METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DESCRIBING, PROMOTING, PUBLISHING, AGGREGATING, DISTRIBUTING AND ACCESSING LIVE CONTENT INFORMATION

• US 20100325562A1
• Filed: 08/27/2010
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Purple Techno Solutions LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Purple Techno Solutions LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Andrews, Christopher C.
• Application Number:
  US12/870,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20100325562A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/756
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• 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 21/26616 for merging a unicast channel into a multicast channel, e.g. in a VOD application, when a client served by unicast channel catches up a multicast channel to save bandwidth data multicast over packet-switching network H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44012 involving rendering scenes according to scene graphs, e.g. MPEG-4 scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A live content information system is used to register, promote and distribute true live content, pseudo-live content and on-demand content. The live content information system associates a registration number with the content. The live content is integrated into an overall presentation that includes auxiliary content. Snapshots or a portion of the content is integrated into a promotional viewer and distributed to advertise the content. The live primary content and auxiliary content are integrated and distributed within a live content viewer. The live primary content and auxiliary content are distributed from the appropriate sources to be displayed at the end user'"'"'s computer system within the live content viewer. The live content information system also allows a producer of live content to be connected to one or more sponsors who will pay money for sponsoring the distribution of live content. The live content information system also allows live content to be quickly and easily interchanged between a producer of the live content and a partner such as a syndicator, distributor, affiliate and sponsor.

Claims

1-104. -104. (canceled)

105. A method, comprising:

while a live content stream is being broadcast via the Internet from a content source;

receiving, at a live content information system, a portion of live content from the live content stream, wherein the received portion of the live content is less than the entirety of the live content stream; and

distributing information to a plurality of web sites accessible via the Internet, wherein the distributed information is usable to display the received portion of live content at the web sites, and wherein the distributed information is selectable to access, in real time, the live content stream from the content source.

106. The method of claim 105, wherein said receiving a portion of live content includes receiving a portion of live content that is less than the entirety of the stream and is selected by a producer of the live content.

107. The method of claim 105, wherein the live content stream includes video data, and wherein said receiving a portion of live content includes receiving a portion of video data that is less than the entirety of the video data included in the live content stream.

108. The method of claim 105, wherein the live content stream includes video data having a first frame rate, and wherein said receiving a portion of live content includes receiving a portion of video data having a second frame rate that is lower than the first frame rate.

109. The method of claim 105, wherein the live content stream includes chat data, and wherein said receiving a portion of live content includes receiving a portion of chat data that is less than the entirety of the chat data included in the live content stream.

110. The method of claim 105, further comprising:

sending a notification of availability of the live content stream via an email message.

111. The method of claim 105, further comprising:

sending a notification of availability of the live content stream to one or more telephones.

112. The method of claim 105, wherein said distributing information includes distributing a computer program that is downloadable from one or more of the plurality of web sites to display the received portion of live content.

113. The method of claim 105, wherein the content source is a web site.

114. The method of claim 105, wherein the live content stream includes audio content and video content.

115. A computer system comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing program instructions that are executable by the computer system, using the processor, to cause the computer system to;

receive, while a live content stream is being broadcast via the Internet from a content source, a portion of live content from the live content stream, wherein the received portion is less than the entirety of the live content stream; and

distribute, while the live content stream is being broadcast via the Internet from the content source, information to a plurality of web sites accessible via the Internet, wherein the distributed information is usable to display the received content at the web sites, and wherein the distributed information is selectable to access, in real time, the live content stream from the content source.

116. The computer system of claim 115, wherein the program instructions are further executable to cause the computer system to send a notification of availability of the live content stream via an email message.

117. The computer system of claim 115, wherein the program instructions are further executable to cause the computer system to send a notification of availability of the live content stream to one or more telephones.

118. The computer system of claim 115, wherein the program instructions are executable to cause the computer system to distribute a computer program that is executable to display the received portion of live content.

119. A method comprising:

while a live content stream is being broadcast, a computer system receiving a selection indicating a portion of the live content stream, wherein the indicated portion is less than the entirety of the live content stream;

the computer system transmitting the indicated portion to a live content information system; and

in response to receiving an indication that the indicated portion has been selected at a client system, the computer system causing the live content stream to be transmitted to the client system.

120. The method of claim 119, wherein said causing the live content stream to be transmitted to the client system includes causing the live content stream to be transmitted from the computer system to a system that is distinct from the live content information system.

121. The method of claim 119, wherein said receiving a selection indicating a portion of the live content stream includes receiving a selection of video data from a producer of the live content.

122. The method of claim 119, wherein the live content stream includes video data having a first frame rate, and wherein said transmitting the indicated portion includes transmitting a portion of the video data having a second frame rate that is lower than the first frame rate.

123. The method of claim 119, wherein the live content stream includes chat data, and wherein said transmitting the indicated portion includes transmitting a portion of the chat data that is less than the entirety of the chat data included in the live content stream.

124. The method of claim 119, wherein the live content stream includes audio data, and wherein said transmitting the indicated portion includes transmitting a portion of the audio data that is less than the entirety of the audio data included in the live content stream.