REAL-TIME CONTEXTUAL OVERLAYS FOR LIVE STREAMS

• US 20130311595A1
• Filed: 05/21/2012
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Milatinovici, Bianca, Falk, Christian Ingemar, Bota, Silviu
• Application Number:
  US13/476,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20130311595A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/214
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26275 for distributing content or additional data in a staggered manner, e.g. repeating movies on different channels in a time-staggered manner in a near video on demand system
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4886 for displaying a ticker, e.g. scrolling banner for news, stock exchange, weather data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A system and method for contextualizing and live-updating overlay data for live media streams is disclosed herein. Overlays can be generated in real-time and in response to live events. The overlays can be transmitted to a recipient of a live media stream independently of the live media stream. Overlay data can thus be modified and added to overlays in near-real-time as events occur during a live broadcast without having to modify the live media stream. The overlays can also be contextualized to provide relevant information and context for the live media stream recipient. Such context can include providing a history of the broadcast, and other pertinent information such as incorporating location-based information, demographic information, and other information associated with potential viewers.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory that has stored thereon computer executable components;

a processor that executes the following computer executable components stored in the memory;

a capture component that receives overlay data and replicates the overlay data to memory caches;

a contextualization component that analyzes the overlay data and contextualizes the overlay data in response to analyzing the overlay data; and

an overlay component that transmits the contextualized overlay data with a live media stream, wherein contextualized overlay data is transmitted in a separate channel from the live media stream.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a storage component that stores the contextualized overlay data and the live media stream for playback as video on demand.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the storage component stores the contextualized overlay data and the live media stream as they are transmitted.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a translation component that translates the overlay data into a selected language in response to receiving a request for translation to the selected language.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising an update component that receives live updates to overlay information and updates the contextualized overlay data in response to the live updates.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the contextualization component contextualizes the overlay data based on at least one of location information, demographic information, an origin of the overlay data, and a recipient of the contextualized overlay data.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising an advertising component that inserts advertisements into the contextualized overlay data based on the contextualization.

8. A method, comprising:

using a processor to execute computer executable instructions stored in a memory to perform the following acts;

receiving overlay data and replicating the overlay data to a memory cache;

analyzing the overlay data and contextualizing the overlay data in response to analyzing the overlay data; and

transmitting contextualized overlay data with a live media stream in separate channels.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising storing the contextualized overlay data and the live media stream as the live media stream and contextualized overlay data are transmitted.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising translating the overlay data into a selected language in response to receiving a request for translation to the selected language.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising updating the contextualized overlay data with live updates as the live updates to the overlay data are received.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the contextualizing the overlay data comprises contextualizing the overlay data based on at least one of location information, demographic information, an origin of the overlay data, and a recipient of the contextualized overlay data.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising inserting advertisements into the contextualized overlay data based on the contextualizing the overlay data.

14. A system, comprising:

a memory that has stored thereon computer executable components;

a processor that executes the following computer executable components stored in the memory;

a streaming component that downloads a media stream;

a polling component that polls a cache for an overlay associated with the media stream and downloads the overlay separately from the media stream in response to detecting an overlay; and

a display component that synchronizes the overlay with the media stream and displays the media stream with the overlay and a timeline mark in a media stream timeline.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the media stream is a live media stream.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the polling component polls the cache at regular intervals, and requests overlays created since a previous poll.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the timeline mark indicates a presence and time of an overlay.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the display component displays a popup showing the overlay when a cursor is placed over the timeline mark.

19. A method, comprising:

using a processor to execute computer executable instructions stored in a memory to perform the following acts;

downloading a media stream;

polling a cache for an overlay associated with the media stream;

downloading the overlay separately from the media stream in response to detecting a contextualized overlay; and

synchronizing the overlay with the media stream and displaying the overlay and the media stream together, wherein displaying the overlay includes displaying a timeline mark in a media timeline, the timeline mark indicating a presence and time of the overlay.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the downloading the media stream comprises downloading a live media stream.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising polling the cache at regular intervals and requesting overlays created since a previous poll.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising displaying a popup showing the overlay in response to a cursor being placed over the timeline mark.