Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715717000 | Multiple diverse systems | 37 |
20080235585 | METHODS FOR AUTHORING AND INTERACTING WITH MULTIMEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF DOCUMENTS - A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for assisting a user with authoring a multimedia representation of documents. In one embodiment, the method comprises displaying one or more visual, audible, or audiovisual document elements from an input document in graphical user interface; and selecting one or more elements and for inclusion in a multimedia representation. | 09-25-2008 |
20080235586 | METHOD AND RELATED SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE DISPLAYS - The present invention disclosed a multiple display method. A media data is received and a first program corresponding to the media data is displayed on a first frame of a display device. The media data is analyzed to generate a second program according to a predetermined event. The second program is displayed on a second frame of the display device while displaying the first program on the first frame on a real time basis. | 09-25-2008 |
20090006963 | BROWSER INTERPRETABLE DOCUMENT FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF MEDIA PLAYERS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - A browser interpretable document comprising a first media file or a pointer to the first media file; a graphical user interface definition, or a pointer to the graphical user interface definition, the graphical user interface definition comprising a first user interface element and a function associated with the first user interface element; and, a set of commands, or a pointer to the set of commands, for controlling the operation of a plurality of media players; wherein, when the browser interpretable document is rendered by a conventional web browser, the web browser can render a graphical user interface based on the graphical user interface definition, and wherein the rendered graphical user interface controls one of the plurality of media players to facilitate playing of the first media file. | 01-01-2009 |
20090132923 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFACING BETWEEN DEVICES IN HOME NETWORK - A method of interfacing between devices in a home network control device includes dividing a screen into at least two areas, assigning a predetermined contents service function to each of the divided screen areas, sensing the position of the screen that an external device approaches and the distance between the screen and the external device reproducing content, and performing the contents service function differently between devices for each screen area according to the position of the screen that the external device approaches and the distance between the screen and the external device. | 05-21-2009 |
20090288008 | Building macro elements for production automation control - A macro element template is replicated to build a macro element library. A macro element is associated with executable instructions for controlling a plurality of production devices to produce a special effect or segment of a media production. One or more automation control objects are positioned onto a control interface to build a macro element template. Build information is associated with each automation control object to assign a variable name, device type, property page field(s), and variable naming table. A replicator control interface allows a range of sources to be assigned to the macro element template, and is associated with executable instructions for building the macro element library. The macro element library includes user-defined filenames that enables a director to quickly search and select a desired macro element. Changes in production values ripple throughout the macro element library to dynamically update the macro elements. | 11-19-2009 |
20090319900 | Control device, control method, and control system - A control device includes a communication unit communicating via a network with a content supply device and reproduction devices, an operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit receiving a signal from the operation unit and controlling the communication unit and the display unit. The control unit has a content list display state displaying on a screen of the display unit a content list received from the content supply device, a device list display state displaying on the screen thumbnail images of the reproduction devices in accordance with device information received from the reproduction devices, and an operation panel display state displaying an operation panel for having a content item of the content list reproduced by one of the reproduction devices set in the device list display state. The thumbnail image of the reproduction device is displayed in the content list display state and the operation panel display state. | 12-24-2009 |
20090327892 | User interface to display aggregated digital living network alliance (DLNA) content on multiple servers - Audio and video (A/V) content information is aggregated from one or more active DLNA servers. The aggregated A/V content information is formatted into a non-hierarchical pool of A/V identifier elements that each represent one item of the aggregated A/V content information. At least a portion of the non-hierarchical pool of A/V identifier elements is displayed to a user via a display device. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 12-31-2009 |
20100169779 | MULTI-MEDIA PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention provides a media editing system comprising a first input/output port for receiving media projects comprising media to be edited and project instructions from a plurality of sources of media projects. The system further comprises a selector for selecting one of said plurality of media editing subsystems for editing a corresponding selected one of said received media projects. The selection based, at least in part, upon received project instructions. A second input/output port provides received media to be edited to the selected one of a plurality of editing subsystems. | 07-01-2010 |
