CONTENT INTERACTIVITY GATEWAY AND METHOD OF USE THEREWITH

• US 20120030041A1
• Filed: 10/11/2011
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mediaclaw Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Media Lab
• Inventors: Wolosewicz, Jack, Breisacher, Erich
• Application Number:
  US13/271,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20120030041A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.73
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2547 Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42684 Client identification by a unique number or address, e.g. serial number, MAC address, socket ID network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44236 Monitoring of piracy processes or activities protecting computer platforms against harmful, malicious or unexpected behaviour or activities using intrusion detection and counter measures G06F21/566; computer virus detection and handling G06F21/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/45455 applied to a region of the image
• 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 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8358 involving watermark protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467
• 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

Abstract

A method includes receiving, by way of a host device, a request to pause playback of content. The method further includes the host device displaying an input area. Also included is the host device accepting an annotation entered into the input area by the user and conveying the annotation to a content interactivity gateway.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by way of a host device, a request to pause playback of content;

the host device displaying an input area; and

the host device accepting an annotation entered into the input area by the user and conveying the annotation to a content interactivity gateway.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the host device displaying a user interface element capable of being placed at a user selectable location on a display of the host device, the host device displaying the user interface element prior to the host device displaying the input area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein upon locating the user interface element, at a particular location on the display, contextual information within a stack is displayed in addition to the input area.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising displaying advertising within the stack displayed in the input area.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the host device displaying controls immediately following receiving the request to pause playback.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the host device displaying annotations from at least one other user.

7. A method of operating a content interactivity gateway, comprising:

receiving an indication that a first host device has paused content playback;

receiving an indication that a user interface element has been selected on the first host device; and

receiving an annotation relevant to the selected user interface element entered during the pause.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining that the received annotation is inappropriate; and

deleting the inappropriate received annotation.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

conveying the annotation to a second host device.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

conveying advertising relevant to the selected user interface element to the first host device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first host device is directed to display the advertising and the annotation in a stacked configuration.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the annotation pertains to contextual information.

13. The method of claim 17, wherein the first host device is directed to display contextual information and advertising information in a stacked configuration.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the contextual information includes a user-supplied link.