METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE VIDEO CONTENT FROM A VIDEO STREAM IN A DISPLAY OF A USER DEVICE

• US 20070226364A1
• Filed: 03/12/2007
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: In-Fusio
• Original Assignee: In-Fusio
• Inventors: Landspurg, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US11/684,675
• Publication Number:
  US 20070226364A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/332 using wireless networks, e.g. cellular phone networks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/355 Performing operations on behalf of clients with restricted processing capabilities, e.g. servers transform changing game scene into an encoded video stream for transmitting to a mobile phone or a thin client
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/538 for performing operations on behalf of the game client, e.g. rendering
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6607 for animating game characters, e.g. skeleton kinematics

Abstract

The invention proposes a method for displaying interactive video content from a video stream in a display of a user device (200, 300, 400), the method comprising:

• • receiving (S10-40) at the device (200, 300, 400) a video stream from a server (100);
  • displaying in the display of the device (200, 300, 400) said video stream (1000) together with a graphic element (1100);
  • upon user action, modifying a feature of the graphic element (1100) and transmitting (S50) a signal to the server (100); and
  • receiving (S60, S20, S30, S40) at the device (200, 300, 400) a video stream modified from the server (100), according to the transmitted signal.

The invention is further directed to a mobile application product, comprising code means for implementing the steps in the method according to the invention and a platform comprising a server or a set of servers.

Claims

1. A method for displaying interactive video content from a video stream in a display of a user device, the method comprising:

receiving at the device a video stream from a server;

displaying in the display of the device said video stream together with a graphic element;

upon a user action, modifying a feature of the graphic element and transmitting a signal to the server; and

receiving at the device a video stream modified from the server, according to the transmitted signal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, at the transmitting step, the transmitted signal includes information specific to a nature of the user action.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the step of receiving further comprises receiving information data of current status of the video stream; and

the step of modifying one or more features of the graphic element comprises taking into account both the user action and the current status information data.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the video stream received at the steps of receiving is real-time generated at the server.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user device is a PC client, a UMTS handset or a 3D accelerated phone.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the device uses the EGE technology.

7. A mobile application product, comprising code means for implementing the steps in the method according to claim 1.

8. A platform comprising a server connected to a network, said server being adapted for carrying out the steps of:

generating and sending through the network a video stream suitable for subsequent display within an application of a user device;

receiving a signal from the user device, related to a user action detected by the application;

modifying the video stream in response to said signal; and

sending the modified video stream through the network to the user device.

9. The platform of claim 8, further comprising means for sending information data of current status of the video stream at the step of generating and sending.

10. The platform of claim 8, wherein the video stream is real-time generated and modified.