Systems and methods for presentation and analysis of media content

• US 10,650,442 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amro Shihadah, Hassan Sawaf, Mohammad Shihadah
• Original Assignee: Amro Shihadah, Hassan Sawaf, Mohammad Shihadah
• Inventors: Shihadah, Amro, Shihadah, Mohammad, Sawaf, Hassan
• Primary Examiner(s): Netzloff, Eric R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel, Dipen M
• Application Number:
  US13/840,893
• Publication Number:
  US 20130282532A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,615 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Information is provided a user of a mobile device. Media content is sensed by the mobile device and sent to an information processing server. The information processing server also obtains media content from another source and associates at least a portion of the obtained media content with a product or service offer. The sensed media content is correlated to the obtained media content such that an associated buy or service offer is selected. The buy or service offer is sent to the mobile device for display to the user.

Claims

1. A mobile computing apparatus for recognizing and interacting with video content displayed on a remotely located display apparatus, the mobile computing apparatus comprising:

a camera configured to acquire video;

an integrated display device that is layered with a touch screen configured to receive input from a user of the mobile computing apparatus;

a transceiver configured to communicate with a remote computing apparatus; and

a processing system that includes at least one processor, the processing system configured to;

cause the camera to begin acquisition of a first video of video content being displayed on the remotely located display apparatus;

transmit, using the transceiver and to the remote computing apparatus, first data that is based on the acquired first video, the remote computing apparatus configured to use the first data to perform a synchronization process that synchronizes the first video, based on the first data, with at least one of plural different video streams being independently received by the remote computing apparatus,

output, to the integrated display device, a second video that corresponds to the acquired video content and is based on the synchronization process performed on the remote computing apparatus;

while the second video is displayed on the integrated display device, receive, via the touch screen, a touch input from the user that indicates a location within the display screen or the second video content that is displayed;

responsive to reception of the touch input, transmit, to the server computing system, the location of the touch input within the display screen or the second video content that is displayed;

receive, from the remote computing apparatus, dynamic informational content that is based on identification, by the remote computing apparatus, of an object within the identified and independently received video stream that corresponds to the location; and

output, to the integrated display device, the dynamic informational content,

wherein the dynamic informational content is determined by the remote computing apparatus by mimicking, within the identified and independently received video stream, the location indicated by the touch input.

2. The mobile computing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the dynamic informational content includes a plurality of products and/or services that are purchasable by the user, wherein the processing system is further configured to:

receive a selection of at least one of the products and/or services;

transmit, via the transceiver, the selection to the remote computing apparatus; and

receive an acknowledgement response from the remote computing apparatus that the purchase has been completed.

3. The mobile computing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the dynamic informational content is output in real time synchronism with transmission of the second data that is based on the touch input.

4. The mobile computing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to:

receive, from the remote computing apparatus, the second video, wherein the second video is subsequently displayed on the integrated display device, the second video being transmitted from the remote computing apparatus based on the performed synchronization process.

5. The mobile computing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to:

while the second video is displayed on the integrated display device, receive, via the mobile computing apparatus, a video clip selection input from the user that selects a length of the second video; and

responsive to the video clip selection, cause the selected length of the second video to be transmitted to another user.

6. A process for interacting with video content comprising:

enabling a mobile computing device having a camera portion to use the camera portion to acquire video content shown on a display apparatus and to transmit, to a server computer system, by using a wireless transceiver of the mobile computing device, first data that is based on the acquired video content;

receiving, with the server computer system, a plurality of different video streams, each of which includes video content, including one of the video streams corresponding to the video content displayed on the display apparatus, the server computer server receiving the plurality of video streams independently of the mobile computing device and the display apparatus;

identifying which one of the plurality of different video streams corresponds to the video content displayed by the display apparatus;

receiving the first data and using the received first data to synchronize the acquired video content shown on the display apparatus with the video content received by the server computer system;

displaying a visual presentation to a user of the mobile computing device based on the performed synchronization;

receiving, via an input device associated with the mobile computing device, a touch input from a user that indicates a location in the visual presentation that is displayed to the user;

responsive to reception of the touch input, transmitting, to the server computing system, second data that is indicative of the location indicated by the touch input of the user;

using, at the server computing system, the transmitted second data that is indicative of the location to identify at least one object in the independently received video stream that the touch input has indicated;

sending electronic data to the mobile computing device in response to the identification of the at least one object; and

displaying the electronic data on the mobile computing device to the user,

wherein identification of the at least one object in the independently received video stream accomplished by mimicking, within the independently received video stream, the location indicated by the touch input.

