Bookmark Interpretation Service

• US 20090254823A1
• Filed: 04/03/2008
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Barrett, Peter T.
• Granted Patent: US 8,312,376 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• 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 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• 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

Abstract

A bookmark interpretation service is described. In embodiment(s), a bookmark save event can be received from a media device when a bookmark is initiated while a video stream of media content is rendered by the media device, such as when the bookmark is initiated by a viewer at the media device. The bookmark can then be interpreted to determine one or more bookmark representations based on a context interpretation of the bookmark with respect to the media content. The bookmark can be maintained for selection, and when a request for the bookmark is received, one or more of the bookmark representations that correspond to the bookmark can be provided to the media device from which the request for the bookmark is received.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a bookmark save event from a media device when a bookmark is initiated while a video stream of media content is rendered by the media device;

interpreting the bookmark to determine one or more bookmark representations based on a context interpretation of the bookmark with respect to the media content;

maintaining the bookmark for selection; and

providing one or more of the bookmark representations that correspond to the bookmark when a request for the bookmark is received.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein a bookmark representation corresponds to the media content from which the bookmark save event is initiated.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising initiating a recording of the media content from which the bookmark save event is initiated, and wherein a bookmark representation corresponds to an on-demand recording of the media content.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising interpreting the bookmark to determine the one or more bookmark representations based on a type of the media device from which the bookmark save event is initiated.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising interpreting the bookmark to determine the one or more bookmark representations based on a type of the media device that can render a bookmark representation.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising interpreting the bookmark to determine the one or more bookmark representations based on a profile of a user that initiates the bookmark save event at the media device.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the media content is a movie, and wherein a bookmark representation corresponds to a scene in the movie.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the media content is an advertisement, and wherein a bookmark representation corresponds to a product or service offered in the advertisement.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising determining music that is playing in a background of the media content, and wherein a bookmark representation corresponds to the music.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising determining a person that is associated with the media content, and wherein a bookmark representation corresponds to the person.

11. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving a request from the media device to share the bookmark, and communicating the bookmark to an additional media device.

12. A content distributor, comprising:

a storage media configured to maintain bookmarks when initiated at media devices as bookmark save events that are associated with video streams of media content that are rendered by the media devices, the storage media further configured to maintain bookmark representations that correspond to the bookmarks;

a bookmark interpretation service configured to;

receive a bookmark save event from a media device to create a bookmark;

interpret the bookmark to determine one or more bookmark representations based on a context interpretation of the bookmark with respect to the media content from which the bookmark save event is initiated; and

provide one or more of the bookmark representations that correspond to the bookmark when a request for the bookmark is received.

13. A content distributor as recited in claim 12, wherein a bookmark representation corresponds to the media content from which the bookmark is selected.

14. A content distributor as recited in claim 12, wherein the bookmark interpretation service is further configured to initiate a recording of the media content from which the bookmark save event is initiated, and wherein a bookmark representation corresponds to an on-demand recording of the media content.

15. A content distributor as recited in claim 12, wherein the bookmark interpretation service is further configured to interpret the bookmark to determine a bookmark representation based on a type of the media device from which the bookmark save event is received.

16. A content distributor as recited in claim 12, wherein the bookmark interpretation service is further configured to interpret the bookmark to determine a bookmark representation based on a type of the media device that can render the bookmark representation.

17. A content distributor as recited in claim 12, wherein the bookmark interpretation service is further configured to interpret the bookmark to determine a bookmark representation based on a profile of a user that initiates the bookmark save event at the media device.

18. A content distributor as recited in claim 12, wherein the bookmark interpretation service is further configured to provide bookmark user interface data for the one or more bookmark representations, the bookmark user interface data being provided to the media device based on whether the media device can receive and render additional media content that corresponds to the one or more bookmark representations.

19. One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, direct a bookmark interpretation service to:

receive a bookmark save event from a media device when a bookmark is initiated from within a video stream of media content that is rendered by the media device;

interpret the bookmark to determine one or more bookmark representations based on a context interpretation of the bookmark with respect to the media content;

receive a request for the bookmark from the media device; and

provide one or more of the bookmark representations that correspond to the bookmark to the media device.

20. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 19, further comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, direct the bookmark interpretation service to initiate a recording of the media content from which the bookmark save event is initiated, and provide a bookmark representation that corresponds to an on-demand recording of the media content.