SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING WITH MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST PROGRAM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF

• US 20120150990A1
• Filed: 12/24/2010
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: LIOU, Wen-Shan
• Application Number:
  US12/978,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20120150990A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43074 of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

A system and a method are provided for synchronizing with at least one multimedia program that is being broadcasted. The system includes a context server and a client-side device. The context server is configured to provide at least one context event of each multimedia program, wherein the context event is generated in accordance with occurrence of at least one predetermined context item in context contents of each multimedia program. The client-side device is used for receiving and parsing the context event, thereby obtaining at least one set of context event data of each multimedia program. The client-side device also includes at least one application means for performing at least one action based on the set of context event data.

Claims

1. A system for synchronizing with at least one multimedia program that is being broadcasted, the system comprising:

a context server configured to provide at least one context event for each of the at least one multimedia program, wherein the at least one context event is generated in accordance with occurrence of at least one predetermined context item in context contents of each of the at least one multimedia program; and

a client-side device used for receiving and parsing the at least one context event of each of the at least one multimedia program, thereby obtaining at least one set of context event data of each of the at least one multimedia program, the client-side device comprising;

at least one application means for performing at least one action based on the at least one set of context event data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one application means is linked to Internet.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the client-side device further comprises:

a display device provided for the at least one application means to display the at least one set of context event data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one application means performs the at least one action by comparing the at least one set of context event data of each of the at least one multimedia program to a context-action table in which the at least one predetermined context item and the at least one action corresponding to the at least one predetermined context item are set up.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one application means sorts the at least one set of context event data of each of the at least one multimedia program in accordance with at least one predetermined factor.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one predetermined context item is selected from the group consisting of a scene switch, a character showing up, an event occurrence, a critical voice appearing and combinations thereof.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the context server comprises:

a registration means for allowing the client-side device to registering and establishing a connection with the context server, and selecting the at least one multimedia program.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the context server comprises:

a filtering means for allowing the client-side device to select at least one filtering conditions for filtering out the at least one context event of each of the at least one multimedia program.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the context server sends the at least one context event of each of the at least one multimedia program to the client-side device by using a push technique.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the context server is a cloud server.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the client-side device is a hand-held device.

12. A method for synchronizing with at least one multimedia program that is being broadcasted, the method comprising:

obtaining the at least one multimedia program that is being broadcasted;

generating at least one context event for each of the at least one multimedia program in accordance with occurrence of at least one predetermined context item in context contents of each of the at least one multimedia program;

receiving and parsing the at least one context event of each of the at least one multimedia program, thereby obtaining at least one set of context event data of each of the at least one multimedia program; and

performing at least one action based on the at least one set of context event data.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one context event is generated by using audio/video recognition software.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one context event is generated by using an artificial recognition method.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one action comprises:

linking to Internet for obtaining information related to the at least one set of context event data.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one action comprises:

displaying the at least one set of context event data.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one action comprises:

sorting the at least one set of context event data of each of the at least one multimedia program in accordance with at least one predetermined factor.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one predetermined context item is selected from the group consisting of a scene switch, a character showing up, an event occurrence, a critical voice appearing and combinations thereof.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

setting up a context-action table comprising the at least one predetermined context item and the at least one action corresponding to the at least one predetermined context item;

performing the at least one action by comparing the at least one set of context event data of each of the at least one multimedia program to the context-action table.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

selecting at least one filtering conditions for filtering out the at least one context event of each of the at least one multimedia program.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one multimedia program is being broadcasted by at least one television station or radio station.

22. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one context event is shown in a structured language format.

23. A computer program product for synchronizing with at least one multimedia program that is being broadcasted, which, when executed, performs the method of claim 12.