and/or created based on the commands. Video sessions are multicasted to the users. Joining multiple users to a video session reduces a need to create multiple identical or similar individual sessions, thereby increasing session capacity. Delivering a video session to users likely to be seeking a particular moment of interest in a video, based on an increased tolerance of received user commands, increases the user experience by delivering the moment of interest directly, without requiring multiple commands from users attempting to navigate towards the moment of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: CSC HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Jonathan Greenfield
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Patent number: 8046687Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium for performing direct manipulation of displayed content (e.g., dragging the displayed content or a portion thereof in a particular direction). A user may perform a variety of direct manipulations of displayed content to modify the display without separate content manipulation controls. Such direct manipulations modify the display by altering the value of content properties affecting the display. Properties can include an amplitude affecting the size or level with which information is presented (e.g., volume of audio, size of visual information), an information history that refers to a series of distinct groups of information that are related over time, and a channel that specifies which of multiple groups of information is displayed. The value of a property is modified according to the manipulations, and the display updated to reflect the new value of the property. The user can map which manipulations correspond to which properties.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Inventor: Edward Balassanian
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Patent number: 8042064Abstract: A system and method for delivering Virtual Reality (VR) tour content and spatial navigation comprising the hyper-text transfer protocol (HTTP) through a dynamic web-based relational database that stores, manipulates, co-ordinates and classifies complex digital data sets over a common gateway interface for on request interactive exchange and search engine retrieval of hotspots. The dynamic online-based software generates and organizes dynamic VR tours through a secure intuitive back-end system allowing the administrator/licensee to maintain technical, quality and security control ensuring secure access for development, modification, management, and distribution of each VR tour. Each VR tour encompasses the interactive exchange of hotspots allowing visitors to interact with still or panoramic pictures and videos which are linked to graphical site information (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Inventor: Salvatore Cardu
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Publication number: 20110231763Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first playback module, a moving image information data creating module, a display module, and a second playback module. The first playback module plays back a moving image in which one or more still images used for the moving image are respectively displayed at predetermined display timings. The moving image information data creating module creates moving image information data indicating respective locations where the one or more still images are stored and indicating the predetermined display timings. The display module displays a playback history list of moving images played back by the first playback module. The second playback module plays back a moving image selected from the playback history list based on moving image information data corresponding to the selected moving image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomonori Sakaguchi, Kouetsu Wada, Kohei Momosaki, Kenichi Tabe
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Patent number: 8020098Abstract: A video analysis system for analyzing video of a swing motion including an imaging unit that records video of the swing motion, an impact detection unit, a video display unit, a control unit, and a personal computer. The control unit activates functions, remotely from the personal computer, and performs functions, including receiving the video of the swing motion, receiving an impact detection signal, recording the video of the swing motion, determining an impact time based on the impact detection signal and recording images of the swing motion for a predetermined time period that includes the impact with the ball, displaying the video of the swing motion on the video display unit, slowing down replay speed of the video of the swing motion to be lower than an actual speed of the recorded swing, temporarily stopping the video, and switching video replay between a forward mode and a backward mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hide Katayama
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Patent number: 8020099Abstract: This invention presents systems and methods for supporting creation of interactive session of a graphical interactive application based on video. It comprises a server system that associates video with graphical interactive application contexts wherein the video can be retrieved or queried by a client. It allows user of a client to create interactive session of a graphical interactive application corresponding to the associated video. Graphical interactive application context comes from previous executed interactive session and comprises saved graphical interactive application state. User can replay a saved graphical interactive application session at the start or end or any pre-defined frame moment of the associated video. The context can be downloaded to a client and the client can create the corresponding graphical interactive application session.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Inventor: Yang Lu
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Patent number: 8006184Abstract: A video production system provides a director with-control over video production devices used in producing a show. The video production system allows the director to pre-produce a show, review the show in advance of “air time.” and then, with a touch of a button, produce the live show. The video production system includes a processing unit in communication with the video production devices. The processing unit displays controls for controlling the video production devices. The director uses a keyboard and mouse to remotely control the video production devices. The director pre-produces the show, defines a set of video production commands (hereafter “transition macro”) executed by the processing unit. By activating a control button, the director instructs the processing unit to execute the transition macro-to control one or more of the video production devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2002Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Alex Holtz, David E Buehnemann, Gilberto Fres, Harrison T Hickenlooper, III, Charles M Hoeppner, Kevin K Morrow, Bradley E Neider, Loren J Nordin, III, Todd D Parker, Robert J Snyder
