APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA CONTENT
First Claim
1. A computing device, comprising a controller to:
- transmit a client program having a graphical user interface (GUI) to a media device operating in an interactive television (iTV) network, wherein the client program presents an overlay that superimposes onto media content received by the media device and enables the media device to associate a user-generated comment with the media content received at the media device;
receive at least one of a plurality of user-generated comments and media content in a temporal vicinity of the plurality of user-generated comments via the client program;
receive a request to transmit to a recipient device a portion of the plurality of user-generated comments or the media content in the temporal vicinity of the plurality of user-generated comments; and
transmit to the recipient device one of the portion or one or more links to the portion.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to transmit a client program having a graphical user interface (GUI) to a media device operating in an interactive television (iTV) network, wherein the client program presents an overlay that superimposes onto media content received by the media device and enables the media device to associate a user-generated comment with the media content received at the media device, receive at least one of a plurality of user-generated comments and media content in a temporal vicinity of the plurality of user-generated comments via the client program, receive a request to transmit to a recipient device a portion of the plurality of user-generated comments or the media content in the temporal vicinity of the plurality of user-generated comments, and transmit to the recipient device one of the portion or one or more links to the portion. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A computing device, comprising a controller to:
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transmit a client program having a graphical user interface (GUI) to a media device operating in an interactive television (iTV) network, wherein the client program presents an overlay that superimposes onto media content received by the media device and enables the media device to associate a user-generated comment with the media content received at the media device; receive at least one of a plurality of user-generated comments and media content in a temporal vicinity of the plurality of user-generated comments via the client program; receive a request to transmit to a recipient device a portion of the plurality of user-generated comments or the media content in the temporal vicinity of the plurality of user-generated comments; and transmit to the recipient device one of the portion or one or more links to the portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising steps to:
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present media content received from a media content source; temporally monitor the presentation of the media content; detect a plurality of requests to generate a corresponding plurality of user-generated comments; generate a plurality of timestamps associated with the plurality of requests; receive the plurality of user-generated comments; temporally associate the plurality of user-generated comments with the media content according to their corresponding plurality of timestamps; and transmit to a recipient device information associated with the plurality of user-generated comments and temporal information thereof. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions to:
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receive a plurality of user-generated comments associated with media content in a temporal vicinity of the plurality of user-generated comments from a media device; identify the media content associated with the plurality of user-generated based on the received plurality of user-generated comments; retrieve information associated with at least one of the plurality of user-generated comments and the identified media content; receive a request to transmit to a recipient device the information associated with at least one of the plurality of user-generated comments and the identified media content; and transmit the information associated with at least one of the plurality of user-generated comments and the identified media content. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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