VIDEO INTEGRATION

• US 20120102403A1
• Filed: 05/16/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LiTL LLC (TRI Ventures, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: LiTL LLC (TRI Ventures, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pennington, Robert Sanford Havoc, Tang, Aaron, Chuang, John, Bambacus, Chris, Eliason, Eben, Moody, Chris, Bilien, Johan
• Application Number:
  US13/108,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20120102403A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/719
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN

Abstract

According to one aspect, a web optimized user device is provided. The web optimized device reduces complexity and facilitates interaction with web-based services and content. The web optimized device can be configured without a hard drive, facilitating integration of web-based services into a computing experience. The web optimized device presents a user interface that integrates video chat functionality into every aspect of the computer content accessed. In particular, a display manager manages the user interface presented and integrates video chat displays and features into the content displays in a content and/or context aware manner. These displays permit a user to intuitively interact with the video chat content and features while the user changes content, for example, web-based services, web-based applications, and other media content, without interruption of or interference from the video chat content.

Claims

1. A system for video integration, the system comprising:

at least one processor operatively connected to a memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute system components from the memory;

a display manager configured to manage a plurality of views of computer content in a user interface, wherein the display manager further comprises a rendering engine configured to render content in the plurality of views, and wherein the display manager is further configured to provide and respond to computer controls displayed in the plurality of views;

a communication component configured to access a web-based content;

a user interface configured to display web-based content in the plurality of views;

a video chat integration component configured to;

initiate a connection to a video service provider using the communication component;

manage video chat content received over the connection;

integrate the video chat content with the web-based content currently displayed by the user interface, wherein the video chat content is further configured to remain persistent throughout the plurality of views of the content.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the video chat integration component is further configured to initiate a dynamic display of a video chat session in response to a selection of one of the plurality of views of the content.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a registration component configured to establish device configurations associated with a video chat service provider.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the registration component is further configured to automatically trigger a registration process to establish the device configuration associated with a video chat service provider.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein the display manager is further configured to generate a user interface display for rendering in the plurality of views, wherein the user interface display is configured to execute a video chat session with a contact established with the video chat service provider upon selection by a user.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the display manager is further configured to render the user interface display responsive to a mode of operation of the computer device.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the display manager is further configured to modify the user interface display responsive to status information received from the video chat service provider associated with the contact.

8. The system according to claim 2, wherein the display manager is configured to generate a user interface display of the video chat session in a header portion of one of the plurality of content views.

9. The system according to claim 2, wherein the display manager is configured to generate a user interface display of the video chat session in a body portion of one of the plurality of content views.

10. The system according to claim 2, wherein the display manager is configured to execute a transition between a first one of the plurality of views and a second one of the plurality of views.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the first one of the plurality of views includes a user interface display of the video chat session in a header portion of one of the plurality of content views and the second one of the plurality of views includes a user interface display of the video chat session in a body portion of one of the plurality of content views.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the display manager is configured to execute the transition in response to a change in a mode of the computer device.

13. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display manager is further configured to render video chat controls in a user interface display of a video chat session.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the video chat controls include user interface control display configured to perform video chat operations, wherein the video chat operations include at least one of hold, pause, block, call, accept, resume, message, redial, camera on, camera off, sound on, and sound off.

15. A computer implemented method for providing integrated video chat features throughout digital content displayed on a computer device, the method comprising:

managing, by a computer, a plurality of views of computer content rendered in a user interface;

compositing, by a display manager, computer controls into the rendered content displayed in the plurality of views;

accessing, over a communication network, web-based content;

displaying, in a user interface, the web-based content in the plurality of views;

integrating, by a integration component, a video chat session into the web-based content currently displayed by the user interface; and

rendering the video chat session throughout the plurality of views of the web-based content.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the act of rendering the video chat session includes an act of providing a dynamic display of a video chat session in response to a selection of one of the plurality of views of the content.

17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising an act of establishing device configurations associated with a video chat service provider.

22. The method according to claim 16, wherein the act of rendering the video chat session throughout the plurality of views of the web-based content includes an act of generating a user interface display of the video chat session in a header portion of one of the plurality of content views.

23. The method according to claim 16, wherein the act of rendering the video chat session throughout the plurality of views of the web-based content includes generating a user interface display of the video chat session in a body portion of one of the plurality of content views.

24. The method according to claim 16, further comprising an act of executing a transition between a first one of the plurality of views and a second one of the plurality of views.

25. The method according to claim 24, wherein the first one of the plurality of views includes a user interface display of the video chat session in a header portion of one of the plurality of content views and the second one of the plurality of views includes a user interface display of the video chat session in a body portion of one of the plurality of content views.

26. The method according to claim 24, wherein the act of act of executing the transition between the first one of the plurality of views and the second one of the plurality of views occurs in response to a change in a mode of the computer device.

27. The method according to claim 15, wherein the act of compositing, by the display manager, computer controls into the rendered content includes rendering video chat controls in a user interface display of a video chat session.

28. The method according to claim 27, wherein the video chat controls include a user interface control display configured to perform video chat operations, wherein the video chat operations include at least one of hold, pause, block, call, accept, resume, message, redial, camera on, camera off, sound on, and sound off.

18. The method according to claim 18, further comprising an act of automatically executing a registration process to establish the device configuration associated with a video chat service provider.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising an acts of:

generating a user interface display for rendering in the plurality of views associated with a contact established with the video chat service provider; and

executing a video chat session in response to user selection of the user interface display.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the act of rendering the video chat session throughout the plurality of views of the web-based content includes an act of rendering the user interface display responsive to a mode of operation of the computer device.

21. The method according to claim 20, further comprising an act of modifying the user interface display responsive to status information received from the video chat service provider associated with the contact.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable signals stored thereon that define instructions that, as a result of being executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a computer implemented method for providing integrated video chat features throughout digital content displayed on a computer device, the method comprising:

managing a plurality of views of computer content rendered in a user interface;

compositing computer controls into the rendered content displayed in the plurality of views;

accessing over a communication network web-based content;

displaying, in a user interface, the web-based content in the plurality of views;

integrating a video chat session into the web-based content currently displayed by the user interface; and

rendering the video chat session throughout the plurality of views of the web-based content.