INTERACTIVE MEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING PAUSE-TIME CONTENT

• US 20100192177A1
• Filed: 03/31/2010
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Ellis, Michael D., Berezowski, David M., Thomas, William L., DeWeese, Toby, Moore, S. Sean
• Application Number:
  US12/751,043
• Publication Number:
  US 20100192177A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8166 involving executable data, e.g. software arrangements for executing specific programs G06F9/44; broadcasting computer programmes in broadcast systems H04H20/91; involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• 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 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

Interactive media systems and methods are provided for substituting pause-time content in place of media that has been paused. The user may pause media such as real-time media, video-on-demand media, near video-on-demand, or recorded media. If the user pauses real-time media or near video-on-demand media, the interactive media application may store the media. The interactive media application may also provide the user with the ability to rewind, resume play of, and fast-forward the media. The pause-time content may be audio or video media and may be an advertisement, trivia, program summaries or any other suitable pause-time content. The interactive media application may provide customized pause-time content specific to the user or specific to the media paused by using media data associated with the media. The interactive media application may also prevent the user from accessing features (e.g., fast-forward) of the system.

Claims

1. A method of substituting pause-time content in place of media that is paused, the method comprising:

playing the media;

local to a user, receiving media data associated with the media;

local to the user, generating the pause-time content based on the media data, wherein the generated pause-time content comprises media content other than the media being played;

receiving a pause command from the user;

pausing the media in response to receiving the pause command; and

automatically playing the pause-time content while the media is paused.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating comprises:

recording portions of the media while the media is playing; and

compiling the recorded portions to create a video summary of the media, wherein the video summary is the pause-time content that is played while the media is paused.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

selecting the portions of the media to record in response to receiving the media data.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

recording portions of the media that are of a particular type while the media is playing, wherein the particular type is selected based on the media data; and

compiling the recorded portions of the particular type to create a video summary of the media, wherein the pause-time content played while the media is paused is the video summary.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the particular type is at least one of a theme, a sports replay, and a media category.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein a different type is selected for recording each time the media is played.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

recording the media while the media is paused;

receiving a resume command from the user; and

in response to receiving the resume command, playing the media at the same point at which the media was paused.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing the user with the ability to personalize the pause-time content.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing the user with the ability to change the pause-time content that is playing while the media is paused.

10. An interactive media system that substitutes pause-time content in place of media that is paused, comprising user equipment configured to:

play the media;

receive media data associated with the media;

generate the pause-time content based on the media data, wherein the generated pause-time content comprises media content other than the media being played;

receive a pause command from the user;

pause the media in response to receiving the pause command; and

automatically play the pause-time content while the media is paused.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the user equipment is further configured to:

record portions of the media while the media is playing;

compile the recorded portions to create a video summary of the media; and

play the video summary as the pause-time content while the media is paused.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the user equipment is further configured to:

select the portions of the media to record based on the media data.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the user equipment is further configured to:

select the portions of the media that are of a particular type to record, wherein the particular type is selected based on the media data.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the particular type is at least one of a theme, a sports replay, and a media category.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the user equipment is further configured to:

select a different type for recording each time the media is played.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the user equipment is further configured to:

record the media while the media is paused;

receive a resume command from the user; and

in response to receiving the resume command, play the media at the same point at which the media was paused.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the user equipment is further configured to:

provide the user with the ability to personalize the pause-time content.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the user equipment is further configured to:

provide the user with the ability to change the pause-time content that is playing while the media is paused.