TIME-TAGGED METAINFORMATION AND CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM
First Claim
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1. A user interface comprising:
- a content player window for content being played by a multimedia content player; and
a metainformation display portion that displays tags associated with the content played by the player, the tags being displayed in synchronization with play of the content.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for displaying content-related metainformation, and display of content-related tag metainformation in correspondence, and synchronized, e.g., time-based, with the content, so as to display content together with related time-tag information.
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57 Claims
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1. A user interface comprising:
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a content player window for content being played by a multimedia content player; and a metainformation display portion that displays tags associated with the content played by the player, the tags being displayed in synchronization with play of the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a media server receiving a request for content and transmitting the requested content to a device in response; a metainformation server receiving a request for metainformation corresponding to the requested content, and in response, said metainformation server accessing a metainformation repository to retrieve metainformation corresponding to the requested content from the metainformation repository, the retrieved metainformation comprising at least one tag identified during a prior playback of the requested content, and transmitting the at least one tag. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving a request for content and accessing a content repository to retrieve the requested content; receiving a request for metainformation corresponding to the requested content, and in response, accessing a metainformation repository to retrieve metainformation corresponding to the requested content from the metainformation repository, the retrieved metainformation comprising at least one tag created during a prior playback of the requested content; and transmitting the requested content and the at least one tag to a user device in response to the content and metainformation requests. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying program code stored thereon, the medium comprising:
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code for receiving a request for content and accessing a content repository to retrieve the requested content; code for receiving a request for metainformation corresponding to the requested content, and in response, accessing a metainformation repository to retrieve metainformation corresponding to the requested content from the metainformation respository, the retrieved at least one tag created during a prior playback of the requested content; and code for transmitting the requested content and the at least one tag to a user device in response to the content and metainformation requests. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A device comprising:
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a multimedia content player that controls play of content and display of a player window; and a metainformation display control that controls display of tags associated with the content, the tags being displayed in synchronization with the content'"'"'s play, the tags being displayed in a metainformation display portion that is superimposed over at least a portion of the player window. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method comprising:
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transmitting a request for content; transmitting a request for metainformation corresponding to the requested content; and receiving the requested content and metainformation, the metainformation comprising at least one tag corresponding to the requested content, each tag received being created during a prior playback of the requested content; and playing the content, displaying a player window, and displaying in a metainformation display portion at least a portion of the received tags in synchronization with the content'"'"'s play, the metainformation display portion is superimposed over at least a portion of the player window. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying program code stored thereon, the medium comprising:
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code for transmitting a request for content; code for transmitting a request for metainformation corresponding to the requested content; and code for receiving the requested content and metainformation, the metainformation comprising at least one tag corresponding to the requested content, each tag received being created during a prior playback of the requested content; and code for playing the content, displaying a player window and displaying in a metainformation display portion at least a portion of the received tags in synchronization with the content'"'"'s play, the metainformation display portion is superimposed over at least a portion of the player window. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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