VIDEO PROVIDING TEXTUAL CONTENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20130145394A1
• Filed: 12/03/2012
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Netzyn, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Netzyn, Inc.
• Inventors: Bakke, Steve
• Granted Patent: US 9,565,476 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

A system for interacting with a video includes a processor, a video decoder communicatively connected to the processor, a storage communicatively connected to the demultiplexer, the storage contains at least one video file having more than one video frame, at least one of the video frame including at least one respective metadata segment of the video frame, and an input device communicatively connected to the processor. The processor, responsive to the input device, processes the at least one of the video frame including the at least one respective metadata segment, controlling selection of another of the more than one video frame for the video decoder.

Claims

1. A system for interacting with a video, comprising:

a processor;

a video decoder communicatively connected to the processor;

a storage communicatively connected to the demultiplexer, the storage contains at least one video file having more than one video frame, at least one of the video frame including at least one respective metadata segment of the video frame;

an input device communicatively connected to the processor, wherein the processor, responsive to the input device, processes the at least one of the video frame including the at least one respective metadata segment of the video frame, controlling selection of another of the more than one video frame for the video decoder.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a display communicatively connected to the processor, for displaying the video processed from the video file as the more than one video frame.

3. A video file of respective video frames, the video frames respectively processable by a processor to deliver a video image to a display, comprising:

a respective video segment of each video frame; and

a respective metadata logic code segment of each video frame, the respective metadata logic code segment of each video frame processable, responsive to interactive input received by the processor, for controlling the video in the display.

4. A method of processing a video file, comprising the steps of:

demultiplexing the video file to obtain a first video frame, the first video frame includes a video segment and a metadata segment;

decoding the first video frame;

processing the video segment and the metadata segment of the first video frame;

displaying an image in respect of the video segment of the step of processing;

receiving an input logically operative to the metadata segment of the step of processing;

selecting a second video frame for the step of decoding in response to the step of receiving; and

repeating the steps of decoding, processing and displaying for the second video frame.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second video frame includes a video segment and a metadata segment, further comprising the steps of:

receiving another input logically operative to the metadata segment of the second video frame of the step of processing;

selecting another video frame for the step of decoding in response to the step of receiving another input; and

repeating the steps of decoding, processing and displaying for the other video frame.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of selecting another video frame calls the first video frame, further comprising the step of repeating the steps of decoding, processing and displaying for the first video frame.

7. A system for displaying a video of successive images from a video file, comprising:

a demultiplexer for splitting the video file into at least one respective video frame for each respective image of the video, each of the at least one video frame including a video segment and a metadata segment;

a decoder communicatively connected to the demultiplexer, for rendering each of the at least one respective video frame for processing;

a processor communicatively connected to the decoder, for processing the video segment and the metadata segment, respectively, of each of the at least one video frame, respectively;

a display communicatively connected to the processor, for displaying the successive images, each video segment of each video frame displayable as a respective one of the successive images;

an input device communicatively connected to the processor, for receiving input operative to the processor in processing the metadata segment;

wherein the processor selectively calls a next one of the successive images, responsive to processing the metadata segment and input received from the input device.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

a storage containing the video file communicatively connected to the demultiplexer, the video file is streamed from the storage to the demultiplexer.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

memory communicatively connected to the processor;

wherein the memory contains the video file.

10. A method for play of an interactive video, the interactive video includes a metadata segment associated with a video segment of each frame, comprising:

decoding the interactive video;

first processing the video segment and the metadata segment of a first frame of the interactive video;

first receiving a first input directive to the step of processing the video segment and the metadata segment of the first frame;

first discontinuing the step of first processing the video segment and the metadata segment of the first frame;

first calling a second frame of the video, in response to the steps of first processing and first receiving;

second processing the video segment and the metadata segment of the second frame of the interactive video;

second receiving a second input directive to the step of second processing the video segment and the metadata segment of the second frame;

second discontinuing the step of second processing the video segment and the metadata segment of the second frame;

second calling a third frame of the video, in response to the steps of second processing and second receiving;

third processing the video segment and the metadata segment of the third frame of the interactive video;

third receiving a third input directive to the step of third processing the video segment and the metadata segment of the third frame; and

third discontinuing the step of processing the video segment and the metadata segment of the third frame of the interactive video.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the third frame is the same as the first frame.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of decoding includes more than one step of decoding, wherein part of the interactive video for the first frame of the step of first processing is decoded in a first of the steps of decoding, part of the interactive video for the second frame of the step of second processing is decoded in a second of the steps of decoding, and part of the interactive video for the third frame of the step of third processing is decoded in a third of the steps of decoding.