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Patent number: 8006185Abstract: A computer-implemented method of presenting digital content can include displaying several arranged in a staggered formation in a user interface, wherein at least one of the several panes is entirely visible and adjacent panes are partially visible and displayed adjacent to the entirely visible pane, displaying a frame of an item of digital content comprising a sequence of frames in an entirely visible pane and displaying adjacent frames in corresponding adjacent panes, and displaying in the entirely visible pane successive frames of the digital content item by sequentially replacing the frame in the entirely visible pane with an adjacent frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mike Marinkovich, Greg Lindley, Alan Cannistraro, Evan Doll, Gary Johnson
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Patent number: 8006267Abstract: Disclosed are a method of constructing information on associate meanings between segments of a multimedia stream, which can describe the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between segments of the video streams to efficiently browse the video stream and a method of browsing a video using the same. The present invention defines the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between the segments, event intervals, scenes, shots, etc. existing within one video stream or between the video streams, and provides a method of describing the relationship in a data region based on the content of a video stream as well as a method of browsing a video by using the information on the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship obtained by the aforementioned method. Accordingly, a video browsing on associate meanings is available with easy manipulation and easy access to a desired part, thereby providing an effective video browsing interface for easy browsing of desired segments in a short period of time.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2005Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sung Bae Jun, Kyoung Ro Yoon
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Patent number: 8001471Abstract: The present invention provides a comprehensive development platform and client-side technology for intelligent and cost-effective delivery of video, audio and broadband content over a network, such as the Internet, to desktop, mobile computing, and network connected devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, an intelligent delivery system (IDS) delivers offline content on a client that provides a user experience similar to corresponding content accessed via a network, such as content experienced by a user visiting a web-site on the Internet. Through a background delivery process, the IDS transparently provides offline content automatically to the client. A user may display online content via a browser the first time visiting a content provider, such as a web-site, and from thereafter, the IDS automatically provides a second application to display offline content downloaded from the content provider.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Maven Networks, Inc.Inventors: Robert Shaver, William Clogston
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Patent number: 8001566Abstract: A digital broadcasting receiving apparatus which receives broadcasting signals corresponding to a plurality of channels, the digital broadcasting receiving apparatus including: a first tuner that tunes one of the broadcasting signals; and a controller that controls the first tuner to successively tune the broadcasting signals for each channel, captures image information for a program of a tuned broadcasting signal at a predetermined time interval, and storing detailed program information comprising the captured image information.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Bong-ki Jang
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Patent number: 8001483Abstract: An application may be provided with an interface for hiding a cursor from or showing a cursor to a video driver and for causing cursor information to be saved in data storage and retrieved from data storage. The interface may include an application program interface (API), which may be callable from the application program. The interface may also include one or more bits included in a video driver, such that the modification of any of the one or more bits may change operation of the video driver. Modification of at least some of the bits may cause a cursor to be hidden from the video driver, may cause a previously hidden cursor to be shown to the video driver, may cause cursor information to be saved in a data storage, or may cause the cursor information to be retrieved from the data storage.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeremy de Souza, Mohamed Sadek, Pravin Kumar Santiago, Stephen H. Wright
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Publication number: 20110197131Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for on-screen display that indicates to the user the current point in the playback of the video within the context of the chapter delineations. The user can access a chapter selection feature that presents a preview image from each chapter along with a timeline representing the video, and an indication on the timeline of where the chapters fall along the timeline. Alternatively, short video segments replace the still images as representing the chapters for some or all of the chapters. The user can select a chapter in which to resume playing the video by selecting one of the images or video segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2010Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: MOD SYSTEMS INCORPORATEDInventors: Todd E. Duffin, Todd R. Malsbary, Mark E. Phillips
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Patent number: RE42728Abstract: Interactive interfaces to video information provide a displayed view of a quasi-object called a root image. The root image consists of a plurality of basic frames selected from the video information, arranged such that their respective x and y directions are aligned with the x and y directions in the root image and the z direction in the root image corresponds to time, such that base frames are spaced apart in the z direction of the root image in accordance with their time separation. The displayed view of the root image changes in accordance with a designated viewing position, as if the root image were a three-dimensional object. The user can manipulate the displayed image by designating different viewing positions, selecting portions of the video information for playback and by special effects, such as cutting open the quasi-object for a better view.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2005Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nabil Madrane