METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTUITIVE NAVIGATION OF A MEDIA PROGRAM
    62.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTUITIVE NAVIGATION OF A MEDIA PROGRAM 有权
    媒体计划直接导航的方法与装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110320945A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-29

    申请号:US12896803

    申请日:2010-10-01

    IPC分类号: G06F3/01

    CPC分类号: G06F3/04886

    摘要: A jog control for navigating a media program having a plurality of frames and a method for using the navigation control is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the control comprises a radial control at one of a plurality of user-selectable radial distances from a center of the jog control, the radial distance indicative of a jog control scale factor, wherein selection of the radial control selects and fixes the jog control scale factor until the control area is unselected, and wherein rotation of the selected radial control about a center of the jog control commands navigation through the plurality of media program frames at a rate determined by the selected jog control scale factor and an angular rate of the selected radial control about the center of the jog control.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于导航具有多个帧的媒体节目的点动控制以及使用该导航控制的方法。 在示例性实施例中,控制包括从点动控制中心的多个用户可选择的径向距离中的一个径向控制,指示点动控制比例因子的径向距离,其中径向控制的选择选择和固定 直到控制区域被选择的点动控制比例因子,并且其中围绕点动控制中心的所选择的径向控制的旋转命令以由所选择的点动控制比例因子确定的速率通过多个媒体节目帧导航,并且角度 关于点动控制中心的所选径向控制速率。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO CONTENT FOR THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
    65.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO CONTENT FOR THIRD PARTY WEBSITES 有权
    为第三方网站提供补充视频内容的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110179010A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-21

    申请号:US12688366

    申请日:2010-01-15

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    CPC分类号: G06F17/3089

    摘要: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing supplemental video content for third party websites is disclosed. In one embodiment, coded instructions are transmitted from a content enhancement server to a host server, for incorporation into the webpage source code. The host server is controlled by a first entity and the content enhancement server is controlled by a second entity commercially distinct from the first entity. Keywords are generated by execution of the coded instructions in the webpage received in the client computer from the host server, and the keywords are sent to a content enhancement server, which generates supplemental substantive video content information for transmission to the client.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种为第三方网站提供补充视频内容的方法,装置和制品。 在一个实施例中,编码指令从内容增强服务器发送到主机服务器,以便并入到网页源代码中。 主机服务器由第一实体控制,并且内容增强服务器由与第一实体商业不同的第二实体控制。 关键词是通过在主机服务器中执行在客户端计算机中接收到的网页中的编码指令来生成的,并且将关键字发送到内容增强服务器,该内容增强服务器生成用于传送给客户端的补充实质视频内容信息。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A SEARCH UTILITY IN AN EMBEDDED VIDEO
    67.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A SEARCH UTILITY IN AN EMBEDDED VIDEO 有权
    在嵌入式视频中提供搜索实用程序的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100287474A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-11

    申请号:US12463997

    申请日:2009-05-11

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30 G06F3/01

    摘要: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing advertisements into a streamed media program is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of transmitting a webpage to a user computer, wherein the webpage includes instructions comprising instructions for embedding a media program player in the webpage, wherein the embedded media program player comprises an embedded search utility for accepting a textual user query, receiving a search query from the user computer in a media server, the search query entered into the embedded search utility, generating search results responsive to the user search query, transmitting the search results to the media program player embedded in the webpage, rendering the search results using the media program player; and displaying the rendered search results to the user.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于将广告提供到流媒体节目中的方法,装置和制品。 在一个实施例中,该方法包括以下步骤:将网页发送到用户计算机,其中所述网页包括包括用于将媒体节目播放器嵌入在所述网页中的指令的指令,其中所述嵌入式媒体节目播放器包括用于接受文本的嵌入式搜索实用程序 用户查询,从媒体服务器中的用户计算机接收搜索查询,输入到嵌入式搜索实用程序的搜索查询,响应于用户搜索查询生成搜索结果,将搜索结果发送到嵌入在网页中的媒体节目播放器, 使用媒体节目播放器呈现搜索结果; 并将呈现的搜索结果显示给用户。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A PROGRAM GUIDE HAVING SEARCH PARAMETER AWARE THUMBNAILS
    68.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A PROGRAM GUIDE HAVING SEARCH PARAMETER AWARE THUMBNAILS 有权
    提供具有搜索参数的程序指南的方法和装置THUMBNAILS

    公开(公告)号:US20100211584A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-19

    申请号:US12389249

    申请日:2009-02-19

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    摘要: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for presenting a program guide for a video-on-demand system describing a plurality of media programs, each media program having a plurality of video frames. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a search request from a user, the search request comprising a search parameter having a search value; searching the media program database for the search value, the media program database having first metadata associated with a first individual video frame of the media program; and providing the program guide comprising a thumbnail depicting the first individual video frame of the media program associated with the first metadata to the user if the first metadata includes the search value.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于呈现描述多个媒体节目的视频点播系统的节目指南的方法,装置,制品和存储器结构,每个媒体节目具有多个视频帧。 在一个实施例中,该方法包括以下步骤:接收来自用户的搜索请求,所述搜索请求包括具有搜索值的搜索参数; 在所述媒体节目数据库中搜索所述搜索值,所述媒体节目数据库具有与所述媒体节目的第一个独立视频帧相关联的第一元数据; 以及如果所述第一元数据包括所述搜索值,则向所述用户提供包括描绘与所述第一元数据相关联的所述媒体节目的所述第一单独视频帧的缩略图的节目指南。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THUMBNAIL SELECTION AND EDITING
    69.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THUMBNAIL SELECTION AND EDITING 审中-公开
    选择和编辑方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100107126A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-29

    申请号:US12259553

    申请日:2008-10-28

    IPC分类号: G06F3/048

    摘要: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for producing one or more thumbnails from a media program comprising video data having a plurality of sequenced images. In an illustrative embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a command to scan the video data to identify a candidate video frame for the thumbnail, accepting a command to select the candidate video frame for the thumbnail, automatically generating a set of candidate thumbnails, the set of candidate thumbnails comprising the selected candidate video frame and video frames temporally proximate the selected candidate video frame, presenting the set of candidate thumbnails for selection, and accepting a selection of one of the candidate thumbnails as the selected thumbnail.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于从包括具有多个排序图像的视频数据的媒体程序产生一个或多个缩略图的方法,装置,制品。 在说明性实施例中,该方法包括以下步骤:接收扫描视频数据以识别缩略图的候选视频帧的命令,接受用于选择缩略图的候选视频帧的命令,自动生成一组候选缩略图, 所述候选缩略图的集合包括所选候选视频帧和时间上接近所选择的候选视频帧的视频帧,呈现用于选择的候选缩略图集合,以及接受候选缩略图之一的选择作为所选择的缩略图。