| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 725024000 | INTERACTIVE OPINION POLLING | 60 |
| 20080320510 | SHARING VIEWING STATISTICS - A content recommendation system and methodology is provided in which various demographic information and viewing information is obtained from multiple viewers and recommendations of video content to view are provided to a viewer based on the viewer's demographic profile and the viewing preferences of other viewers with the same or similar demographic profile. The recommendations are a result of data mining the aggregated viewing information. Other feedback, such as real-time statistics or likes/dislikes, can also be provided for presentation to the viewer. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080320511 | High-speed programs review - High-speed programs review is described. In embodiment(s), a television client device can initiate a high-speed review of a group of programs that have been recorded together. A content distributor may record a group of television programs that have been previously broadcast for a particular television channel, and then maintain the programs for on-demand viewing when selected by a viewer. The client device can receive program information from the content distributor, and the program information can identify each of the progress when reviewing the group of programs at high-speed. The program information that corresponds to a program can then be rendered for display when the program becomes selectable for on-demand viewing while reviewing the programs at high-speed. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090031336 | GROUP PREFERENCE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method, medium and implementing computer system are provided in which the aggregate preferences of a gathered group of individuals in a certain proximity and with respect to a predetermined perceivable and controllable function are ascertained. Individual preferences are processed to obtain a group preference and if the group preference meets predetermined criteria, the group preference is implemented with respect to the controllable function. In a specific example, movie preview playlists are modified by a control server according to the ascertained preferences of the particular group to whom the movie previews are being presented. In another example, the ambient temperature of a room in which a group of individuals is gathered is adjusted by a temperature-control server in response to the polled and ascertained preferences of each of the individuals. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090037946 | Dynamically displaying content to an audience - A method of dynamically displaying content to an audience is disclosed. The method includes displaying content to the audience wherein at least a portion of the audience is proximate a display means, capturing a plurality of responses from the audience, aggregating the plurality of responses and dynamically updating the displayed content based on the aggregated plurality of responses. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090094632 | System and Method for Creating Interactive Events - An interactive Internet-based system and method provides a number of components that can be used to provide interactivity, including chat, polling, and trivia functionalities, particularly for use in enhancing other events, such as television programs. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090150921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVIEWING DIGITAL CINEMA CONTENT - A system and method for reviewing and checking cinema movies for completeness and conformity with exhibitor expectations in a time-saving and efficient manner. In one embodiment, a method for evaluating presentations is provided wherein for each presentation length, a reel time duration X is determined, points of interest are determined, and presentation length portions to be evaluated are selected as preferably including at least a duration of time which includes each of the determined points of interest. The selected portions may include a buffer portion, e.g., a period of time from about 5% of the total presentation length time before to about 5% of the total presentation length time after each of the determined points of interest. Another portion may be presentation length selected for evaluation which includes at least 10% of the total presentation length time. Such 10% selected portion is preferably selected from the center of each presentation length. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090187935 | Two-Way PDA, Laptop and Cell Phone Audience Response System - A two-way PDA, cell phone and laptop audience participation system providing the ability for real-time audience participation in questions and surveys and for real-time generation and display of results. A plurality of two-way wireless communication devices such as PDAs, cellphones or laptops are provided for use by participants at an event. At least one two-way wireless communication device, such as a wireless tablet, is provided for use by a presenter. Communications are between the presenter and participants are managed by a central server, wireless access points and routers. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090235298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING TIME-SHIFTED MEDIA CONTENT AND RELATED COMMUNICATIONS - A method for assigning attributes to media content. A media content is first displayed on a television, computer, or other display. A communication created by a user while viewing the media content is then received. The communication is then analyzed, and at least a portion of the communication is linked to a portion of the media content. The communication is also analyzed to identify relevant keywords which are then saved as attributes of the media content. The assigned word or phrase can be used to recommend the media content to other viewers or to find the media content in response to a search function. A method for synchronizing communications with time-shifted media content is also disclosed. A media content such as a television program is displayed during a time period other than its original broadcast time. Communications created by users while watching the media content are then received. The received communications are time-stamped so they can be synchronized with the run-time of the media content. The communications may be analyzed to select and display targeted advertising. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090254935 | Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast - The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus to collect and provide viewer feedback to broadcasts. According to one aspect of the present invention, a rating is generated for a broadcast by a server system. The rating is based at least in part on viewer feedback to the broadcast, and the rating indicates a likelihood of interest in the broadcast for potential subsequent viewers. According to another aspect of the present invention, the rating is provided from the server system to an entertainment system, and the broadcast can be selected for viewing at an entertainment system. In one embodiment, the viewer feedback is received at the entertainment system in response to a feedback questionnaire. