METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION

• US 20150382077A1
• Filed: 02/05/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Liu, Huadong, Sun, Wu, Wang, Aijun, Gao, Rongxin, Ji, Hong
• Application Number:
  US14/614,423
• Publication Number:
  US 20150382077A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• 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 present disclosure relates to a method and a terminal device for acquiring information. The method comprises: acquiring associated information of at least one video element in a video, wherein each video element being an image element, a sound element or a clip in the video; and displaying the associated information at a specified time. The problem of inefficient information acquisition is solved, making it possible to display associated information of a video element in a terminal device at a specified time, thus the information acquisition efficiency is improved.

Claims

1. A method for acquiring information in a terminal device, comprising:

acquiring associated information of at least one video element in a video, wherein each video element being an image element, a sound element or a clip in the video; and

displaying the associated information at a specified time.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring the associated information of the at least one video element in the video comprises:

downloading associated information of the at least one video element in the video from a server; and

saving the associated information at a scheduled time, which includes a period prior to playing the video, a period during the video or an idle moment.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the specified time comprises a time when end credits of the video begin and/or a time when a pause signal is received when playing the video.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring the associated information of the at least one video element in the video comprises:

searching for associated information of a video element relating to a play position in the video from the associated information of at least one video element in the video downloaded in advance, if an information acquisition instruction is received from a user when playing the certain position in the video.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring the associated information of the at least one video element in the video comprises:

sending an information acquisition request to the server if the information acquisition instruction is received from the user when playing the certain play position in the video, the information acquisition request being configured to acquire the associated information of the video element relating to the play position; and

receiving the associated information of the video element related to the play position of the video fed back by the server.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein sending the information acquisition request to the server comprises:

acquiring play information corresponding to the play position, wherein the play information comprises at least one of image frame data related to the play position, audio frame data related to the play position, and a time frame corresponding to the play position in a timeline of the video; and

sending the information acquisition request, which carries a video identification of the video and the play information corresponding to the play position, to the server.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the specified time comprises a time when the associated information of the video element relating to the play position is acquired.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying the associated information at the specified time comprises:

if the terminal device is a broadcasting equipment and a remote control corresponding to the playback device has no information display ability, displaying the associated information directly in a predetermined mode;

if the terminal device is the playback device and the remote control corresponding to the playback device has information display ability, displaying the associated information directly in the predetermined mode, or sending the associated information to the remote control, which is configured to display the associated information in the predetermined mode;

if the terminal device is a medium source device connectable to the playback device and a remote control corresponding to the medium source device has no information display ability, sending the associated information to the playback device, which is configured to display the associated information in the predetermined mode; and

if the terminal device is the medium source device connectable to the playback device and the remote control corresponding to the medium source device has information display ability, sending the associated information to the playback device or the remote control, both of which are configured to display the associated information in the predetermined mode;

wherein, the predetermined mode comprises at least one of a split screen mode, a list mode, a tagging mode, a scrolling mode, a screen popup mode and a window popup mode.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

when associated information of a displayed video element is triggered, jumping to a play position corresponding to the video element in the video to play.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

when the associated information of the displayed video element is triggered, jumping to information content corresponding to an information link comprised in the associated information for displaying.

11. A method for acquiring information in a server, comprising:

generating associated information of at least one video element in a video, wherein each video element being an image element, a sound element or a clip in the video; and

providing a terminal device with the associated information of the at least one video element in the video, wherein the terminal device is configured to display the associated information at a specified time.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein providing the terminal device with the associated information of the at least one video element in the video comprises:

providing the terminal device with downloads of the associated information of the at least one video element in the video at a scheduled time, which includes a period prior to playing the video by the terminal device, a period during the video or an idle moment.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein providing the terminal device with the associated information of the at least one video element in the video comprises:

after receiving an information acquisition request sent from the terminal device, feeding back associated information of a video element of a play position in the video to the terminal device;

wherein the information acquisition request is a request sent from the terminal device after receiving an information acquisition instruction from a user during the video, and the play position is a corresponding play position when the information acquisition instruction from the user is received by the terminal device during the video.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein generating the associated information of the at least one video element in the video comprises:

identifying the at least one video element in the video; and

acquiring associated information of each video element.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein identifying the at least one video element in the video comprises:

decoding the video;

acquiring at least one frame of video data comprising image frame data or both image frame data and audio frame data;

identifying image elements in the image frame data, concerning the image frame data, by means of image recognition technology; and

identifying sound elements in the audio frame data, concerning the audio frame data, by means of speech recognition technology.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein identifying the at least one video element in the video comprises:

acquiring a play information corresponding to a play position carried in the information acquisition request after receiving the information acquisition request sent from the terminal device;

wherein the play information comprising at least one of image frame data related to the play position, audio frame data related to the play position, and a time frame corresponding to the play position of a timeline of the video; and

acquiring video elements corresponding to the play position in the video according to the play information,

wherein, the information acquisition request is the request sent from the terminal device after receiving the information acquisition instruction from the user during the video, and the play position is the corresponding play position when the information acquisition instruction from the user is received by the terminal device during the video.

17. The method according to claim 14, wherein identifying the at least one video element in the video comprises:

receiving at least one video element reported by other terminal devices with respect to the video, wherein the video element is labeled by users of the other terminal devices.

18. The method according to claim 14, wherein acquiring the associated information of each video element comprises:

acquiring at least one piece of information relating to each video element by means of information search technology;

sorting the at least one piece of information according to a preset condition; and

acquiring n associated information in the front of the sorting as the associated information of the video element, wherein n being a positive integer,

wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of a correlation with the video element, a correlation with a user location, a correlation with a history usage record of the user, and a ranking of manufacturers or suppliers of the video elements.

19. The method according to claim 14, wherein acquiring the associated information of each video element comprises:

receiving the associated information reported by the other terminal devices with respect to the video element, wherein the other terminal devices being terminal devices used by other users or manufacturers or suppliers of the video element.

20. A terminal device for acquiring information, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store executable instructions from the processor,

wherein, the processor is configured to perform;

acquiring associated information of at least one video element in a video, wherein each video element being an image element, an sound element or an element of a clip in the video; and

displaying the associated information at a specified time.

21. The terminal device according to claim 20, wherein acquiring the associated information of the at least one video element in the video comprises:

downloading associated information of the at least one video element in the video from a server; and

saving the associated information at a scheduled time, which includes a period prior to playing the video, a period during the video or an idle moment.

22. A server for acquiring information, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store executable instructions from the processor,

wherein, the processor is configured to perform;

generating associated information of at least one video element in a video, wherein each video element being an image element, an sound element or a clip in the video; and

providing a terminal device with the associated information of the at least one video element in the video, wherein the terminal device is configured to display the associated information at a specified time.

23. The server according to claim 22, wherein providing the terminal device with the associated information of the at least one video element in the video comprises:

providing the terminal device with downloads of the associated information of the at least one video element in the video at a scheduled time, which includes a period prior to playing the video by the terminal device, a period during the video or an idle moment.