Video interaction

• US 20020100063A1
• Filed: 09/10/2001
• Published: 07/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ACK Ventures Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: ACK Ventures Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Herigstad, Dale, Kargman, Harry
• Granted Patent: US 7,712,125 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/141
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/242 Synchronization processes, e.g. processing of PCR [Program Clock References] arrangements for synchronising broadcast or distribution via plural systems in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6156 specially adapted to the upstream path of the transmission network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Interactive material is delivered at least partly wirelessly to a mobile device in the vicinity of a video device on which video content is being displayed, the interactive material being related to the video content.

Claims

1. A method comprising

delivering interactive material at least partly wirelessly to a mobile device in the vicinity of a video device on which video content is being displayed, the interactive material being related to the video content.

2. The method of claim 1 also including presenting the interactive material to a user in time synchronization with the video content.

3. The method of claim 2 in which the interactive material includes an element for receiving input from the user.

4. The method of claim 1 also including generating a tag representative of a user'"'"'s interest in an item of interactive material.

5. The method of claim 4 in which the tag is generated by capturing a time and a channel of video content.

6. The method of claim 4 in which the tag is generated by sending a query from the mobile device to a server at the time when a user indicates an interest in an item of interactive material.

7. The method of claim 4 in which the tag is generated by a server in response to a query from the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 4 in which a server broadcasts tags that are dynamically synchronized with the video content.

9. The method of claim 3 in which the element comprises a displayed icon.

10. The method of claim 1 in which the interactive material includes information comprising at least one of the following:

text, images, video, audio.

11. The method of claim 1 in which the interactive material is received wirelessly at the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1 in which the video device comprises a television or video player.

13. The method of claim 1 in which the interactive material supplements the video content.

14. The method of claim 1 in which the mobile device comprises at least one of the following:

a remote controller, a personal digital assistant, or a mobile telephone.

15. The method of claim 1 also including

delivering at least some of the interactive material based on preference information associated with a viewer of the video content.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 in which the mobile device includes a display screen.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 in which the mobile device includes a user input/output facility.

21. The apparatus of claim 18 in which the mobile device includes a wireless communication facility.

22. The apparatus of claim 18 in which the mobile device includes a personal digital assistant, a telephone, or a remote controller.

27. The method of claim 26 in which the user is enabled to indicate interactivity material of interest to him.

28. The method of claim 27 also including generating tags in response to indications of the user of material that interests him.

29. The method of claim 28 in which the material of interest can be provided to the user at a later time based on the tags.

30. The method of claim 26 in which the interactivity material is presented to the user synchronously with the related video content.

16. A method comprising

receiving interactive material at least partly wirelessly at a mobile device in the vicinity of a video device on which video content is being displayed, the interactive material being related to the video content.

17. A method comprising

creating interactive material that is adapted to be delivered to or received at a mobile device in the vicinity of a video device on which video content is being displayed, the interactive material being created to be related to the video content.

18. Apparatus comprising

a mobile device including software configured to cause the mobile device to present interactive material in the vicinity of a video device on which video content is being displayed, the interactive material being related to the video content.

23. Apparatus comprising

a server including software configured to deliver interactive material at least partly wirelessly to a mobile device in the vicinity of a video device on which video content is being displayed, the interactive material being related to the video content.

24. A storage medium bearing software adapted to configure a device to receive interactive material at least partly wirelessly at a mobile device in the vicinity of a video device on which video content is being displayed, the interactive material being related to the video content.

25. A storage medium bearing software adapted to configure a device to deliver interactive material at a mobile device in the vicinity of a video device on which video content is being displayed, the interactive material being related to the video content.

26. A method comprising

receiving at a server an identification of video content,

identifying interactivity material related to the video content, and

enabling a user to interact with the interactivity material in connection with viewing of the video content.

31. A method comprising

enabling a viewer of video content to register an interest in interactive content associated with the video content, and

providing the interactive content at a time later than the time when the video content is being viewed.

32. The method of claim 31 in which the viewer registers his interest by interacting with a mobile device.

33. The method of claim 31 in which the interactive content is provided at the later time in response to a request from the viewer.

34. The method of claim 33 in which the interactive content is provided in response to user interaction with a mobile device.