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090288110 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BROADCAST MONITORING - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for editing the content of a broadcast programming signal to provide a proprietary program signal that has been tailored to the preferences of an individual monitoring the broadcast programming signal. Accordingly, the systems and methods of the invention offer computer-integrated television monitoring. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100058379 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A MOVIE FOR VIEWING - A movie selection method and system is provided for selecting a movie for viewing. The method includes displaying a plurality of movie titles over a network, each one of the plurality of movie titles corresponding to a candidate movie. The method further includes receiving at least one vote corresponding to one of the plurality of movie titles, and determining a winning movie based on the at least one vote. The winning movie is to be presented in a movie theater. The method further includes initiating a payment transaction for each user who voted for the winning movie. As a result, the method and system disclosed herein enables users to choose which movies are shown in the movie theater and enables the movie theater to increase profits. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100064306 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROADCASTING MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON USER INPUT - Methods and systems enable mobile TV providers to select programs for broadcast based on viewer preference indications or votes. Information regarding candidate programs or content may be broadcast and displayed on mobile devices. A voting user interface may receive viewer preferences or votes and transmit vote information to the mobile TV broadcast network using a unicast network. Received voting information may be tallied to select a program or content for broadcast. Interim vote tallies may be broadcast to mobile devices until a voting session is terminated. Results of the voting session may be broadcasted followed by broadcast of the selected program. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100064307 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING INTERACTIVITY IN A MOBILE BROADCAST NETWORK - Methods and systems enable viewers of mobile TV to interact and communicate with one another in real time regarding programs being viewed. Viewers may search other viewers on the mobile TV system. Viewers may invite other viewers to join them in viewing a program or to chat. Viewers may write programs with rating since the broadcast network provider for tallying and broadcast to others. Viewers may set reminders for programs and share those reminders with other viewers. Programs may be hosted by individuals who may control the broadcast stream and communicate with viewers of the program. Viewers may also create ad hoc channels in which they can share their favorite programs with other viewers. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100125864 | MOBILE REMOTE CONTROL OF A SHARED MEDIA RESOURCE - Systems and methods for controlling a shared media resource are disclosed. One embodiment includes an edge device adapted to control the media resource based on content selection votes received from users in the shared space who transmit their votes to the edge device over a wide area communication network. In a particular example, a user can submit a vote via a mobile communication method such as text messaging. In another example, votes can be submitted by interacting with a web page or an email program. In another aspect, the edge device tallies the votes and, based on a configuration setting that defines a voting policy, the edge device controls a content selection of the media resource. In another example, the edge device can also receive input from one more local remote control devices that communicate directly with the edge device such as, for example, a standard infrared remote control unit. Depending on a configuration setting, communications from such units may be treated as votes or may override votes received to control the device directly. In another aspect a server coupled to the wide area network is adapted to receive and authenticate vote messages from users in the shared space and provide corresponding vote commands to the edge device. In a particular aspect, authenticating the vote messages includes use of a code that is displayed on the edge device such that a user in the shared space must include the code with the vote message in order for the user's vote to be accounted for in determining a content selection of the shared resource. In a more particular aspect, the code is periodically changed via code updating commands sent from the server to the edge device. In another aspect, an administrative user can interact with the server over the wide area network to set up the edge device and to set or change configuration settings of the edge device. In some alternatives, votes can be tallied and content selection determined on the server rather than the edge device and then the server can send content selection commands for to the edge device for controlling the shared media resource. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100199297 | Method of conducting a reality show - A method of conducting a reality show is created, that allow unlimited numbers of participants in the show and eliminates the limits of broadcasting episodes, using the commercials breaks as a part of the reality show solution. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100235854 | Audience Response System - An audience response system (ARS) includes an audience response server, an instructor provided with a terminal, and audience members, either individually or in groups, provided with response devices. The instructor may ask open-ended questions, and students may respond with free-text answers. The audience response server then classifies similar answers based on literal or semantic similarity, so that the instructor can see at a glance which answers may be grouped together. The audience response server may also break answers down into discrete concepts, so that the instructor can see if certain groups correctly identified some concepts, even if the answer is not correct in its entirety. