Methods and Systems for Dynamically Presenting Enhanced Content During a Presentation of a Media Content Instance

• US 20120120296A1
• Filed: 11/17/2010
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Roberts, Brian F., Relyea, Donald H., Lemus, Anthony M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,913,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device

Abstract

Exemplary methods and systems for dynamically presenting enhanced content during a presentation of a media content instance are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an enhanced content presentation system detecting, within a view acquired by a camera, a display device presenting a media content instance, displaying the view acquired by the camera on a display screen of a mobile device associated with the camera, and dynamically presenting, within the displayed view, one or more display elements representative of one or more enhanced content instances associated with the media content. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting within a view acquired by a camera, by an enhanced content presentation system, a display device presenting a media content instance;

displaying, by the enhanced content presentation system, the view acquired by the camera on a display screen of a mobile device associated with the camera; and

dynamically presenting, by the enhanced content presentation system within the displayed view, one or more display elements representative of one or more enhanced content instances associated with the media content instance.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the display device comprises detecting at least one of a presence of the display device within the acquired view, a position of the display device within the acquired view, and a position of one or more peripheral edges of the display device within the acquired view.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting, by the enhanced content presentation system, at least one change in the view acquired by the camera.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the dynamically presenting the one or more display elements comprises repositioning the one or more display elements within the displayed view in response to the at least one change.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the dynamically presenting the one or more display elements further comprises presenting one or more additional display elements representative of one or more additional enhanced content instances in response to the at least one change.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the detecting the at least one change comprises detecting one or more movements of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the detecting the one or more movements of the mobile device comprises utilizing one or more motion sensors to detect the one or more movements.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the detecting the at least one change comprises detecting a relative movement of the display device within the acquired view.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one change results from a repositioning of the camera by a user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamically presenting the one or more display elements comprises presenting at least one display element within the one or more display elements at a position outside a peripheral edge of the display device within the displayed view.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamically presenting the one or more display elements comprises displaying the one or more display elements within a virtual user interface.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more display elements are overlaid onto a portion of the displayed view.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting, by the enhanced content presentation system, one or more attributes associated with the media content instance.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more attributes of the media content instance comprise at least one of a video attribute, an audio attribute, a text attribute, and a metadata attribute.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising selecting, by the enhanced content presentation system, the one or more enhanced content instances based on the one or more detected attributes.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the selecting the one or more enhanced content instances is performed in real time during the presentation of the media content instance.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the detecting the one or more attributes comprises receiving data representative of the one or more attributes from at least one of a set-top box device associated with the display device and a content provider associated with the media content instance.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the enhanced content presentation system, a selection by a user of a particular display element included in the one or more display elements and representative of a particular enhanced content instance within the one or more enhanced content instances; and

presenting, by the enhanced content presentation system in response to the selection, the particular enhanced content instance to the user.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the particular enhanced content instance is presented by way of at least one of the mobile device and the display device.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the enhanced content presentation system, a transition by the display device from presenting the media content instance to presenting an additional media content instance; and

dynamically presenting, by the enhanced content presentation system in response to the detected transition, one or more additional display elements representative of one or more additional enhanced content instances associated with the additional media content instance.

21. The method of claim 1, embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.

22. A method comprising:

detecting within a view acquired by a camera, by an enhanced content presentation system, a display device presenting a media content instance;

displaying, by the enhanced content presentation system, the view acquired by the camera on a display screen of a mobile device associated with the camera;

presenting, by the enhanced content presentation system within the displayed view, a first set of display elements representative of a first set of enhanced content instances associated with the media content instance;

detecting, by the enhanced content presentation system, at least one change in the acquired view; and

presenting, by the enhanced content presentation system within the displayed view, a second set of display elements representative of a second set of enhanced content instances associated with the media content instance in response to the at least one change.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

detecting, by the enhanced content presentation system, a transition by the display device from presenting the media content instance to presenting an additional media content instance; and

presenting, by the enhanced content presentation system in response to the detected transition, a third set of display elements representative of a third set of enhanced content instances associated with the additional media content instance.

24. The method of claim 22, embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.

25. A system comprising:

a detection facility configured to detect, within a view acquired by a camera, a display device presenting a media content instance;

a display facility communicatively coupled to the detection facility and configured to display the view acquired by the camera on a display screen of a mobile device associated with the camera; and

an enhanced content management facility communicatively coupled to the display facility and configured to dynamically present, within the displayed view, one or more display elements representative of one or more enhanced content instances associated with the media content instance.