20100235744 | SOURCE CONTENT PREVIEW IN A MEDIA SYSTEM - Systems and/or methods are provided that facilitate surveying media sources in a media entertainment system. An index component can provide an index of a set of available media sources in the media entertainment system. In addition, a selection component can displays the set of available media sources and receive selection requests for a subset of the available media sources. Further, a preview component can display a sample of media generated by the selected subset of media sources prior to active engagement thereof. Moreover, one or more aspects can be implemented in a vehicle entertainment system. | 09-16-2010 |
20110066944 | Multifunction Multimedia Device - A method for interpreting messages, user-defined alert conditions, voice commands and performing an action in response is described. A method for annotating media content is described. A method for presenting additional content associated with media content identified based on a fingerprint is described. A method for identifying that an advertisement portion of media content is being played based on a fingerprint derived from the media content is described. A method of one media device recording particular media content automatically in response to another media device recording the particular media content is described. A method of concurrently playing media content on multiple devices is described. A method of publishing information associated with recording of media content is described. A method of deriving fingerprints by media devices that meet an idleness criteria is described. A method of loading, modifying, and displaying a high definition frame from a frame buffer is described. A method of recording or playing media content identified based on fingerprints is described. | 03-17-2011 |
20110219307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MEDIA MIXING BASED ON USER INTERACTIONS - An apparatus for providing media mixing based on user interaction may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving an indication of shared content to be provided to a plurality of group members, receiving social interaction media associated with at least one of the group members, and mixing the shared content with the social interaction media to provide mixed content having audio mixing performed based at least in part on a configuration of the social interaction media relative to the shared content on a display. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 09-08-2011 |
20110252324 | USER PARTICIPATION RANKING OF VIDEO EVENTS - A relative viewer interaction level is determined for each of a plurality of video events. An interaction ranking is associated with each of the plurality of video events based upon the relative viewer interaction level for each of the plurality of video events. A video event listing is generated, generally contemporaneously with the plurality of video events. The video event listing based upon, at least in part, the associated interaction ranking of each of the plurality of video events. | 10-13-2011 |
20110296306 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERSONAL SUPPORT ASSISTANCE - The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to network-based personal support systems and related methods. The systems and methods relate to providing support to a user through various types of interactions between the user and a personal support unit. The systems and methods can also relate to collecting and analyzing data relating to the interactions and further can include adjusting or modifying future interactions with the user based on the analysis of the data. | 12-01-2011 |
20120124474 | USER PRESENTATION SETTINGS FOR MULTIPLE MEDIA USER INTERFACES - Embodiments provide methods and apparatus for simultaneous presentation of multiple media user interfaces (UIs) based on user presentation settings. In some embodiments, a user may select presentation settings for a specific combination of at least two media UIs. The presentation settings may be stored and then retrieved and used when the specific combination of the at least two media UIs are later selected to be presented simultaneously. In some embodiments, presentation settings for a media UI comprise video and/or audio settings. Video settings may include position and size of a window presenting the media UI. Audio settings may include audio volume setting of the media UI. In some embodiments, each media UI in the combination of at least two media UIs may present a different type of media content (e.g., television content, Internet content, personal content, etc.). | 05-17-2012 |
20120278716 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING DISPLAY CONTROLLERS FOR PROCESSING CORRELATED MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS AND RELATED MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - An electronic device includes a first display controller, a second display controller and a second interface (UI) controller. The first display controller is implemented for processing a first multimedia content, and accordingly generating a first output. The second display controller is implemented for processing at least a second multimedia content associated with the first multimedia content while the first display controller is processing the first multimedia content, and accordingly generating a second output. The first display controller is coupled to a first UI controller and the first UI controller is for receiving the first output and controlling a first output device according to the received first output. The second UI controller is coupled to the second processor and implemented for receiving the second output and controlling a second output device according to the received second output. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278717 | AGGREGRATION OF MULTIPLE MEDIA TYPES OF USER CONSUMPTION HABITS AND DEVICE PREFERENCES - A system and method for the aggregation of multiple media types of user consumption habits and device preferences are described. In embodiments, a connected device is adapted to receive multiple inputs supporting different types of media, aggregating the multiple media types and displaying one or more of the media types on a single display device. Another embodiment of the invention provides for a way of collecting data about user-specific adjustments to or usages of the various electronic devices and/or applications connected to the connected device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-01-2012 |
