Method and Apparatus for Efficient, Entertaining Information Delivery

• US 20120159547A1
• Filed: 08/01/2011
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTECH Properties, Inc.
• Original Assignee: NTECH Properties, Inc.
• Inventors: Marcus, Dwight
• Granted Patent: US 8,875,185 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/41
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/306 using TV related infrastructures external card used for payment with client device H04N21/4185
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus for efficient, entertaining information delivery. In one embodiment, information is partitioned into clips. Clips are selected for a user and packaged together for presentation to the user in an entertaining manner. In one embodiment, the clips are selected and packaged together in accordance with a template. In another embodiment, information about a user is used to select clips. In one embodiment, a user is presented with a stream of information comprised of clips of information assembled for the user. The user may select a clip to retrieve additional information related to the clip. In one embodiment, the selected clip is a portion of a program (e.g., a television show, a movie, a song, an advertisement, etc.) and the additional information is a larger clip of the program and/or the entire program.

Claims

1. A method of providing video programming, comprising:

selecting by a computer a plurality of video clips, each of the clips having at least one frame;

determining by the computer a first temporal sequence for the selected video clips, the selected video clips in the determined first temporal sequence defining first video programming;

presenting by the computer said first video programming in a first area of a display;

simultaneously with said presenting said first video programming, presenting by the computer in a second area of the display one or more frames from recently-displayed video clips from the first video programming;

receiving by the computer a user selection of one of the displayed frames;

selecting by the computer a first video clip based on a stored association between the first video clip and a second video clip, the user-selected displayed frame being a frame of the second video clip;

selecting and determining a second temporal sequence for, by the computer and in accordance with a template, a plurality of video clips including the first video clip, to define second video programming; and

presenting by the computer, responsive to said user selection, said second video programming in the first area of the display.