Plural media data synchronizing system

• US 20020129156A1
• Filed: 02/07/2002
• Published: 09/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yoshikawa, Masato
• Application Number:
  US10/067,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20020129156A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/93 which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/82 the transmission system being the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• 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 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content
• 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 5/04 Synchronising for television systems using pulse code modulation H04N7/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309

Abstract

A plural media data synchronizing system displays an image source connecting to data on a network. The system inserts into the image source an image marking including information used to display the data on the network. The image source is then divided and edited to produce image contents. When the image contents are reproduced, the image marking is retrieved from the image contents and a location where the data on the network are stored is detected. Then, the data on the network are retrieved via the network using the location and the retrieved data are displayed synchronizing with displaying of the image source based on a synchronizing timing of the image source.

Claims

1. A plural media data synchronizing system which connects image source to network data obtained from a network, comprising:

an inserting unit which inserts into the image source an image marking including information used to display the network data synchronizing with displaying of the image source;

an image supplying unit which supplies the image source in which the image marking is inserted by the inserting unit, via a predetermined medium;

an editing/integrating unit which receives the image source from the image supplying unit and performs at least one of editing of the received image source and integrating of the received image source, to produce image contents; and

a display unit which detects the image marking from the image contents, and displays the image contents and the network data synchronously based on synchronizing information obtained from the detected image marking.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the image supplying unit supplies the image source by using a plurality of media.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the inserting unit (a) produces a feature file used for moving picture matching based on the image source, (b) inserts the image marking including a description about a location where the feature file is stored, into the image source, and (c) produces a synchronizing information script showing when the network data are displayed.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the editing/integrating unit performs at least one of the editing and the integrating by using the feature file and the synchronizing information script.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the image marking includes information used to access the network data based on a synchronizing timing of the image source.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the inserting unit inserts the image marking into the image source for each medium by which the image source is supplied.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the image marking includes information used to access the network data based on a synchronizing timing of the image source, and information of the network data.

8. A method of connecting an image source to network data obtained from a network, using a computer, comprising the steps of:

inserting into the image source an image marking including information used to display the network data synchronizing with the image source;

supplying the image source in which the image marking is inserted in the inserting step, via a predetermined medium;

receiving the image source supplied by the supplying step as a received image source;

performing at least one of editing of the received image source and integrating of the received image source, to produce image contents;

detecting the image marking from the image contents as detected image marking; and

displaying the image contents and the network data synchronously based on synchronizing information obtained from the detected image marking.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the supplying step supplies the image source by using a plurality of media.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the inserting step (a) produces a feature file used for moving picture matching based on the image source, (b) inserts the image marking including a description about a location where the feature file is stored, into the image source, and (c) produces a synchronizing information script showing when the network data are displayed.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the performing step performs at least one of the editing and the integrating by using the feature file and the synchronizing information script.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the image marking includes information used to access the network data based on a synchronizing timing of the image source.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the inserting step inserts the image marking into the image source for each medium by which the image source is supplied.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the image marking includes information used to access the network data based on a synchronizing timing of the image source, and information of the data from the network.

15. A recording medium readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a method of connecting an image source to network data obtained from a network, the method comprising the steps of:

inserting into the image source an image marking including information used to display the network data synchronizing with the image source;

supplying the image source in which the image marking is inserted in the inserting step, via a predetermined medium;

receiving the image source supplied by the supplying step as a received image source;

performing at least one of editing of the received image source and integrating of the received image source, to produce image contents;

detecting the image marking from the image contents as detected image marking; and

displaying the image contents and the network data synchronously based on synchronizing information obtained from the detected image marking.

16. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave and representing a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of connecting an image source to network data obtained from a network, the method comprising the steps of:

inserting into the image source an image marking including information used to display the network data synchronizing with the image source;

supplying the image source in which the image marking is inserted in the inserting step, via a predetermined medium;

receiving the image source supplied by the supplying step as a received image source;

performing at least one of editing of the received image source and integrating of the received image source, to produce image contents;

detecting the image marking from the image contents as detected image marking; and

displaying the image contents and the network data synchronously based on synchronizing information obtained from the detected image marking.

17. A program product comprising, computer readable instructions and a recording medium bearing the computer readable instructions, the instructions being adaptable to enable a computer to perform a method of connecting an image source to network data obtained from a network, the method comprising the steps of:

inserting into the image source an image marking including information used to display the network data synchronizing with the image source;

supplying the image source in which the image marking is inserted in the inserting step, via a predetermined medium;

receiving the image source supplied by the supplying step as a received image source;

performing at least one of editing of the received image source and integrating of the received image source, to produce image contents;

detecting the image marking from the image contents as detected image marking; and

displaying the image contents and the network data synchronously based on synchronizing information obtained from the detected image marking.