20130198634 | Video Object Behavior in a User Interface - In one embodiment, presenting a video in a user interface in a first presentation mode of a plurality of presentation modes, each presentation mode has a specific size for presenting a visual portion of the video and a specific volume for presenting an audio portion of the video; and in response to a user interaction with the video in the first presentation mode, transitioning the video to a second presentation mode, comprising: changing the visual portion of the video from a first size of the first presentation mode to a second size of the second presentation mode; and changing the audio portion of the video from a first volume of the first presentation mode to a second volume of the second presentation mode. | 08-01-2013 |
20130232417 | Methods and Systems for Enhancing Television Applications Using 3D Pointing - Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a control framework for organizing, selecting and launching media items including graphical user interfaces coupled with an optional 3D control device for collection of the basic control primitives of point, click, scroll, hover and zoom which permit for easy and rapid selection of media items, e.g., movies, songs etc., from large or small collections. The remote control maps natural hand movements and gestures into relevant commands while the graphical display uses images, zooming for increased/decreased levels of detail and continuity of GUI objects to provide easy organization, selection and navigation among the media items by a user. | 09-05-2013 |
20140101548 | CONCURRENTLY PRESENTING INTERACTIVE INVITATIONAL CONTENT AND MEDIA ITEMS WITHIN A MEDIA STATION THROUGH THE USE OF BUMPER CONTENT - A media channel can include a mix of media items and invitational content packages. At some point during the playback of the media channel, an invitational content package can be presented. In response to detecting the occurrence of an interactive segment triggering event during the presentation of the invitational content package, an invitational content interactive segment and a next media item can be simultaneously presented. This can be accomplished by splitting the media channel into multiple streams, such as an audio stream and a visual stream, and presenting an element of the interactive segment within a first stream and an element of the media item within a second stream. To decrease the likelihood that a user may equate the invitational content with the media item, a bumper content item, such as audio that says, “now back to the music,” can be presented just prior to playback of the media item. | 04-10-2014 |
20140281989 | SYNCHRONIZING PROGRESS BETWEEN RELATED CONTENT FROM DIFFERENT MEDIUMS - System, method, and computer program product to resume playback between different media formats of a media title, by monitoring progress of a user consuming the media title in a first media format, differences existing between the first media format and the different media formats, responsive to the user stopping consumption of the media title in the first media format, computing a stopping point in the first media format, identifying at least one resume point for each of the different media formats, computing a similarity score for each identified resume point based on a similarity of the stopping point in the first media format and each identified resume point, and upon determining that the user has triggered an indication to consume the media title in a second media format, resuming playback of the media title at a resume point for the second media format having the highest similarity score. | 09-18-2014 |
20140351702 | ADJUSTING MEDIA DISPLAY IN A PERSONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM BASED ON PERSPECTIVE - A personal display system with which a user may adjust the configuration of displayed media is provided. The personal display system may include an electronic device operative to provide media to a personal display device operative to display the received media. Using one or more optical and digital components, the personal display device may adjust displayed media to overlay features of a theater, thus giving the user of the personal display device the impression of being in the theater. In some embodiments, the personal display device may receive a user selection of a seat in the theater from which to watch the media, and may adjust the media display accordingly. In some embodiments, the personal display device may detect the user's movements using one or more sensors and may adjust the displayed image based on the user's movements. For example, the device may detect a user's head movement and cause the portion of media displayed to reflect the head movement. | 11-27-2014 |