7. The process of claim 6, wherein:

the electronic data message comprises an image(s) related to at least one product and/or service;

while the image(s) related to the product and/or service are displayed, receiving a user selection of at least one of the products and/or services;

transmitting, via the transceiver, the selection of the product and/or service to the server computing system; and

receiving an acknowledgement response from the server computing system that the product and/or service has been selected.

8. The process of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving, from server computing system, the video that is displayed on the display apparatus comprising a display screen integrated with the mobile computing device, the video being transmitted from the server computing system based on the performed synchronization process.

9. The process of claim 6, further comprising:

determining, within a display frame of the acquired video, where the video content in the acquired video is being displayed,

wherein the first data is based on where the video content is determined to be within the display frame of the acquired video.

10. A multimedia identification system for recognizing and interacting with first video content received and displayed on a remotely located display apparatus, the video content also independently received by a server computer system, the multimedia identification system comprising:

a server computer system that includes;

(1) video source input(s) configured to receive plural different video feeds that include a second video content that is the same as the first video content displayed of the remotely located display apparatus, the second video content received at the server computer system independently of reception of the first video content by the remotely located display apparatus, (2) at least one hardware processor configured to process the video content received via the video source input(s), (3) a first transceiver, and (4) an electronic memory storage medium; and

a mobile computing apparatus that includes;

a camera configured to acquire video of video content being shown on the remotely located display apparatus,

an integrated touch screen display,

at least one hardware processor, and

a second transceiver configured to communicate data based on the video acquired by the camera to the server computer system that is also independently receiving and processing video content received via the video source input(s),

the first transceiver of the server computer system configured to receive the communicated data,

the at least one hardware processor of the server computer system configured to, in response to reception of the communicated data, perform a real-time identification process to determine video content of the received plural different video feeds that correlates to the acquired video of the mobile computing apparatus;

the integrated touch screen display of the mobile computing apparatus configured to display, in accordance with the performed real-time identification process, a video that corresponds to the determined video content;

the at least one hardware processor of the mobile computing apparatus configured to;

while the video content is displayed on the integrated touch screen display, process a touch input received via the integrated touch screen display at a location within the displayed video,

responsive to the received touch input, cause the transceiver of the mobile computing apparatus to transmit second data that indicates the location within the displayed video that the user indicated,

the at least one hardware processor of the server computer system configured to;

in response to reception of the second data, determine at least one object within the independently received second video content that corresponds to the indicated location, and

cause the first transceiver to transmit a dynamic content data that includes information regarding the determined at least one object,

the at least one hardware processor of the mobile computing apparatus configured to cause the integrated touch screen display to display image(s) based on the dynamic content data,

wherein the determination of the at least one object in the independently received second video content is accomplished by mimicking, within the independently received video stream, the location of the touch input.

11. The multimedia identification system of claim 10, wherein the at least one hardware processor of the server computer system is further configured to cause the first transceiver to transmit, to the mobile computing apparatus, the video that corresponds to the determined video content.

12. The multimedia identification system of claim 10, wherein the at least one hardware processor of the mobile computing apparatus is further configured to determine where the video content being shown on the remotely located display apparatus is located within a display frame of the acquired video.

13. The multimedia identification system of claim 10, the at least one hardware processor of the mobile computing apparatus configured to:

receive, via the mobile computing apparatus, selection input from the user that identifies a clip of the second video; and

responsive to the selection input, transmit further electronic data that causes the clip of the second video to be transmitted to another computer system for access by another user.