| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 386262000 | Playback based on user profile (e.g., Abecassis, etc.) | 15 |
| 20110052150 | PERSONAL MEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBTAINING CONTENT PLAYBACK INFORMATION OF DEVICE - A personal media system and method that obtain content playback information of an end device is provided. The personal media system including: an end device reader to, when an end device that collects playback information about content playback is connected, obtain the collected playback information and content information about content stored in the end device; and a mapping unit to map the playback information and the content information, to determine playback information for each content in the end device, and to generate playback information for each content of a user based on the playback information for each content in the end device. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110052151 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF COLLECTING CONTENT PLAYBACK INFORMATION - An end device that collects content playback information of a user may be provided. The end device including: a storage to store content and a table including playback information of the content in a predetermined local storage address; a control unit to retrieve content, selected by the user, from the storage, to load a storage address of the selected content, and to transmit the storage address to a decoder; and the decoder to store the storage address in the table, to change playback information of the selected content, and to decode the selected content based on the storage address. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110064387 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED NETWORK SEARCH AND COMPANION DISPLAY OF RESULTS RELATING TO AUDIO-VIDEO METADATA - Embodiments disclosed herein include systems and methods which allow consumers of audio-visual content (such as movies and television programs) to obtain dynamic additional content about programs and movies being watched, and customize that additional content to their personal preferences and behaviors. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110150427 | CONTENT PROVIDING SERVER, CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method provides logic for delivering content data. In one implementation, the computer-implemented method receives content data and metadata. The metadata is associated with a plurality of temporal positions in the content data. Based on the association, the content data is selectively delivered | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110255842 | PROVIDING A UNIFORM USER EXPERIENCE - A method of providing a uniform user experience is described. The method entails receiving general preference information, and mapping the general preference information to format-specific preference information. This format-specific preference information can then be applied when accessing content. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120063745 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA APPLICATION BASED ON DISK MEDIA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A data application based on a reproduction apparatus of a disk media is disclosed. In accordance with method, a scene resource data corresponding to each scene of a data application based on a base data application of the disk media or the reproduction apparatus to execute the data application on a scene-by-scene basis, thereby minimizing a time required for the execution of the data application and a limit of a size of the data application, and providing the data application personalized based on a device information or a user information. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120093484 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND PLAYBACK METHOD - According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus includes a setting module, a detector, and a playback controller. The setting module is configured to set first limitation information configured to limit viewing of a person having an age lower than a first age. The detector is configured to detect second limitation information from a content including a plurality of programs, the second limitation information being configured to limit viewing of a person having an age lower than a second age set with respect to a first program included in the plurality of programs. The playback controller is configured to control playback of the content based on the first and second control information. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20130034338 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A reproduction apparatus comprises a reproduction unit configured to reproduce image data from a recording medium; a detection unit configured to detect users; and a generation unit configured to generate, for each of a plurality of users, management information for distinguishing a portion that has been reproduced and a portion that has not been reproduced in the image data recorded in the recording medium. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130064524 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS - A computer-implemented method for providing online advertising is provided. The method includes providing, by a video delivery module, online video content to a user and maintaining, by a tracking module, a content consumption counter tracking an amount of time the user has watched the video content. The method also includes preventing, by a blocking module, the user from controlling playback of the video content if the content consumption counter satisfies a time characteristic. The method further includes providing, by an advertisement delivery module, a portion of an advertisement section to the user during the preventing. The duration of the portion of the advertisement section is dependent on the time characteristic. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130094838 | OPTICAL DISC PLAYER WITH IMPROVED CONTENT PLAYBACK - A method for managing playback of special feature content on an optical disc, comprising the steps of (A) storing a first disc specific information set for a particular disc in the memory of an optical disc player and (B) prior to playback of a main feature content, comparing a previously stored second disc specific information to the first disc specific information of a current disc and (C) if a match occurs between the first disc specific information and the second disc specific information, skipping the loading or playback of the special feature content on the optical disc and playing said main feature content. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130336637 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing device including an account registration unit that registers account information of a user and account information of a group that includes a plurality of users, a metadata retaining unit that retains information of a terminal that the user or the group uses and reproduction stop position information of content in association with the account information of the user or the group, and a metadata providing unit that provides the terminal that the user or the group uses with the reproduction stop position information associated with the account information of the user or the group. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140133831 | Providing Emergency Access to Surveillance Video - Real-time access by a public authority emergency responder to surveillance video of a privately-controlled source is conditionally pre-authorized dependent on the existence of at least one pre-specified emergency condition, and recorded in a data processing system. A public authority emergency responder subsequently requests real-time access to the surveillance video (e.g., during an emergency), and if the pre-specified emergency condition is met, access is automatically granted, i.e., without the need for manual intervention. A pre-specified emergency condition could, e.g., be an alarm condition detected by a sensor at the site of the video surveillance, or a declared state of emergency, properly declared by an appropriate public official. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140341545 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO PLAYBACK CONTROL - Methods and apparatus are provided for a video playback control system for a vehicle. The method can include receiving a source of video data and accessing a data store for a run script associated with the playback of the video data. The method can also include if no run script exists in the data store, generating a log of user input received for the playback of the video data. The method can include storing the log in the data store as a run script associated with the playback of the video data. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150098693 | Geographical Location Information/Signal Quality-Context Based Recording and Playback of Multimedia Data from a Conference Session - Playback of multimedia data associated with a recorded conference session is simplified, particularly for a person who participated in the conference session from a mobile device. At a recording server that is in communication with a plurality of endpoints in a conference session, multimedia received from the plurality of endpoints participating in the conference session is recorded. The recording server obtains geographical location information for at least one mobile endpoint participating in the conference session as the at least one mobile endpoint moves. The recording server temporally correlates the geographical location information for the at least one endpoint with recorded multimedia data for the conference session. The recording server stores data tags for the geographical location information for the at least one mobile endpoint in association with the recorded multimedia data for subsequent use in indexing to map data to retrieve a portion of the recorded multimedia data for playback. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20160112698 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING VIDEO - A method of playing video on an electronic device is provided. The method includes playing a video in a first mode, detecting attribute information of the video as the video is being played in the first mode, changing the first mode to a second mode based on the detected attribute information, and playing the video in the second mode. | 04-21-2016 |