20140380163 | Video Obtaining Method, Device, and System - A video obtaining method, device, and system. The video obtaining method includes obtaining a visual interface from a management server, where the visual interface includes a geographic information system (GIS) map, and a plurality of camera resource points and a monitoring range corresponding to each of the camera resource points are displayed on the GIS map; and detecting a user clicking action, obtaining a coordinate parameter of the user clicking action, and if the coordinate parameter is within a monitoring range, sending the coordinate parameter to the management server, so as to obtain a real-time video of a position corresponding to the coordinate parameter. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012826 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFOTAINMENT FUNCTIONALITY - An infotainment management system is disclosed for managing infotainment functionality of an infotainment system of a vehicle to which a nomadic device is connected. The management system may display, on a touch sensitive display associated with the infotainment system, category user-interface objects associated with respective infotainment functionality categories. The management system may further displays, on the touch sensitive display, while a category objects is displayed, a user-interface object linking to a user application program hosted on the nomadic device, which user application program is supported by the infotainment system. Objects such as interactive icons linking to user application programs which are installed on the nomadic device and may be invoked by the linking objects, may be displayed on the in-vehicle touch sensitive display simultaneously with category objects, such as interactive virtual buttons, relating to other infotainment functionality such as in-vehicle navigation, music and/or telephony functionality. | 01-08-2015 |
20150058729 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLS BASED ON CONCURRENT GESTURES - In an embodiment, a number of parallel gestures are detected, in a particular area on a touch screen interface of a device. A command is identified based at least on the parallel gestures and an action associated with the command is performed. | 02-26-2015 |
20150121222 | Method and System for Visualization Enhancement for Situational Awareness - An after-action, mission review tool that displays camera and navigation sensor data allowing a user to pan, tilt, and zoom through the images from front and back cameras on an vehicle, while simultaneously viewing time/date information, along with any available navigation information such as the latitude and longitude of the vehicle at that time instance. | 04-30-2015 |
20150293677 | System and Method for Content Selection - Methods, systems, and software are described herein for providing a user interface that, in one example, indicates the current point in progress for various items that are available for selection. Upon selection of one of the items of content and/or services that present the items of content, the item of content may be accessed (e.g., for display, recording, or other type of consumption) at the point in progress or at another location within the item of content that may correspond to or otherwise depend upon the point in progress. | 10-15-2015 |
20150309715 | Media Service User Interface Systems and Methods - In an exemplary method, a media service user interface system provides, for display on a screen of a primary display device, a media menu tray user interface view that includes a media menu tray representing a menu of one or more media programs and provides, for display on a display screen of a mobile device while the media menu tray user interface view is provided for display on the display screen of the primary display device, a remote control user interface view dynamically tailored to facilitate remote user interaction with the media menu tray included in the media menu tray user interface view provided for display on the display screen of the primary display device. In certain examples, the remote control user interface view is dynamically tailored based on a current state of the media menu tray user interface view. | 10-29-2015 |
20150363061 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RELATED DIGITAL CONTENT - The present invention relates to an automated system and algorithm that aids in the automatic discovery and presentation of media content, in particular, music content, that is available across multiple online music services. More specifically, the disclosed embodiments utilize the meta-data associated with a given media content item (seed content) being accessed to find related or similar content, radio stations, or music streams and the like from across multiple online music services (such as iTunes, Rhapsody, Spotify, Pandora, etc.). The system then selects, arranges and presents those actions and/or media content items to a user in a blended list of actionable links. Selection can include comparing and ranking of available media content items or sources according to one or more selection criteria concerning one or more of the following attributes: cost, quality, availability and speed of access of the particular media content. | 12-17-2015 |
20150378588 | Ungrouping Zones - Methods and apparatus to manage zones of a playback system are disclosed. An example method includes displaying a plurality of zone icons, including a first zone icon and a second zone icon, each of the zone icons representing zone player(s) operable to play back multimedia content in a local area network, wherein the first and second zone icons are currently located in a first zone group region, and wherein the zone players associated with the first and second zone icons are members of a first zone group, the first zone group synchronously playing back a first multimedia content; receiving a first drag and drop input to select the second zone icon and drag the second zone icon from inside the first zone group region to outside the first zone region; and, based on the first drag and drop input, causing the zone player(s) associated with the second zone icon to be disassociated with the first zone group. | 12-31-2015 |
