Application triggering
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, that a match exists between at least one content frame in a piece of content and at least one reference frame associated with a trigger for an application, the trigger comprising a specification of an offset; and
activating the trigger for the application automatically in response to determining that the match exists between the at least one content frame and the at least one reference frame,wherein the determining that the match exists is based on a pixel by pixel comparison of the at least one reference frame and the at least one content frame.
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Abstract
An apparatus, method, system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for, in one aspect, determining when a trigger, such as an application trigger, should be generated. In some embodiments, the application trigger may be generated when a frame included in a feed (e.g., a content feed) matches a specified or indicated frame. In some embodiments, a comparison between the feed and the specified or indicated frame may be based on one or more tolerances or thresholds. In some embodiments, the feed may be split and content (e.g., video) obtained via the split may be combined (e.g., multiplexed) with a trigger. The combined content and trigger may be transmitted to one or more devices, such as one or more user devices.
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32 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining, by a computing device, that a match exists between at least one content frame in a piece of content and at least one reference frame associated with a trigger for an application, the trigger comprising a specification of an offset; and activating the trigger for the application automatically in response to determining that the match exists between the at least one content frame and the at least one reference frame, wherein the determining that the match exists is based on a pixel by pixel comparison of the at least one reference frame and the at least one content frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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10. A method comprising:
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activating, by a computing device, without user input a trigger for an application in response to determining that a match exists between at least one content frame and at least one reference frame associated with the trigger for the application, wherein the trigger causes the application to replace first data with second data, wherein the determining that the match exists is based on at least a macro block comparison of the at least one reference frame and the at least one content frame. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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17. A method comprising:
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determining, by a computing device, that a match exists between at least one content frame in a piece of content and at least one reference frame associated with a trigger for an application, the trigger comprising a specification of an offset; and activating the trigger for the application automatically in response to determining that the match exists between the at least one content frame and the at least one reference frame, wherein the determining that the match exists is based on a color comparison of the at least one reference frame and the at least one content frame. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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determining, by a computing device, that a match exists between at least one content frame in a piece of content and at least one reference frame associated with a trigger for an application, the trigger comprising a specification of an offset; and activating the trigger for the application automatically in response to determining that the match exists between the at least one content frame and the at least one reference frame, wherein the determining that the match exists is based on a macro block comparison of the at least one reference frame and the at least one content frame. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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determining, by a computing device, that a match exists between at least one content frame in a piece of content and at least one reference frame associated with a trigger for an application, the trigger comprising a specification of an offset; and activating the trigger for the application automatically in response to determining that the match exists between the at least one content frame and the at least one reference frame, wherein the determining that the match exists is based on a hash comparison of the at least one reference frame and the at least one content frame. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A method comprising:
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determining, by a computing device, that a match exists between at least one content frame in a piece of content and at least one reference frame associated with a trigger for an application, the trigger comprising a specification of an offset; and activating the trigger for the application automatically in response to determining that the match exists between the at least one content frame and the at least one reference frame, wherein the determining that the match exists is based on an eigenvector comparison of the at least one reference frame and the at least one content frame. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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