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Dynamic modification of video content at a set-top box device

  • US 9,172,943 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2010
  • Issued: 10/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving video content at a set-top box device;

    receiving scene data defining a three-dimensional scene that is distinct from the video content and that corresponds to a scene of the video content;

    receiving object data defining a three-dimensional graphical object, wherein the scene data specifies physical properties to enable rendering of the three-dimensional graphical object, the physical properties indicating an effect of gravity on the three-dimensional graphical object and indicating whether the effect of gravity is to be simulated on the three-dimensional graphical object;

    processing the scene data and the object data to render the three-dimensional graphical object and to overlay the rendered three-dimensional graphical object over a portion of the video content to generate dynamically modified video content;

    sending the dynamically modified video content to a display device;

    after sending the dynamically modified video content to the display device, receiving a user request, at the set-top box device, to animate the three-dimensional graphical object; and

    in response to the user request, dynamically modifying a display characteristic of the three-dimensional graphical object.

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