MEDIA OUTLINE

• US 20130150990A1
• Filed: 12/12/2011
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inkling Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Inkling Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Forman, Joshua John, Golden, Aaron Eliezer, Haney, Aaron, Campiranon, Chatree, Hoyer, Andrew C., Kyle, Scott William, Szuts, Marie Dalby
• Granted Patent: US 9,280,905 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for presenting an interactive media presentation, the method including presenting media section descriptions with a selectable time code and a description; presenting a media controller and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points; upon playing a media item, advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item and featuring the media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item.

Claims

1. A method for presenting an interactive media presentation, the method comprising:

presenting a plurality of media section descriptions, each media section description comprising a selectable time code and a description;

presenting a media controller selectable between a playback state and a non-playback state and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points;

playing a media item, advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item, and featuring the media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item responsive to a user initiating the playback state.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising featuring the corresponding media section description and advancing the playback position of the media item to the time code responsive to a user selecting one of the selectable time codes.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising advancing the playback position to a time corresponding to the time point and featuring the corresponding media section description responsive to a user selecting one of the selectable time points.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the media section descriptions include a musical notation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the media section descriptions include lyrics.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein featuring the media section description includes positioning the media section description at a particular on-screen location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein featuring the media section description includes featuring the time code.

8. A system for presenting an interactive media presentation, the system comprising:

an output module configured for;

presenting a plurality of media section descriptions, each media section description comprising a selectable time code and a description;

presenting a media controller selectable between a playback state and a non-playback state and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points;

playing a media item, advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item, and featuring the media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item responsive to a user initiating the playback state.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the output module is configured for featuring the corresponding media section description responsive to a user selecting one of the selectable time codes, and advancing the playback position of the media item to the time code.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the output module is configured for advancing the playback position to a time corresponding to the time point and featuring the corresponding media section description responsive to a user selecting one of the selectable time points.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the media section descriptions include a musical notation.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the media section descriptions include lyrics.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein highlighting the media section description includes positioning the media section description at a particular on-screen location.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein featuring the media section description includes featuring the time code.

15. A machine-readable medium that stores instructions which when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

presenting a plurality of media section descriptions, each media section description comprising a selectable time code and a description;

presenting a media controller selectable between a playback state and a non-playback state and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points;

playing a media item, advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item, and featuring the media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item responsive to a user initiating the playback state.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions include instructions which when performed by the machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

featuring the corresponding media section description and advancing the playback position of the media item to the time code responsive to a user selecting one of the selectable time codes.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions include instructions which when performed by the machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

advancing the playback position to a time corresponding to the time point and featuring the corresponding media section description responsive to a user selecting one of the selectable time points.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the media section descriptions include a musical notation.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the media section descriptions include lyrics.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions for featuring the media section description include instructions which when executed by the machine, cause the machine to perform the operations of:

positioning the media section description at a particular on-screen location.