Real-time media dictionary

• US 20070005338A1
• Filed: 08/23/2004
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pace Micro Technology PLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Vrijsen, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US10/569,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20070005338A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4856 for language selection, e.g. for the menu or subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• 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

Abstract

A method for viewing a multi-media stream is provided. The method including: adding a dictionary database in the multi-media stream; and permitting a viewer of the multi-media stream to access the dictionary database during viewing of the multi-media stream. Also provided is a method for viewing a multi-media stream where the method includes: indicating a desire to access a dictionary database during viewing of the multi-media stream; recognizing words in the multi-media stream that are not text-based subtitles; and displaying at least one of a definition, translation, and synonym of one or more selected recognized words in the multi-media stream.

Claims

1. A method for viewing a multi-media stream, the method comprising:

adding a dictionary database in the multi-media stream; and

permitting a viewer of the multi-media stream to access the dictionary database during viewing of the multi-media stream.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the dictionary database includes at least one of definitions, translations, and synonyms of one or more words used in the multi-media stream.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the permitting comprises indicating the dictionary access.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the indicating comprises pressing a button (124) dedicated to initiating the access to the dictionary database.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising displaying at least one of a definition, translation, and synonym of one or more selected words in the multi-media stream.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the selected words are chosen based on at least one of data in the multi-media stream, displayed subtitles in the multi-media stream, and reproduced audio in the multi-media stream.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the selected words are chosen based on a predetermined number of words that were spoken or displayed prior to the indicating.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the selected words are chosen based on a predetermined time period prior to the indicating.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising choosing one of the definition, translation, and synonym for at least one of the selected words and displaying the chosen definition, translation, or synonym.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising pausing the viewing of the multi-media stream while accessing the dictionary database.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected words are chosen based on a predetermined number of words that were spoken or displayed prior to the indicating.

11. A method for viewing a multi-media stream, the method comprising:

indicating a desire to access a dictionary database during viewing of the multi-media stream;

recognizing words in the multi-media stream that are not text-based subtitles; and

displaying at least one of a definition, translation, and synonym of one or more selected recognized words in the multi-media stream.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the dictionary database is contained in the multi-media stream and includes at least one of a definition, translation, and synonym of one or more words used in the multi-media stream.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the recognizing comprises recognizing image-based subtitle words using image recognition.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the recognizing comprises recognizing audio words using speech recognition.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the selected words are chosen based on a predetermined time period prior to the indicating.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising choosing one of the definition, translation, and synonym for at least one of the selected words and displaying the chosen definition, translation, or synonym.

18. An apparatus (100) for viewing a multi-media stream, the apparatus comprising:

input means (106) for inputting the multi-media stream, the multi-media stream having a dictionary database contained therein;

a display (102) for viewing a video portion of the multi-media stream;

a speaker (104) for reproducing an audio portion of the multi-media stream;

means (114, 116) for indicating a desire to access a dictionary database during viewing of the multi-media stream; and

a controller (112) for accessing the dictionary database upon the indicating and displaying at least one of a definition, translation, and synonym of one or more selected recognized words in the multi-media stream.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising recognition means (108, 110) for recognizing words in the multi-media stream that are not text-based subtitles.

20. An apparatus (100) for viewing a multi-media stream, the apparatus comprising:

input means (106) for inputting the multi-media stream;

a display (102) for viewing a video portion of the multi-media stream;

a speaker (104) for reproducing an audio portion of the multi-media stream;

means (114, 116) for indicating a desire to access a dictionary database during viewing of the multi-media stream;

recognition means (108, 110) for recognizing words in the multi-media stream that are not text-based subtitles; and

a controller (112) for accessing the dictionary database upon the indicating and displaying at least one of a definition, translation, and synonym of one or more selected recognized words in the multi-media stream.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the dictionary database is contained in the multi-media stream.

22. A computer program product for viewing a multi-media stream, the computer program product comprising:

computer readable program code means for reading a dictionary database in the multi-media stream; and

computer readable program code means for permitting a viewer of the multi-media stream to access the dictionary database during viewing of the multi-media stream.

23. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the computer program product is embodied in a computer-readable medium.

24. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the computer program product is contained in the multi-media stream.