METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTERACTION PACKAGES TO USERS BASED ON METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH CONTENT

• US 20140068665A1
• Filed: 02/19/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gopop.Tv
• Original Assignee: Gopop.Tv
• Inventors: Marsh, Dave, Roelofs, Karl, Evans, Eugene, Small, Jonathan, Melissinos, Chris, Brasted, Chris
• Granted Patent: US 9,197,911 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/37
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments relate to a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for providing an interaction package to a user based at least in part on metadata associated with content. An exemplary method comprises processing metadata associated with content, determining information corresponding to an interaction package for a user based at least in part on the metadata, wherein at least a portion of the interaction package is associated with the content, and transmitting the information corresponding to the interaction package to at least one of one or more user computing devices. The disclosed embodiments further relates to a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for presenting at least a portion of an interaction package to a user based at least in part on metadata associated with content.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more computing devices for providing an interaction package to a user based at least in part on metadata associated with content, the method comprising:

processing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, metadata associated with content;

determining, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, information corresponding to an interaction package for a user based at least in part on the metadata, wherein at least a portion of the interaction package is associated with the content; and

transmitting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the information corresponding to the interaction package to at least one of one or more user computing devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the interaction package is presented to the user by at least one of the one or more user computing devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata includes at least one of content title, content description, closed captioning, images, pointers, tags, and keywords associated with the content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving at least a portion of the metadata.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the metadata is received from at least one of a content provider, a metadata provider, one or more users, and an external source.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein at least a portion of the metadata is received in response to a request for metadata transmitted by at least one of the one or more computing devices executing the method to an external source.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata is generated by at least one of the one or more computing devices executing the method.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the content includes at least one of video content, audio content, an image, a 3-D model, text, and software.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the interaction package is at least one of a game, an educational application, and an interactive application.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user-generated data from at least one of the one or more user computing devices based at least in part on the interaction package.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the user-generated data includes data generated by an interaction between the user and at least one of the one or more user computing devices.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting additional information corresponding to an additional interaction package for the user to at least one of the one or more user computing devices, wherein at least a portion of the additional interaction package is associated with the user-generated data.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the additional interaction package is not associated with the content.

14. An apparatus for providing an interaction package to a user based at least in part on metadata associated with content, the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to;

process metadata associated with content;

determine information corresponding to an interaction package for a user based at least in part on the metadata, wherein at least a portion of the interaction package is associated with the content; and

transmit the information corresponding to the interaction package to at least one of one or more user computing devices.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the interaction package is presented to the user by at least one of the one or more user computing devices.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the metadata includes at least one of content title, content description, closed captioning, images, pointers, tags, and keywords associated with the content.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein at least one of the one or more memories has further instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to enable the receipt of at least a portion of the metadata.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the metadata is received from at least one of a content provider, a metadata provider, one or more users, and an external source.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein at least a portion of the metadata is received in response to a request for metadata transmitted by at least one of the one or more processors to an external source.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the metadata is generated by at least one of the one or more processors.

21. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the content includes at least one of video content, audio content, an image, a 3-D model, text, and software.

22. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the interaction package is at least one of a game, an educational application, and an interactive application.

23. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein at least one of the one or more memories has further instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to enable the receipt of user-generated data from at least one of the one or more user computing devices based at least in part on the interaction package.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the user-generated data includes data generated by an interaction between the user and at least one of the one or more user computing devices.

25. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein at least one of the one or more memories has further instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to transmit additional information corresponding to an additional interaction package for the user to at least one of the one or more user computing devices, wherein at least a portion of the additional interaction package is associated with the user-generated data.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the additional interaction package is not associated with the content.

27. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one of one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to:

process metadata associated with content;

determine information corresponding to an interaction package for a user based at least in part on the metadata, wherein at least a portion of the interaction package is associated with the content; and

transmit the information corresponding to the interaction package to at least one of one or more user computing devices.

28. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the interaction package is presented to the user by at least one of the one or more user computing devices.

29. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the metadata includes at least one of content title, content description, closed captioning, images, pointers, tags, and keywords associated with the content.

30. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, further storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to receive at least a portion of the metadata.

31. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 30, wherein the metadata is received from at least one of a content provider, a metadata provider, one or more users, and an external source.

32. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 30, wherein at least a portion of the metadata is received in response to a request for metadata transmitted by at least one of the one or more computing devices to an external source.

33. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the metadata is generated by at least one of the one or more computing devices.

34. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the content includes at least one of video content, audio content, an image, a 3-D model, text, and software.

35. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the interaction package is at least one of a game, an educational application, and an interactive application.

36. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, further storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to receive user-generated data from at least one of the one or more user computing devices based at least in part on the interaction package.

37. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 36, wherein the user-generated data includes data generated by an interaction between the user and at least one of the one or more user computing devices.

38. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 36, further storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to transmit additional information corresponding to an additional interaction package for the user to at least one of the one or more user computing devices, wherein at least a portion of the additional interaction package is associated with the user-generated data.

39. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 38, wherein the additional interaction package is not associated with the content.

40. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more computing devices for presenting at least a portion of an interaction package to a user based at least in part on metadata associated with content, the method comprising:

processing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, information corresponding to an interaction package associated with content, wherein the interaction package is based at least in part on metadata associated with the content; and

presenting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, at least a portion of the interaction package to a user while the user is experiencing the content.

41. The method of claim 40, wherein the metadata includes at least one of content title, content description, closed captioning, images, pointers, tags, and keywords associated with the content.

42. The method of claim 40, wherein the content includes at least one of video content, audio content, an image, a 3-D model, text, software, and a live event.

43. The method of claim 40, wherein the interaction package is at least one of a game, an educational application, and an interactive application.

44. The method of claim 40, further comprising:

receiving input from the user based at least in part on the interaction package; and

storing the input as user-generated data.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein the user-generated data includes data generated by an interaction between the user and at least one of the one or more computing devices.

46. The method of claim 44, further comprising transmitting the user-generated data to at least one of one or more external computing devices.

47. The method of claim 44, further comprising processing additional information corresponding to an additional interaction package for the user, wherein at least a portion of the additional interaction package is associated with the user-generated data.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein the additional interaction package is not associated with the content.

49. An apparatus for presenting at least a portion of an interaction package to a user based at least in part on metadata associated with content, the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to;

process information corresponding to an interaction package associated with content, wherein the interaction package is based at least in part on metadata associated with the content; and

present at least a portion of the interaction package to a user while the user is experiencing the content.

50. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein the metadata includes at least one of content title, content description, closed captioning, images, pointers, tags, and keywords associated with the content.

51. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein the content includes at least one of video content, audio content, an image, a 3-D model, text, software, and a live event.

52. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein the interaction package is at least one of a game, an educational application, and an interactive application.

53. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein at least one of the one or more memories has further instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to:

receive input from the user based at least in part on the interaction package; and

enable the storage of the input as user-generated data.

54. The apparatus of claim 53, wherein the user-generated data includes data generated by an interaction between the user and the apparatus.

55. The apparatus of claim 53, wherein at least one of the one or more memories has further instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to transmit the user-generated data to at least one of one or more external computing devices.

56. The apparatus of claim 53, wherein at least one of the one or more memories has further instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to process additional information corresponding to an additional interaction package for the user, wherein at least a portion of the additional interaction package is associated with the user-generated data.

57. The apparatus of claim 56, wherein the additional interaction package is not associated with the content.

58. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one of one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to:

process information corresponding to an interaction package associated with content, wherein the interaction package is based at least in part on metadata associated with the content; and

present at least a portion of the interaction package to a user while the user is experiencing the content.

59. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 58, wherein the metadata includes at least one of content title, content description, closed captioning, images, pointers, tags, and keywords associated with the content.

60. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 58, wherein the content includes at least one of video content, audio content, an image, a 3-D model, text, software, and a live event.

61. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 58, wherein the interaction package is at least one of a game, an educational application, and an interactive application.

62. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 58, further storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to:

receive input from the user based at least in part on the interaction package; and

store the input as user-generated data.

63. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 62, wherein the user-generated data includes data generated by an interaction between the user and at least one of one or more computing devices.

64. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 62, further storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to transmit the user-generated data to at least one of the one or more external computing devices.

65. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 64, further storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to process additional information corresponding to an additional interaction package for the user, wherein at least a portion of the additional interaction package is associated with the user-generated data.

66. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 65, wherein the additional interaction package is not associated with the content.