CONNECTED MULTI-SCREEN VIDEO MANAGEMENT

• US 20130285937A1
• Filed: 08/16/2012
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MobiTV Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MobiTV Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Billings, Allen, Hunter, Kirsten, De Renzo, Ray, Gardner, Dan, Treff, Michael, Hall, Christopher, Kuntze, Tommy, Wang, Jesse
• Application Number:
  US13/587,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20130285937A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44227 Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; monitoring connectivity in data switched networks H04L43/0811
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4516 involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/4621 Controlling the complexity of the content stream or additional data, e.g. lowering the resolution or bit-rate of the video stream for a mobile client with a small screen arrangements for using the results of monitoring on user's side in broadcast systems H04H60/65; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94

Abstract

Disclosed herein are techniques and mechanisms for connected multi-screen video management. According to various embodiments, content management information may be received from a remote server. The received content management information may be stored on a storage medium. The received content management information may be processed to provide a content management interface. The content management interface may include a plurality of media content categories. Each of the media content categories may include a plurality of media content items available for presentation at the computing device. Each of the media content items may be retrievable from a respective media content source. At least two of the media content items may be retrievable from different media content sources. The content management interface may be displayed on a display screen.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

communications interface operable to receive content management information from a remote server;

a memory module operable to store the received content management information;

a processor operable to process the received content management information to provide a content management interface, the content management interface including a plurality of media content categories, each of the media content categories including a plurality of media content items available for presentation at the computing device, each of the media content items being retrievable from a respective media content source, at least two of the media content items being retrievable from different media content sources; and

a display screen operable to display the content management interface.

2. The computing device recited in claim 1, wherein selected ones of the media content items are capable of being viewed on a plurality of computing devices.

3. The computing device recited in claim 1, wherein the processor is further operable to:

receive a selection of a media content item for presentation,

retrieve the media content item from the respective media content source, and

provide the retrieved media content item for presentation on the display screen.

4. The computing device recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the media content sources is a media content service provider in communication with the computing device via a network.

5. The computing device recited in claim 1, wherein the computing device is operable to transmit an instruction to update a connected content management interface displayed at a remote computing device, the connected content management interface displaying information related to the plurality of media content categories.

6. The computing device recited in claim 1, wherein the computing device is operable to receive user input designating a device at which to present a media content item.

7. The computing device recited in claim 1, wherein each media content item is a video stream capable of being accessed via a network.

8. The computing device recited in claim 1, wherein each of the computing device and the connected computing device is a device selected from the group consisting of:

a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a mobile phone, and a television.

9. The computing device recited in claim 1, wherein the display screen is a touch screen display capable of receiving user input.

10. A method comprising:

receiving content management information from a remote server;

storing the received content management information on a storage medium;

processing the received content management information to provide a content management interface, the content management interface including a plurality of media content categories, each of the media content categories including a plurality of media content items available for presentation at the computing device, each of the media content items being retrievable from a respective media content source, at least two of the media content items being retrievable from different media content sources; and

displaying the content management interface on a display screen.

11. The method recited in claim 10, wherein selected ones of the media content items are capable of being viewed on a plurality of computing devices.

12. The method recited in claim 10, the method further comprising:

receiving a selection of a media content item for presentation,

retrieving the media content item from the respective media content source, and

providing the retrieved media content item for presentation on the display screen.

13. The method recited in claim 10, wherein at least one of the media content sources is a media content service provider in communication with the computing device via a network.

14. The method recited in claim 10, wherein the computing device is operable to transmit an instruction to update a connected content management interface displayed at a remote computing device, the connected content management interface displaying information related to the plurality of media content categories.

15. The method recited in claim 10, wherein the computing device is operable to receive user input designating a device at which to present a media content item.

16. The method recited in claim 10, wherein each media content item is a video stream capable of being accessed via a network.

17. One or more computer readable media having instructions stored thereon for performing a method, the method comprising:

receiving content management information from a remote server;

storing the received content management information on a storage medium;

processing the received content management information to provide a content management interface, the content management interface including a plurality of media content categories, each of the media content categories including a plurality of media content items available for presentation at the computing device, each of the media content items being retrievable from a respective media content source, at least two of the media content items being retrievable from different media content sources; and

displaying the content management interface on a display screen.

18. The one or more computer readable media recited in claim 17, wherein selected ones of the media content items are capable of being viewed on a plurality of computing devices.

19. The one or more computer readable media recited in claim 17, the method further comprising:

receiving a selection of a media content item for presentation,

retrieving the media content item from the respective media content source, and

providing the retrieved media content item for presentation on the display screen.

20. The one or more computer readable media recited in claim 17, wherein at least one of the media content sources is a media content service provider in communication with the computing device via a network.