Creation of video bookmarks via scripted interactivity in advanced digital television

• US 8,886,009 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2011
• Issued: 11/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Eyer, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chowdhury, Nigar
• Application Number:
  US13/304,126
• Publication Number:
  US 20120275764A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,084 Days
• Field of Search: 386239-241, 386/248
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8166 involving executable data, e.g. software arrangements for executing specific programs G06F9/44; broadcasting computer programmes in broadcast systems H04H20/91; involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8545 for generating interactive applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for creating and/or altering a video bookmark is described. The method comprises an operation of processing a request from a downloaded scripted object to create a video bookmark. The video bookmark may be information that is used for performing an action involving additional information related to the video content being played at a time of the request. Thereafter, the video bookmark is created based on the request.

Claims

1. A method of an information processing apparatus for creating a bookmark, comprising:

reproducing video content received by the information processing apparatus;

executing, by circuitry of the information processing apparatus, a downloadable triggered declarative object (TDO) in synchronization with the reproduced video content;

processing, by the circuitry of the information processing apparatus, a request from the TDO to create the bookmark, the bookmark including a location of a declarative object that is related to the video content being reproduced at a time of the request; and

creating the bookmark based on the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the bookmark includes an image from the reproduced video content captured at the time of the request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the bookmark includes metadata associated with a product or service being displayed during reproduction of the video content.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the location of the declarative object is defined by a uniform resource locator (URL).

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the location of the declarative object is defined by a pointer to one or more files stored externally from the information processing apparatus.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing includes receiving an Application Programming Interface (API) function call into an Application Programming Interface, the API function call being translated into signaling to create the bookmark, the signaling includes addressing information for subsequent use in retrieving the declarative object from an external source.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the signaling further includes an identifier for use in avoiding repetitive storage of bookmarks.

8. An electronic device comprising:

circuitry configured to

reproduce video content, and

execute a downloadable triggered declarative object (TDO) in synchronization with the reproduced video content, the TDO being configured to detect a bookmark event during reproduction of the video content, the bookmark event being an event that causes creation of metadata, the metadata including a location of a declarative object that is related to the video content being reproduced at a time of the bookmark event.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 being a digital television including a receiver including the circuitry.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the circuitry includes a tuner, a demultiplexer coupled to the tuner, and a decoder coupled to the demultiplexer and a display.

11. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the metadata is part of a bookmark that is associated with a product or service being displayed during reproduction of the video content.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the location of the declarative object is defined by a uniform resource locator (URL).

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the TDO executed by the circuitry further generates an Application Programming Interface (API) function call that is subsequently translated into signaling to create the bookmark, the signaling includes an identifier for subsequent use in identifying the bookmark and addressing information for subsequent use in retrieving the declarative object from an external source.

14. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the the location of the declarative object is defined by a pointer to one or more files stored externally from the electronic device.

15. A non-transitory storage medium to store an executable object that, when executed by a processor, causes an electronic device, implemented with both the non-transitory storage medium and the processor, to perform operations comprising:

reproducing video content received by the information processing apparatus;

executing, by the processor, a downloadable triggered declarative object (TDO) in synchronization with the reproduced video content;

processing, by the processor, a request from the TDO to create a bookmark, the bookmark including a location of a declarative object that is related to the video content being reproduced at a time of the request; and

creating the bookmark based on the request.

16. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 15, wherein the information within the bookmark includes metadata associated with a product or service being displayed during reproduction of the video content.

17. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 15, wherein the location of the declarative object is defined by a uniform resource locator (URL).

18. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 15, wherein the location of the declarative object is defined by a pointer to one or more files stored externally from the electronic device.