Video bookmarking

• US 8,705,933 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2010
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Eyer, Mark Kenneth
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Hung
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUNN, MISHAWN N
• Application Number:
  US12/881,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20110075990A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,316 Days
• Field of Search: 386239-241, 725/51, 725/109, 725/134
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• 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 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

The video bookmark feature allows a user to tag an item or segment of interest within audio/video content being watched. Each tag, or bookmark, can contain within it metadata associated with the content captured by the receiver at the time the bookmark was recorded; further information can be derived via interaction over the Internet with a service provider. Applications supported by video bookmarks include telescoping ads, capturing screen shots for later review or printing, and retrieving more information about any arbitrary subject being viewed, whether it is a scene in a program, an advertisement, or other associated information about the subject. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating an event marker during video content viewing by a user selection action in response to display of a display option, the event marker corresponding to a triggered declarative object (TDO) that is triggered by a trigger associated with a predetermined segment of the video content;

capturing for the event marker a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the video content at the time of the user selection action;

storing in an electronic storage device the event marker and the URL associated with the video content at the time of the user selection action;

reviewing a plurality of stored event markers; and

selecting at least one of the stored event markers where the selection retrieves content from the URL of the selected at least one stored event marker for presentation to a user on a video content display device.

2. The method of claim 1, where said user selection action comprises interacting with a button, the display option on the video content display device, or other clearly indicated selection device or step to generate the event marker.

3. The method of claim 2, where the event marker comprises a label indicating a point in the video content that is of interest to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, where the event marker comprises a video content bookmark.

5. The method of claim 1, where the data captured for the event marker comprises at least a date, time, channel, and video content subject data for the event marker.

6. The method of claim 5, where the data captured for the event marker further comprises user supplied personal data.

7. The method of claim 1, where the data stored in the electronic storage device further comprises a plurality of URLs, captured video clip content, or dynamic objects associated with the video content on display when the event marker is generated.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising reviewing the stored event markers through an interactive video user interface.

9. The method of claim 1, where selecting any of the stored event markers retrieves from a content server generated content including any of declarative content, metadata, URLs, audio clips, video clips, text, graphics, and generated interactive content associated with subject data stored with the event marker.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions to be executed on a programmed processor comprising:

instructions that generate an event bookmark during video content viewing by a user selection action in response to display of a display option, the event bookmark corresponding to a triggered declarative object (TDO) that is triggered by a trigger associated with a predetermined segment of the video content;

instructions that capture for the event bookmark a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the video content at the time of the user selection action;

instructions that store in an electronic storage device the event bookmark and the URL associated with the video content at the time of the user selection action;

instructions that review a plurality of stored event bookmarks; and

instructions created by a user selection action that select at least one of the stored event bookmarks wherein the selection retrieves content from the URL of the selected at least one stored event bookmark for presentation to a user on a video content display device.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions to be executed on a programmed processor of claim 10, where said selection action comprises interacting with a button, the display option on the video content display device, or other clearly indicated selection device or step to generate the event bookmark.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions to be executed on a programmed processor of claim 11, where the event bookmark comprises a label indicating a point in the video content that is of interest to the user.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions to be executed on a programmed processor of claim 10, wherein the event bookmark comprises a video content bookmark.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions to be executed on a programmed processor of claim 10, where the data captured for the event bookmark comprises at least a date, time, channel, and video content subject data for the event bookmark.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions to be executed on a programmed processor of claim 14, where the data captured for the event bookmark further comprises user supplied personal data.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions to be executed on a programmed processor of claim 10, where the data stored in the electronic storage device further comprises a plurality of URLs, captured video clip content, or dynamic objects associated with the video content on display when the event bookmark is generated.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions to be executed on a programmed processor of claim 10, further comprising instructions for reviewing the stored event bookmarks through an interactive video user interface.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions to be executed on a programmed processor of claim 10, wherein selecting any of the stored event bookmarks retrieves from a content server generated content including any of declarative content, metadata, URLs, audio clips, video clips, text, graphics, and generated interactive content associated with subject data stored with the event bookmark.

19. An apparatus for generating video event markers comprising:

a video display;

a data capture device operative to capture a user selection action and interact with the video display to generate an event marker during video content viewing, the user selection action being made in response to display of a display option and the event marker corresponding to a triggered declarative object (TDO) that is triggered by a trigger associated with a predetermined segment of the video content;

the data capture device being configured to capture for the event marker a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the video content being displayed at the time of the user selection;

an electronic storage device configured to receive and store the event marker and a URL associated with the video content being displayed at the time of the user selection; and

a user interface to display a plurality of stored event markers for user review and selection of at least one of the stored event markers, and present content from the URL of the selected at least one stored event marker on the video display.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, where the video display comprises a video display device.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising a button, the display option on a video device, or other clearly indicated selection device or step that is operative to mark an event.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, where marking an event comprises interacting with the button, activating a device, or selecting the display option to indicate a user event marker selection.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, where the event marker comprises a video content bookmark.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, where the video content bookmark comprises at least a date, time, channel, and video content subject data from the event marker.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, where the video content bookmark further comprises user supplied personal data.

26. The apparatus of claim 19, where the data stored in the electronic storage device further comprises a plurality of URLs, captured video clip content, or dynamic objects associated with the video content on display when the event marker is generated.

27. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the user interface is configured to display the stored event markers for review through an interactive video user interface on a video display device.

28. The apparatus of claim 19, where selection of any of the stored event markers retrieves from a content server generated content including any of declarative content, metadata, URLs, audio clips, video clips, text, graphics, and generated interactive content associated with subject data stored with the event marker.

29. A method comprising:

generating an event marker during video content viewing by a user selection action in response to display of a display option, the event marker corresponding to a triggered declarative object (TDO) that is triggered by a trigger associated with a predetermined segment of the video content;

capturing for the event marker and a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the video content at the time of the user selection action, where said user selection action comprises interacting with a button, the display option on a video content display device, or other clearly indicated selection device or step to generate the event marker;

where the event marker comprises a label indicating a point in the video content that is of interest to a user and where the data captured for the event marker comprises at least a date, time, channel, and video content subject data for the event marker;

where the data captured for the event marker further comprises user supplied personal data;

storing in an electronic storage device the event marker and the URL associated with the video content at the time of the user selection action, where the data stored in the electronic storage device further comprises at least a plurality of URLs, captured video clip content, or dynamic objects associated with the video content on display when the event marker is generated;

reviewing a plurality of stored event markers through an interactive video user interface;

selecting at least one of the stored event markers wherein the selection retrieves content from the URL of the selected at least one of the stored event markers for presentation to the user on the video content display device; and

where selecting any of the stored event markers retrieves from a content server generated content including any of declarative content, metadata, URLs, audio clips, video clips, text, graphics, and generated interactive content associated with the subject data stored with the selected event marker.