Simultaneous Multi-User Marking Interactions

• US 20150169066A1
• Filed: 02/13/2013
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Plagemann, Christian, Kauffmann, Alejandro
• Granted Patent: US 9,501,151 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A method to provide simultaneous interaction with content while not disturbing the content being provided is disclosed. Content may be provided to a group of users. At least one of the users may make a gesture. The gesture may be associated with a user identifier and with a content identifier. An event may be stored based on the gesture from the at least one of the users, the user identifier, and the content identifier. The event may be selected from the group consisting of: a vote, a purchase decision, a modification of content, an adjustment of a device setting, or a bookmark. A notice may be provided to the at least one user to indicate that the action requested by the gesture was performed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining multiple images that are taken by a camera;

determining that the images show a particular user, of multiple users, performing a particular gesture while or immediately after content was rendered to the particular user at a particular time;

in response to determining that the images show the particular user, of the multiple users, performing the particular gesture while or immediately after content was rendered to the particular user at the particular time, selecting, from among multiple sets of characteristics that are each associated with (I) content, and (II) a time, a particular set of characteristics associated with (i) the content, and (ii) the particular time; and

selecting, from among multiple inputs that are each associated with a (I) a gesture, (II) a user, and (III) content characteristics, a particular input that is associated with (i) the particular gesture, (ii) the particular user, and (iii) the particular set of characteristics; and

providing the particular input to an application.

29. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

accessing, based at least on the particular input, a content file associated with the content; and

providing the content file to an account associated with the particular user.

30. The computer-implemented method of claim 29, wherein the particular input comprises an instruction to execute a purchase of the content file;

and

wherein accessing the content file associated with the content, and providing the content file to an account associated with the particular user comprises accessing, based at least on an instruction to execute a purchase of the content file, the content file associated with the content, and providing the content file to an account associated with the particular user.

31. The computer-implemented method of claim 29, comprising:

outputting multimedia content comprising multiple different forms of content;

wherein determining that the images show the particular user, of multiple users, performing the particular gesture while or immediately after content was rendered to the particular user, comprises determining that the images show the particular user, of multiple users, performing the particular gesture while or immediately after multimedia content was rendered to the particular user; and

wherein accessing the content file associated with the content, and providing the content file to the account associated with the particular user, comprises accessing, based at least on the particular input, the content file comprising information associated with a subset of the multiple different forms of content of the multimedia content, and providing the content file to an account associated with the particular user.

32. The computer-implemented method of claim 29, comprising:

accessing one or more preferences from an account associated with a second user of the multiple users; and

wherein accessing, based at least on the particular input, the content file associated with the content, further comprises accessing, based at least on the particular input and the one or more preferences, the content file associated with the content.

33. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining that the images show the particular user, of the multiple users, performing the particular gesture while or immediately after content was rendered to the particular user at the particular time, comprises determining that the images show the particular user, of the multiple users, performing the particular gesture while or immediately after content originating from an account of a second user, of the multiple users, was rendered to the particular user at the particular time;

and

wherein the application is associated with the account of the second user.

34. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

determining that the content originates from an account of a second user of the multiple users; and

processing, by the application, the particular input in accordance with settings associated with the second user.

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35. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

obtaining multiple images that are generated while or immediately after content was rendered to multiple users;

determining that the images show the multiple users each performing a respective gesture;

obtaining data identifying each of the multiple users that are each determined to be performing a respective gesture; and

storing, for each of the multiple users that are each determined to be performing a respective gesture, data associating (i) the user, (ii) the gesture, and (iii) the content.

36. The storage device of claim 35, wherein storing, for each of the multiple users that are each determined to be performing a respective gesture, data associating (i) the user, (ii) the gesture, and (iii) the content, comprises storing, in association with multiple user accounts corresponding to each of the multiple users that are each determined to be performing a respective gesture, data associating (i) the user, (ii) the gesture, and (iii) the content.

37. The storage device of claim 36, comprising:

in response to storing data associating (i) the user, (ii) the gesture, and (iii) the content in association with multiple user accounts corresponding to each of the multiple users that are each determined to be performing a respective gesture, selecting, for each of the multiple users and from among multiple sets of information that are each associated with (II) a gesture, and (III) content, a particular set of information associated with the (ii) the gesture and (iii) the content; and

providing each particular set of information to its corresponding user account.

38. The storage device of claim 37, wherein the multiple sets of information that are each associated with (II) a gesture, and (III) content, include a set of information comprising at least a portion of the content.

39. The storage device of claim 38, wherein the multiple sets of information that are each associated with (II) a gesture, and (III) content, include a set of information comprising a link to at least a portion of the content.

40. The storage device of claim 37, wherein the multiple sets of information that are each associated with (II) a gesture, and (III) content, include a set of information comprising a notice.

41. The storage device of claim 36, wherein each user account is accessible to its corresponding user on multiple electronic devices.

42. The system of claim 35, comprising:

controlling, based at least on the data associating (i) the user, (ii) the gesture, and (iii) the content stored for each of the multiple users that are each determined to be performing a respective gesture, a rendering of the content.

43. A system comprising:

one or more data processing apparatus; and

a computer-readable storage device having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more data processing apparatus, cause the one or more data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising;

obtaining multiple images that are taken by a camera;

determining that the images show a particular user, of multiple users, performing a particular gesture while or immediately after content was rendered to the particular user;

selecting, from among multiple inputs that are each associated with (I) a gesture, (II) a user, and (III) content, a particular input that is associated with (i) the particular gesture, (ii) the particular user, and (iii) the content; and

providing the particular input to an application running on a device.

44. The system of claim 43 comprising:

determining that the images show a second user, of multiple users, performing a second gesture while or immediately after the content was rendered to the second user;

selecting, from among the multiple inputs that are each associated with (I) a gesture, (II) a user, and (III) rendered content, a second input that is associated with (i) the particular gesture, (ii) the second user, and (iii) the content;

providing the second input to the application running on the device; and

based at least on the particular input and the second input, determining not to modify a rendering of the content.

45. The system of claim 43, comprising:

selecting, based at least on the particular input, a rating for the content; and

storing data associating the particular user, the content, and the rating.

46. The system of claim 45, comprising:

based at least on the rating for the content, determining to modify a rendering of the content.

47. The computer-implemented method of claim 43, comprising:

accessing, based at least on the particular input, a content file associated with the content; and

providing the content file to an account associated with the particular user.

48. The computer-implemented method of claim 47, wherein the particular input comprises an instruction to execute a purchase of the content file;

and

wherein accessing the content file associated with the content, and providing the content file to an account associated with the particular user comprises accessing, based at least on an instruction to execute a purchase of the content file, the content file associated with the content, and providing the content file to an account associated with the particular user.

49. The computer-implemented method of claim 47, comprising:

outputting multimedia content comprising multiple different forms of content;

wherein determining that the images show the particular user, of multiple users, performing the particular gesture while or immediately after content was rendered to the particular user, comprises determining that the images show the particular user, of multiple users, performing the particular gesture while or immediately after multimedia content was rendered to the particular user; and

wherein accessing the content file associated with the content, and providing the content file to the account associated with the particular user, comprises accessing, based at least on the particular input, the content file comprising information associated with a subset of the multiple different forms of content of the multimedia content, and providing the content file to an account associated with the particular user.

50. The computer-implemented method of claim 47, comprising:

accessing one or more preferences from an account associated with a second user of the multiple users; and

wherein accessing, based at least on the particular input, the content file associated with the content, further comprises accessing, based at least on the particular input and the one or more preferences, the content file associated with the content.