RUNWAY CHAT

• US 20140280649A1
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: General Instrument Corporation (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Inventors: Soukka, Leonard, Lindmark, Henrik, Ulltjarn, Susanne
• Granted Patent: US 9,769,105 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

Abstract

In an implementation, a selection of a program is received by a computing device. The program is associated with a duration of time. In response to the selection, a plurality of messages is retrieved by the computing device. Each message is associated with a time during the duration of time. Playback of the selected program is caused by the computing device on a display associated with the computing device. One or more of the retrieved plurality of messages are presented on the display at the times associated with the messages during the duration of time associated with the program by the computing device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a selection of a program by a computing device, wherein the program is associated with a duration of time;

in response to the selection, retrieving a plurality of messages by the computing device, wherein each message is associated with a time during the duration of time;

causing playback of the selected program by the computing device on a display associated with the computing device; and

presenting one or more of the retrieved plurality of messages on the display at the times associated with the messages during the duration of time associated with the program by the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a message during the playback of the selected program; and

presenting the received message on the display.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising adding the received message to the plurality of messages associated with the program.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the received message is a response to a presented one or more of the retrieved plurality of messages, and further comprising:

associating the received message with the presented one or more of the retrieved plurality of messages; and

displaying a graphical representation of the association on the display.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the graphical representation is one or more of a chain, an arrow, or a line.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the selection, retrieving a plurality of promoted content items, wherein each promoted content item is associated with a time during the duration of time; and

presenting one or more of the retrieved plurality of promoted content items on the display at the times associated with the promoted content items during the duration of time associated with the program.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein each promoted content item comprises one or more of a video, graphic, or a uniform resource locator.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the program comprises a video, and the computing device comprises one or more of a set-top box, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, a videogame system, or a laptop computer.

9. A method comprising:

presenting a program in a first region of a display by a computing device, wherein the program is associated with a duration of time;

presenting one or more messages of a plurality of messages in a second region of the display, wherein each message is associated with a time during the duration of time, and further wherein the one or more messages are presented at the times associated with the messages during the duration of time associated with the program by the computing device;

receiving a new message by the computing device, wherein the new message is generated by a user associated with the computing device and is associated with a message of the one or more messages of the plurality of messages presented in the second region of the display;

presenting the received new message in a third region of the display by the computing device; and

presenting a graphical representation of association of the new message and the associated message on the display by the computing device, where in the graphical representation connects the new message in the third region of the display with the associated message in the second region of the display.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein each message of the plurality of messages is associated with a contact, and presenting one or more messages of the plurality of messages in the second region of the display comprises only presenting one or more messages of the plurality of messages in the second region of the display that are associated with contacts that have a social networking relationship with the user associated with the computing device.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising presenting one or more promoted content items of a plurality of promoted content items in a fourth region of the display, wherein each promoted content item is associated with a time during the duration of time, and further wherein the one or more promoted content items are presented at the times associated with the promoted content items during the duration of time associated with the program.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the program comprises a video, and the computing device comprises one or more of a set-top box, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, a videogame system, or a laptop computer.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more messages presented in the second region of the display move in a direction within the second region of the display according to the duration of time associated with the program.

10. The method of clam 9, wherein the graphical representation is one or more of a chain, an arrow, or a line.

15. A system comprising:

a set-top box adapted to;

retrieve a plurality of messages associated with a selected program, wherein each message is associated with a time during a duration of time associated with the selected program;

cause playback of the selected program in a first region of a display associated with the set-top box; and

present one or more of the retrieved plurality of messages on a second region of the display at the times associated with the messages during the duration of time associated with the program.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the set-top box is further adapted to:

receive a message during the playback of the selected program; and

present the received message in a third region of the display, wherein the message is received from a user associated with the set-top box.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the set-top box is further adapted to add the received message to the plurality of messages associated with the program.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the received message is a response to a presented one or more of the retrieved plurality of messages, and the set-top box is further adapted to:

associate the received message with the presented one or more of the retrieved plurality of messages; and

display a graphical representation of the association on the display.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the graphical representation is one or more of a chain, an arrow, or a line.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the set-top box is further adapted to:

retrieve a plurality of promoted content items, wherein each promoted content item is associated with a time during the duration of time; and

present one or more of the retrieved plurality of promoted content items in a third region of the display at the times associated with the promoted content items during the duration of time associated with the program.