Identifying a locale depicted within a video

• US 9,147,433 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2013
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CustomPlay, LLC
• Original Assignee: CustomPlay, LLC
• Inventors: Abecassis, Max
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, William
• Application Number:
  US13/964,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20140064704A1
• Time in Patent Office: 778 Days
• Field of Search: 386/241, 386/248, 386/249, 386/250
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783
• 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: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42208 Display device provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• 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 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• 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 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 : by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 : Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739
• 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 5/445 : for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 : Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 : Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/80 : Transformation of the television signal for recording, e.g. modulation, frequency changing; Inverse transformation for playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 : Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence

Abstract

A video map comprising a first plurality of segment definitions defining video segments within a video, the defining being responsive to at least one presentation of the video less in length than the length of the video; a first segment definition that defines a first video segment within the video and is associated with an actual identity of a locale depicted within the first video segment, the actual identity of the locale being different than a locale identity as represented in the video; a second segment definition that defines a second video segment within the video and is associated with an identification of a cinematic technique depicted within the second video segment; and a third segment definition that defines a third video segment within the video and is associated with an explanation of a depiction within the third video segment.

Claims

1. A method comprising the steps of:

receiving, during a playing of a video, a request for locale information;

identifying, responsive to the request, a location in the video;

selecting, from a plurality of video frame identifiers, a video frame identifier that is responsive to the identified location, the selected video frame identifier being associated with a linkage for retrieving, from a remote source, an interactive street view map relating to an actual identity of a locale depicted within the video, the actual identity of the locale being different than an identity of the locale as represented in the video;

providing, responsive to the selected video frame identifier, the actual identity of the locale depicted within the video;

receiving a request for additional locale information; and

providing, responsive to the request for additional locale information and the linkage, an interactive street view map relating to the locale depicted within the video.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the provided interactive street view map is a dynamic and interactive photorealistic street view map.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the linkage for retrieving the interactive street view map comprises an address relating to the actual identity of the locale depicted within the video;

and wherein the linkage for retrieving the interactive street view map comprises display information.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

pausing the playing of the video in response to receiving the request for additional locale information; and

resuming the playing at a location that is responsive to an amount of time that the playing has been paused.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the linkage for retrieving the interactive street view map comprises display information.

6. A method comprising the steps of:

retrieving a plurality of video frame identifiers comprising at least one video frame identifier being associated with information for retrieving a dynamic and interactive street view map relating to an actual identity of a locale depicted within a video, the actual identity of the locale being different than an identity of the locale as represented in the video;

monitoring a play location within a playing of the video;

selecting, from the plurality of video frame identifiers, a video frame identifier that is responsive to the play location;

providing, during the playing of the video, and responsive to the selected video frame identifier, an indication that information is available for the locale depicted within the video;

receiving a request that is responsive to the indication; and

providing, responsive to the request, a dynamic and interactive street view map relating to the actual identity of the locale depicted within the video.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the information for retrieving the dynamic and interactive street view map comprises display information.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the dynamic and interactive street view map is a dynamic and interactive multi-featured map.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the information for retrieving the dynamic and interactive street view map comprises a linkage for retrieving, from a remote source, a dynamic and interactive street view map relating to an actual identity of the locale depicted within the video.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein the information for retrieving the dynamic and interactive street view map comprises a linkage having display information for retrieving, from a remote source, a dynamic and interactive street view map.

11. The method of claim 6 further comprising the steps of:

pausing the playing of the video in response receiving the request;

resuming the playing at a location that is responsive to an amount of time that the playing has been paused.

12. The method of claim 6 wherein the information for retrieving the dynamic and interactive street view map comprises display information, and wherein the dynamic and interactive street view map is a dynamic and interactive multi-featured map.

13. The method of claim 6 wherein the indication that information is available comprises a name and an address of an actual identity of the locale depicted within the video.

14. A method comprising the steps of:

retrieving a plurality of video frame identifiers comprising at least one video frame identifier being associated with information for retrieving an interactive street view map relating to an actual identity of a locale depicted within a video, the actual identity of the locale being different than an identity of the locale as represented in the video;

monitoring a play location within a playing of the video;

selecting, from the plurality of video frame identifiers, a video frame identifier that is responsive to the play location; and

providing, responsive to the selected video frame identifier, an interactive street view map relating to the actual identity of the locale depicted within the video.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the information for retrieving the interactive street view map comprises a linkage having display information;

and wherein the provided interactive street view map is an interactive photorealistic street view map;

the method further comprising the steps of;

pausing the playing of the video in response to receiving a request for additional locale information; and

resuming the playing at a location that is responsive to an amount of time that the playing has been paused.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the information for retrieving the interactive street view map comprises a linkage having display information;

and wherein the provided interactive street view map is an interactive photorealistic street view map.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the information for retrieving the interactive street view map comprises display information;

and wherein the provided interactive street view map is an interactive multi-featured map.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein the provided interactive street view map is a dynamic and interactive photorealistic street view map.

19. The method of claim 14 wherein the information for retrieving the interactive street view map comprises display information and an address relating to the actual identity of the locale depicted within the video.

20. The method of claim 14 wherein the information for retrieving the interactive street view map comprises a linkage for retrieving the interactive street view map from a remote source.