Associating User Comments to Events Presented in a Media Stream
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- collecting, by a server from a user device, a comment input by a user into the user device, the collecting including identifying the user and a time that the user generated the comment;
associating, by the server, the comment input by the user with an identifiable addressable media stream and at an identified position within the addressable media stream that is coincident with the time that the user generated the comment relative to an event presented in the addressable media stream; and
generating and outputting by the server a media comment message that identifies the user, the comment generated by the user, the addressable media stream and the identified position within the addressable media stream coinciding with the time that the user generated the comment.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises collecting, by a server from a user device, a comment input by a user into the user device, the collecting including identifying a time that the user generated the comment; associating, by the server, the comment input by the user with an identifiable addressable media stream and at an identified position within the addressable media stream that is coincident with the time that the user generated the comment relative to an event presented in the addressable media stream; and generating and outputting by the server a media comment message that identifies the user, the comment generated by the user, the addressable media stream and the identified position within the addressable media stream coinciding with the time that the user generated the comment.
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27 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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collecting, by a server from a user device, a comment input by a user into the user device, the collecting including identifying the user and a time that the user generated the comment; associating, by the server, the comment input by the user with an identifiable addressable media stream and at an identified position within the addressable media stream that is coincident with the time that the user generated the comment relative to an event presented in the addressable media stream; and generating and outputting by the server a media comment message that identifies the user, the comment generated by the user, the addressable media stream and the identified position within the addressable media stream coinciding with the time that the user generated the comment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a device interface circuit configured for collecting, from a user device, a comment input by a user into the user device; and a processor circuit configured for; identifying the user and a time that the user generated the comment, associating the comment input by the user with an identifiable addressable media stream and at an identified position within the addressable media stream that is coincident with the time that the user generated the comment relative to an event presented in the addressable media stream, and generating a media comment message that identifies the user, the comment generated by the user, the addressable media stream and the identified position within the addressable media stream coinciding with the time that the user generated the comment; the device interface circuit configured for outputting the media comment message to a prescribed destination. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. Logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable for:
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collecting, from a user device, a comment input by a user into the user device, the collecting including identifying the user and a time that the user generated the comment; associating the comment input by the user with an identifiable addressable media stream and at an identified position within the addressable media stream that is coincident with the time that the user generated the comment relative to an event presented in the addressable media stream; and generating and outputting a media comment message that identifies the user, the comment generated by the user, the addressable media stream and the identified position within the addressable media stream coinciding with the time that the user generated the comment.
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22. An apparatus comprising:
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means for collecting, from a user device, a comment input by a user into the user device; and means for identifying the user and a time that the user generated the comment, the means for identifying further configured for associating the comment input by the user with an identifiable addressable media stream and at an identified position within the addressable media stream that is coincident with the time that the user generated the comment relative to an event presented in the addressable media stream; the means for identifying further configured for generating a media comment message that identifies the user, the comment generated by the user, the addressable media stream and the identified position within the addressable media stream coinciding with the time that the user generated the comment; the means for collecting further configured for outputting the media comment message to a prescribed destination.
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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a media controller circuit configured for causing an addressable media stream to be presented to a user of the apparatus from a media source that is distinct from the apparatus; a comment input key responsive to input pressure by the user; a comment circuit configured for identifying the user and recording a comment input by the user in response to detecting the input pressure of the comment input key by the user, the comment circuit configured for generating a comment message identifying the user and containing the comment; and a device interface circuit configured for outputting the comment message to a prescribed destination that associates the comment with an event presented in the addressable media stream and that is coincident with a time that the user input the comment. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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means for causing an addressable media stream to be presented to a user of the apparatus from a media source that is distinct from the apparatus; a comment input key responsive to input pressure by the user; means for identifying the user and a comment input by the user in response to detecting the input pressure of the comment input key by the user; and
generating a comment message identifying the user and containing the comment, andmeans for outputting the comment message to a prescribed destination that associates the comment with an event presented in the addressable media stream and that is coincident with a time that the user input the comment.
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