公开(公告)号：US10405044B1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US14800557

申请日：2015-07-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Blake Seely ,  Benjamin W. Keighran ,  Christopher L. Oklota ,  Guy Piekarz ,  Sandip M. Chokshi

IPC: H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/466

Abstract: A method of providing a notification to a client device is disclosed. The method includes, for example, obtaining data associated with the client device with respect to content provided by a plurality of content sources; creating a viewing preference profile for the client device based on the obtained data, the user preference profile indicating content preferred by the client device; detecting a triggering event concerning a digital content; and in response to the triggering event, determining whether to trigger a notification to the client device based on the viewing preference profile.

公开(公告)号：US10231033B1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-12

申请号：US14814230

申请日：2015-07-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： William M. Bumgarner ,  Blake Seely ,  Christopher L. Oklota ,  Dale A. Taylor ,  Eswar Priyadarshan

IPC: H04N21/8547 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/482

Abstract: Receiving and processing out-of-band (OOB) data along with a media stream is disclosed. The received OOB data can be extracted from an OOB data stream and correlated with the media stream using timestamps. Display and other operations can then be performed when a timestamp of the OOB data matches a current timestamp of the media stream. In addition, timestamp notification requests can be received and processed such that when the current timestamp of the media stream matches a requested timestamp, a notification can be transmitted, and data can be received in response to the notification.

公开(公告)号：US11722753B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US16274137

申请日：2019-02-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： William M. Bumgarner ,  Blake Seely ,  Christopher L. Oklota ,  Dale A. Taylor ,  Eswar Priyadarshan

IPC: H04N21/8547 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/242 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/845

CPC classification number: H04N21/8547 ,  H04N21/23418 ,  H04N21/23424 ,  H04N21/242 ,  H04N21/26258 ,  H04N21/43074 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/44016 ,  H04N21/4825 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: Receiving and processing out-of-band (OOB) data along with a media stream is disclosed. The received OOB data can be extracted from an OOB data stream and correlated with the media stream using timestamps. Display and other operations can then be performed when a timestamp of the OOB data matches a current timestamp of the media stream. In addition, timestamp notification requests can be received and processed such that when the current timestamp of the media stream matches a requested timestamp, a notification can be transmitted, and data can be received in response to the notification.

公开(公告)号：US11297389B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16557721

申请日：2019-08-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Blake Seely ,  Benjamin W. Keighran ,  Christopher L. Oklota ,  Guy Piekarz ,  Sandip M. Chokshi

IPC: H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/466

Abstract: A method of providing a notification to a client device is disclosed. The method includes, for example, obtaining data associated with the client device with respect to content provided by a plurality of content sources; creating a viewing preference profile for the client device based on the obtained data, the user preference profile indicating content preferred by the client device; detecting a triggering event concerning a digital content; and in response to the triggering event, determining whether to trigger a notification to the client device based on the viewing preference profile.

公开(公告)号：US11190856B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16723985

申请日：2019-12-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： William M. Bumgarner ,  Blake Seely ,  Christopher L. Oklota ,  Dale A. Taylor ,  Eswar Priyadarshan

IPC: H04N21/8547 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/242 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/81

Abstract: Time-based events and other metadata that can be added to a media stream to enable downstream systems to enhance the viewing experience are disclosed. The events are given time attributes that establish their location in the media stream so that regardless of where the playhead is located within the media stream, the events that are active at that point in time can be identified and synchronized with the playhead. In addition, a master clock can be used to update a stream timeline associated with the media stream to account for differences between the expected and actual duration of advertisements inserted into the media stream.