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100333127 | Shared Multimedia Experience Including User Input - Systems provide shared multimedia content to a plurality of members of a collaboration group, request input related to the multimedia content from a portion of the plurality of members, modify the shared multimedia content to include an indication of a portion of the input, and provide the modified shared multimedia content to the plurality of members. The shared multimedia content may include a television program, a movie, or a real-time event. The requested input may include a prediction or a trivia answer related to the shared multimedia content. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110035767 | IPTV REMOTE BROADCASTING SYSTEM FOR AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an IPTV remote participation broadcasting system for audience participation and a service providing method thereof. The IPTV remote participation broadcasting system includes an IPTV participation support system and an IPTV head end system. The IPTV participation support system obtains an object picture of a broadcasting master and object pictures of a plurality of participation applicants, and combines the obtained object pictures in a content screen of a virtual environment to generate a real-time participation broadcasting picture in which the participation applicants participate directly. The IPTV head end system receives the real-time participation broadcasting picture to transmit live the real-time participation broadcasting picture, in which the broadcasting master and the participation applicants interact in the content screen of the virtual environment, to user terminals of the participation applicants over an IP communication network. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110131597 | Data-Driven 3D Traffic Views with the View Based on User-Selected Start and End Geographical Locations - Traffic flow data representing traffic conditions on a road system is obtained. A user selects a start geographical location and an end geographical location. An animated flythrough 3D graphical map is then created and displayed beginning at the start geographical location and navigating toward the end geographical location. The traffic flow data is continuously displayed during the flythrough. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110185377 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING A SERVICE OFFERED FROM A TOKEN, CORRESPONDING TOKEN AND SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for accessing a service offered from a token. The token is coupled with a terminal. The terminal is capable of receiving broadcast messages. The messages are broadcasted from at least one server. According to the invention, the server sends, through the terminal, within the broadcast messages, at least one piece of data intended for the token and executable by the token. The token executes the executable data by triggering an execution of an application embedded at least in part within the token. The invention relates also to a corresponding token and system. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110197215 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR SYNCHRONIZING MULTICAST CUSTOMIZED CONTENT TO FACILITATE DSLAM COMPLEXITY REDUCTION - A method, computer readable medium, and system for advertisement and content distribution are provided. Supplementary content is synchronized with advertisement slots, or commercial intervals, of a program stream and distributed via separate multicast group addresses. The program content is distributed via an alternative multicast group address during commercial intervals. Ports associated with respective users are mapped or otherwise associated with multiple multicast group addresses in a forwarding table thereby allowing distribution of supplementary content, or alternatively the program content, during commercial intervals. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110219394 | REMOTE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION - The present disclosure generally provides a system and method of interactive technologies to engage remote audiences to distract, confuse, impact, instruct, command, or otherwise positively or negatively affect participants of, for example, television shows, theater shows, or webcasts in real-time. In one example, an audience member could distract or otherwise confuse a participant of the show in real-time by calling a phone number, submitting information online, or text messaging. The participant (and perhaps fellow participants) could hear or view the message from the audience member as it is being submitted or shortly thereafter. In other cases, the call or online submission could trigger another distraction such as a digital display having a moving confusing pattern of some sort. With each additional call or online submission, the moving pattern could get more intense. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120124609 | System and Method of Voting Via An Interactive Television System - A method includes receiving a first voting selection from a first user logged in at a set-top box device, the first voting selection associated with video content that is received at the set-top box device. The first voting selection is added to a tally of votes when a voting status of the set-top box device indicates no previous voting selection has been received from the first user. A second voting selection associated with the video content is received from a second user logged in at the set-top box device. The second voting selection is added to the tally of votes when no previous voting selection has been received from the second user. A third voting selection received from the first user is not added to the tally of votes when the voting status indicates that the first voting selection has been received from the first user. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120151516 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SUBSCRIBER VOTING INTERACTION - A system for and method of providing subscriber voting interaction. The system and method may include outputting program content data via a network, wherein the program content data comprises a plurality of images, receiving, from one or more of a plurality of subscriber systems, voting data that indicates a subscriber's vote for at least one of the plurality of images, aggregating the received voting data, and outputting, to the plurality of subscriber systems, the aggregated voting data via the network. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120174146 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REWARDS FOR RESPONSES TO BROADCAST PROGRAMMING - A broadcast signal having reward and broadcast (programming and/or advertising) content is broadcast, and viewers provide reward responses in response to queries in the broadcast content. Viewers also provide consumer data associated with the reward response provided. Rewards may then be awarded based on the accuracy of the reward response as well as the utilization of the associated consumer data provided. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120174147 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RELIABLE BROADCAST - The invention is embodied in a technique for broadcasting content data from a broadcaster (including a multicaster) to a plurality of clients. After a client receives content data from the broadcaster, a plurality of available proxy servers may be contacted for post-processing after the content data broadcast is determined. The client subsequently randomly selects one of the available proxy servers to contact for post-processing after the content data broadcast. The client may further randomly select a delay time within a contact interval for the selected proxy server, at which time the client contacts the selected proxy server at the delay time to initiate post-processing. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120198490 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY RENDERING A CONTENT ITEM - A content item comprising a plurality of segments is selectively rendered by selecting at least one segment of a content item having objectionable content, step ( | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120297411 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a communication system in which comments that are input following the progress of played contents are shared between a plurality of user terminals, for each comment which is transmitted from a user terminal, a comment server associates comment attribute information which shows the attributes of the comment with comment identifying information and stores these and extracts from the plurality of stored comments those comments which have comment attribute information specifying that they are to be delivered to the user terminal, and delivers these to the user terminal. When a comment which follows the playing of contents is input, the user terminal transmits to the comment server that comment and the comment attribute information which shows the attributes of the comment and which it has itself transmitted. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120304215 | Interactive Content System and Method - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of providing interactive content. The method may include sending, from a media device, a request for one or more interactive applications to a first content source that is distinct from a second content source that provides video content to the media device. The request may indicate one or more locations to be polled for the one or more interactive applications. The method may include generating, at the media device, a menu of selectable interactive applications displayable at a display device. The selectable interactive applications may include one or more available interactive applications identified by the first content source in response to the request. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120324502 | STREAMING VIDEO WITH ENHANCED OVERLAY POSITIONING - Aspects of the present invention place a second object contained within an overlay atop a first object in a first video stream. Suggested positions at which to place the second object atop the first object are received from a plurality of viewers in a first group of viewers of the first video stream. A consensus position at which to place the second object atop the first object is calculated based on the suggested positions. The second object is placed atop the first object at the consensus position. The first and second objects are transmitted to a second group of viewers of the first video stream after a delay period. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130014153 | MEDIA CONTENT BASED ADVERTISING SURVEY PLATFORM APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS - The MEDIA CONTENT BASED ADVERTISING SURVEY PLATFORM APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS (“AD-SURVEY”) transforms user advertisement exposure data via AD-SURVEY components, into ad effects data including user responses to survey questions. A system is disclosed, comprising: a memory; a processor disposed in communication with said memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions executable by a processor for obtaining TV program schedule listing data including a plurality of ad tags at a server; providing the obtained TV program schedule listing data to a user mobile device, receiving a user media program selection message from the user mobile device; retrieving an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data; querying a survey question list based on key terms extracted from ad contents; generating and sending a survey question to the user mobile device; and obtaining a user reaction to the survey question. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130111515 | INTERACTIVE PROGRAM SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130191857 | Method and System for a Vote Based Media System - Systems and methods for allowing a user to interact with a station so to have input into the selection of media to be broadcast. The user is able to vote on selections within a media library. The station tabulates the votes and broadcasts the highest ranked selection based on vote totals. The user is able to view the voting in real time and add additional votes, either positive or negative, to influence the ranking or can interact in other number of ways. The media can include audio or video broadcast over the internet via an internet radio station or through other types of networks. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130205327 | INTERESTS AND DEMOGRAPHICS PROFILE FOR ADVANCED BROADCAST SERVICES - A digital broadcast receiver has a storage device and a processing device. The storage device is configured to store a questionnaire received from at least one service provider of a digital broadcast system, and answers to the questionnaire. The questionnaire comprises a data structure common to at least two service providers. The processing device is configured to manipulate the questionnaire and answers. The questionnaire pertains to viewer preferences, demographics, and interests (PDI) information. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20140013347 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus for distributing a content to a client, including a question generation section configured to generate question information representative of a question regarding liking of a user of the client, and a transmission section configured to transmit the question information and provider side answer information representative of an answer set by a provider which provides the content to the question regarding the liking of the user to the client. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140059581 | GESTURE BASED POLLING USING AN INTELLIGENT BEVERAGE CONTAINER - Systems, devices, and methods are provided for conducting a polling event. A central server computer system determines a polling event is to be conducted and associates one or more inputs from a beverage container with a corresponding selection. The central server computer system transmits a polling prompt message to the beverage containers to display a prompt for a user to select between a first selection and a second selection. An input is received at the beverage container indicative of the selection by the user. The input may be based on a gesture movement of the beverage container. The selection is communicated to the central server computer system which, based on receiving selections from the participating beverage containers, determines the poll results. The poll results are displayed on one or more public displays or communicated, via a network, to a wireless communication device associated with a user of the beverage container. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140059582 | PARTICIPATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer implemented method of operating an administrator device to facilitate the participation of participants in an event comprises receiving passages of free text from response devices operated by participants; automatically aggregating and displaying the received passages of free text in a free text input region of a display of the administrator device; receiving a user selection of a said passage of free text and copying that selected passage of free text to a response prompt region of said display; generating an output to display the free text in the response prompt region to said participants; receiving a user input via a first clickable icon displayed on said display and, in response, accepting responses from response devices; receiving a user input via said first or a further clickable icon displayed on said display and in response stopping acceptance of further responses from response devices; and automatically aggregating and displaying the accepted responses in a result region of said display and storing into a memory said free text in the response prompt region in association with the aggregated accepted responses. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140068651 | Obtaining User Reactions to Video - A user interaction request is received during playback of video content. The user interaction request can be received independent of any indication from the video content that user interaction is possible. In response to receiving the interaction request, one or more menus are displayed allowing the user to select one or more reaction options and to select whether the selected one or more reaction options are to be communicated to another user or to a content provider. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140089959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL SERVICE SIGNAL - An apparatus of processing a digital service signals and a method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a receiving module configured to receive declarative contents and a first PDI (Profiles, Demographics, Interests) table including a first PDI question having a first question id for identifying the first PDI question and receive a second PDI table including a second PDI question having a second question id for identifying the second PDI question, an obtaining module configured to obtain an answer to the first PDI question, a storing module configured to store the obtained answer to the first PDI table, a fetching module configured to fetch the stored answer to the second PDI question by using the first question id and the second question id, wherein the first question id is equal to the second question id, wherein the storing module further stores the fetched answer to the second PDI table and a downloading module configured to download contents using the fetched answer, wherein the declarative contents fetches the stored answer by using an API (Application Programming Interface). | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089960 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are a method and system for facilitating audience feedback during an event. The method includes receiving at least one input request from a set of registered audience members of the event, wherein each request relates to a predefined set of actions. The method processes the received requests and presents information during the event, based on the processed requests. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140115621 | Intra-Video Ratings - A system and method is provided for receiving and displaying voting data with respect to online hosted videos. Viewers vote on portions within various videos stored in an online video hosting website. Voting data can represent different types of votes, such as unipolar, bipolar, or categorical. The prior voting data, including that submitted by other viewers, can be displayed in a number of ways, such as gradations of color, or charts such as bar graphs. The voting data may be associated with demographic categories, such as a voter's age, sex, or political affiliation. Further, a video may be selectively played to display portions of most interest to given demographic categories, as indicated by voting patterns of those categories. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140130079 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A VIDEO STREAM FOR AN OBJECT OF INTEREST - A method and device for ranking video feeds provide a user with the best feed depending on what the user wishes to see. The method includes obtaining one or more video feeds and ranking the video feeds. The ranking is based, at least in part, upon input from a viewer indicating an object of interest. The ranking can consider things such as video stream resolution and signal strength. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140130080 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOTING ON POPULAR VIDEO INTERVALS - A system and method is provided for identifying popular intervals in online hosted videos. To determine popular intervals associated with a video, a plurality of votes for one or more intervals of the video are collected and organized into a plurality of groups. Each group includes votes for intervals of the video that are similar to each other. A group having the highest number of votes is identified, and a most popular clip of the video is formed based upon the intervals in the group with the highest number of votes. This process can be carried out to determine the groups having the second and third highest number of votes in a single video to form the second and third most popular clips in that video, as well as across numerous videos to identify the most popular clips within different videos. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140165087 | CONTROLLING PRESENTATION FLOW BASED ON CONTENT ELEMENT FEEDBACK - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for selecting presentation content. Presentation content is displayed to an audience, the presentation content includes a plurality of content elements. One or more feedback inputs are received from the audience, each feedback input is associated with one of the content elements. A computer determines an alternative presentation content based on the received feedback inputs, and the alternative presentation content is displayed. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140181854 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR INTERPRETATING DATA VIA AUDIENCE POLLING SYSTEM - A method and a system for interpreting data of audience from a polling session is provided in the present invention. The moderator creates a session for conducting a polling session. The moderator further generates a static data of audience from their personal details obtained from the social networking accounts and a dynamic data from a session moderator survey for obtaining the information not available publically. The data from the static survey and dynamic survey is interpreted to obtain a filtered data of population using specific variables giving the moderator the ability to compartmentalize the collected sample data. This collected sample data is available for analytical interpretation and further helps in generated reports for specific population. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140215508 | Distributing Graphic Content Over a Public Network for Inclusion in a Linear Television Broadcast - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving and distributing user-generated video content. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, via a network from a remote web server, a web page defining graphics data for presentation in a linear television broadcast. The received graphics data includes data defining one or more transparent regions. The method further includes compositing the received graphics data, based on the one or more transparent regions, with video from at least one other channel using a video switcher to form a composite video image, and transmitting the composite video image for distribution in a linear television broadcast. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140245340 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THIRD-PARTY AGGREGATED VIDEO RATINGS - A computer implemented method for providing a third-party video content rating unit to a client device, is disclosed. A web browser running on the client device requests video content from a affiliate video content server. The media player running on the client device receives a data stream of the video content from the affiliate video content server, renders the video content and sends a request for the third-party video content rating unit to a third-party ad content server once the video content has been completely rendered. The third-party ad content server receives the request for the third-party video content rating unit, sends the third-party video content rating unit to the client device and streams advertising content to the third-party video content rating unit. The third party video content rating unit is configured to be rendered on top of the media player. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140337876 | INTERACTIVE CONTENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of providing interactive content. The method may include sending, from a media device, a request for one or more interactive applications to a first content source that is distinct from a second content source that provides video content to the media device. The request may indicate one or more locations to be polled for the one or more interactive applications. The method may include generating, at the media device, a menu of selectable interactive applications displayable at a display device. The selectable interactive applications may include at least one of the one or more interactive applications corresponding to the request. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150074706 | AUTOMATED CONTENT INGESTION - A method includes receiving, from a content provider, content for processing and information identifying at least one of advertisements or promotional material to include with the content. The method also includes processing the content into a number of different formats, inserting the advertisements or promotional material into the processed content. The method further includes providing an indication to the content provider that the content has been processed and receiving, from the content provider, an approval or disapproval of the processed content. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150082333 | Event Enhancement via Viewer Participation - A system for fans to influence the action of a sporting event in real-time is disclosed. Remotely located viewers of a live broadcast of a sporting event not only follow the progress of the event, but may actually influence it. When the event reaches an option situation, requiring execution of strategic action, the remote viewing fan may select the option they think most appropriate from a list of options and transmit their choice to a central location. A most favored option may be selected and relayed to the appropriate players or officials. The players may then execute the most favored option as an actual play in the game being broadcast. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150089528 | DIGITAL DOWNLOADING JUKEBOX SYSTEM WITH USER-TAILORED MUSIC MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER TOOLS - A digital downloading jukebox system including a mechanism for delivering custom services to a recognized user, including services for creating playlists, communicating with others, accessing other features, etc. is provided. In some exemplary embodiments, after a user is recognized, the jukebox system allows users to access a special front-end via an Internet-enabled device or on an actual jukebox. Then, the user may, for example, create playlists, share songs with friends, send messages to friends, and access other value-added content. Such a system preferably learns about networks of friends, and enables managers to send similar messages to regular customers and/or others known to the system. In some exemplary embodiments, changes via a first user interface on a first device are reflected on second user interface on other properly-configured devices. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089529 | USER COMMENTARY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods to display content are described. In some embodiments, program content is received from a content source. A method identifies product-related metadata associated with the program content where the product-related metadata includes at least one item displayed in the program content. The program content is communicated to a display device for presentation to a user in a first portion of the display device. The product-related metadata is communicated to the display device for presentation to the user in a second portion of the display device. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150121411 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING INTERACTION VIA AN INTERACTIVE TELEVISION - A method of providing interaction options to a user of a device is described. The device is capable of receiving broadcast content from a broadcaster and content via a network. The method comprises receiving, at the device, both broadcast content and a call-to-action related to the broadcast content. The call-to-action is received via a network. The method includes presenting the broadcast content and the call-to-action to the user, receiving a trigger signal from the user in response to the call-to-action, and initiating, in response to the trigger signal, an interaction over the network between the user and a call-to-action party associated with the call-to-action. The method enables an interaction to be established between the user and the call-to-action party regardless of whether the call-to-action party is the same entity as or a different entity to the broadcaster. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150311992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME VIEWER FEEDBACK TO BROADCAST MEDIA - A system and method for real-time viewer feedback during a live broadcast for a large number of users communicating through smart phones, tablets, laptop computers or desktop computers. In response to a solicitation by the broadcast, the users provide information through an internet connection to a data-collecting server. A rendering software solution on a media server converts the information into synchronized fill and key channels resulting in an intelligent graphics file. The synchronized fill and key channels are communicated to a media mixer that also controls the live broadcast. The accumulated viewer information is presented as a graphic and integrated into the live broadcast in real time. Alternatively, the live broadcast is altered is some other way based on the accumulated information provided by the viewers. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150350733 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPINION SHARING RELATED TO LIVE EVENTS - A system for sharing opinions related to live events including an opinion sharing mechanism including an action selection section including user controls through which a first user makes a user selection to share a first user opinion related to the associated live event, wherein the first user opinion shared is a selection of an identifiable action that may transpire within the live event. The first user opinion is compared against additional user selections and, in response to the comparison of the first user selection against the additional user selections, displaying a scoring display communicating: the identifiable action most commonly selected; the percentage of users selecting the most commonly selected identifiable action; the identifiable action selected by the first user; and the percentage of users selecting the identifiable action selected by the first user. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150358681 | PEER GROUP EVALUATION PROGRAM FOR MASS DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL CONTENT - A system and method for peer group evaluation for mass distributed digital content including providing a registry for a plurality of users and classifying each member of the plurality of users as at least one of a sender, a screener, and/or a receiver. In such systems and methods, a sender submits digital content to a server, a screener views the digital content and provides an evaluation for digital content, and a receiver receives the digital content. Further, such systems and methods receive digital content from at least one sender, send the digital content to at least one screener, and receive one or more evaluations of the digital content from the at least one screener. The systems and methods determine a rating of the content based on the one or more evaluations of the digital content and send the digital content to one or more receivers. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160007089 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BATCH VOTING ON LIVE BROADCASTS - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for allocating and committing votes in a variety of voting paradigms is described. In one embodiment, the method describes a system applicable in a plurality of time zones and comprises determining if an allocation of at least a portion of N1 votes among one or more candidates is received from a first user via a first device during a first period, accepting and storing the allocation of votes, only if the allocation is received during the first period, receiving a user command committing the stored allocation of the N1 votes among the plurality of candidates, determining if the command is received during a second period, and committing the stored first user allocation of N1 votes among the one or more candidates only if the command is received during the second period. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160127787 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING MEDIA TO A USER - A method and system are provided for recommending media to a user. The method includes providing on a display screen a plurality of rating options for a user to select from among. Each of the plurality of rating options corresponds to a respective grouping between at least two related media items to be rated by the user. The method further includes receiving a rating for the respective grouping between the at least two related media items corresponding to a user selected one of the plurality of rating options. The method also includes generating media recommendations for the user responsive to the rating. The method additionally includes providing the media recommendations to the user on the display screen. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160191964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING VIEWERSHIP OF BROADCAST PROGRAMMING - A system and method for generating or increasing viewership of a broadcast of an episode of a series by an affiliate to a plurality of receiver stations is disclosed. A live prefacing media program is transmitted to users within an affiliates market in such a way that does not conflict with the affiliate's exclusive right to transmit a media program within that market. The live prefacing media program includes media program clips from previous episodes of a series, and users can vote on their favorite media program clips. Such votes alter the content presented in the live prefacing media program. Transmission of the live prefacing media program terminates when the affiliates broadcast of the next episode of the series begins, thus encouraging or “throwing” viewers to view that episode. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160205439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPOTTED ADVERTISING AND CONTROL OF CORRESPONDING USER INTERFACES AND TRANSACTIONS VIA USER RECEIVING DEVICES AND MOBILE DEVICES | 07-14-2016 |