20160048314 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display configured to display content on a screen; a user interface configured to receive a user command; and a processor configured to control the display to display a keyword associated with the displayed content and to update, in response to the displayed content being changed according to the received user command, the displayed keyword to an updated keyword associated with changed content. | 02-18-2016 |
715718000 | Mode switching interface (e.g., switching between TV and computer) | 7 |
20080244406 | CAMERA APPARATUS AND GUI SWITCHING METHOD IN CAMERA APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a camera apparatus has a display device displaying an image data and a GUI switching unit switching between a GUI (Graphical User Interface) displayed by the display device and a GUI (Graphical User Interface) displayed by an external display device. | 10-02-2008 |
20090292992 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND A SWITCHING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A switching method includes: when a control unit receives a first command signal and determines that a host computing device is turned off and a power source is disabled, configuring the control unit to operate a switch unit in a first switch state and to enable the power source, thereby enabling audio and video playback of the host computing device; and when the control unit receives a second command signal and determines that the host computing device is turned off and the power source is disabled, configuring the control unit to operate the switch unit in a second switch state and to enable the power source, thereby enabling audio and video playback of an audio-and-video reproducing device. A computer system that includes the control unit, the host computing device, the power source, the switch unit, and the audio-and-video reproducing device is also disclosed. | 11-26-2009 |
20110060991 | PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FOR USE BY MEDIA BUNDLES TO PROVIDE MEDIA PRESENTATIONS - A programming interface for a media management application is described herein. The programming interface allows a media bundle to induce a media presentation at the media management application. More particularly, a media bundle can be provided at a client device, and the media bundle can include program instructions that at least in part use the programming interface to cause the media presentation to be provided at the client device. The media presentation can make use of digital media assets that are stored at a media library on the client device, that are stored within the media bundle, or that are remotely accessible to the client device. The media presentation can provide a multimedia experience for the user of the client device. | 03-10-2011 |
20130124995 | DOCUMENT AUTHORING - Embodiments of methods, devices and/or systems for authoring a document are described. | 05-16-2013 |
20140337733 | INTUITIVE COMPUTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A smart phone senses audio, imagery, and/or other stimulus from a user's environment, and acts autonomously to fulfill inferred or anticipated user desires. In one aspect, the detailed technology concerns phone-based cognition of a scene viewed by the phone's camera. The image processing tasks applied to the scene can be selected from among various alternatives by reference to resource costs, resource constraints, other stimulus information (e.g., audio), task substitutability, etc. The phone can apply more or less resources to an image processing task depending on how successfully the task is proceeding, or based on the user's apparent interest in the task. In some arrangements, data may be referred to the cloud for analysis, or for gleaning. Cognition, and identification of appropriate device response(s), can be aided by collateral information, such as context. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 11-13-2014 |
20150046815 | REAL-TIME DATA VISUALIZATION OF STREAMING DATA - In certain implementations, a first data element set associated with a first attribute may be provided on a user interface. Individual first data elements of the first data element set may each represent a first value associated with the first attribute. A control element set may be provided on the user interface. Individual control elements of the control element set may each represent an attribute. A first touch-based input indicating an association of a first one of the individual control elements with a first one of the individual first data elements may be received. Responsive to the indicated association, a second data element set associated with a second attribute that is represented by the first one of the individual control elements may be provided on the user interface. Individual second data elements of the second data element set may each represent a second value associated with the second attribute and correspond to the first value represented by the first one of the first individual data elements. | 02-12-2015 |
20150128042 | MULTITASKING EXPERIENCES WITH INTERACTIVE PICTURE-IN-PICTURE - A user interface (“UI”) includes a personalized home screen that can be brought up at any time from any experience provided by applications, games, movies, television, and other content that is available on a computing platform such as a multimedia console using a single button press on a controller, using a “home” gesture, or using a “home” voice command. The home screen features a number of dynamically maintained visual objects called tiles that represent the experiences available on the console. An application can be “snapped” to the application that fills the PIP so that the snapped application renders into a separate window that is placed next to the UI for the filled application. The user interface is further adapted so that the user can quickly and easily switch focus between the tiles in the home screen and resume an experience in full screen. | 05-07-2015 |