Methods, systems and processor-readable media for bidirectional communications and data sharing

• US 9,459,762 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2014
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FlickIntelligence, LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Original Assignee: FlickIntelligence, LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Inventors: Lopez, Kermit D., Ortiz, Luis M., Krukar, Richard H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Matt
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shiberou, Mahelet
• Application Number:
  US14/253,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20140344719A1
• Time in Patent Office: 903 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03542 Light pens for emitting or receiving light
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1431 using a single graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• 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 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43074 of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4415 using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
• 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 21/4784 : receiving rewards
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 : communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 : involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• 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 5/445 : for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

Methods, systems and processor-readable media for supporting bidirectional communications and data sharing. One or more wireless hand held devices can be registered with one or more controllers associated with one or more multimedia displays. One or more profile icons can be selected for use as a cursor(s) during interaction of the wireless hand held device(s) with one or more multimedia display(s) during rendering of an event as data on the multimedia display(s). Supplemental data can be provided from the multimedia display(s) and/or a remote database to the wireless hand held device(s) based on a selection of the data rendered on the multimedia display(s) marked by the cursor utilizing the wireless hand held device(s).

Claims

1. A method for supporting bidirectional communications and data sharing, said method comprising:

selecting at least one profile icon for use as a first cursor during interaction of a first wireless hand held device with at least one multimedia display during rendering of an event as data on said at least one multimedia display wherein the first cursor is displayed on the at least one multimedia display and wherein the first wireless hand held device is controllable by a first person and wherein a wireless hand held device is capable of being manipulated to control the first cursor position;

registering a second wireless hand held device with a controller wherein the at least one multimedia display is directly observable by a second person manipulating the second wireless hand held device wherein at least one additional profile icon is stored in a memory accessible by the second wireless hand held device;

selecting the at least one additional profile icon for use as a second cursor during interaction of the second wireless hand held device with said at least one multimedia display during rendering of the event and wherein the second cursor is displayable on the at least one multimedia display and wherein the second wireless hand held device is capable of being manipulated by the second person to control a displayed position of the second cursor; and

altering the appearance of the first or second cursor such that the second cursor is visibly distinct from the first cursor.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing supplemental data from the at least one multimedia display to the first or second wireless hand held device based on a selection of said data rendered on said at least one multimedia display marked by said first or second cursor utilizing said first or second wireless hand held device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing supplemental data from a remote database to the first or second wireless hand held device based on a selection of said data rendered on said at least one multimedia display marked by said first or second cursor utilizing said first or second wireless hand held device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising registering the first wireless hand held device with the controller associated with the at least one multimedia display such that the the at least one multimedia display is directly observable by a person maninpulating the first wireless hand held device and wherein the at least one profile icon is stored in a memory accessible by the first wireless hand held device.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting content/media of interest via said first or second wireless hand held device with respect to said at least one profile icon or said at least one additional icon displayed on said at least one multimedia display.

6. The method of claim 2 further comprising displaying said supplemental data on said at least one multimedia display and/or a display screen on said first wireless hand held device and/or said second wireless hand held device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said event comprises a movie.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said event comprises a television program.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said event comprises a recorded event.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said event comprises a multimedia game.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein said event comprises a live event.

12. A system for supporting bidirectional communications and data sharing, said system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to said processor; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for;

selecting at least one profile icon for use as a first cursor during interaction of a first wireless hand held device with at least one multimedia display during rendering of an event as data on said at least one multimedia display wherein the first cursor is displayed on the at least one multimedia display and wherein the first wireless hand held device is controllable by a first person and wherein a wireless hand held device is capable of being manipulated to control the first cursor position;

registering a second wireless hand held device with a controller wherein the at least one multimedia display is directly observable by a second person manipulating the second wireless hand held device wherein at least one additional profile icon is stored in a memory accessible by the second wireless hand held device;

selecting the at least one additional profile icon for use as a second cursor during interaction of the second wireless hand held device with said at least one multimedia display during rendering of the event and wherein the second cursor is displayable on the at least one multimedia display and wherein the second wireless hand held device is capable of being manipulated by the second person to control a displayed position of the second cursor; and

altering the appearance of the first or second cursor such that the second cursor is visibly distinct from the first cursor.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said instructions are further configured for providing supplemental data from the at least one multimedia display to the first or second wireless hand held device based on a selection of said data rendered on said at least one multimedia display marked by said first or second cursor utilizing said first or second wireless hand held device.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein said instructions are further configured for providing supplemental data from a remote database to the first or second wireless hand held device based on a selection of said data rendered on said at least one multimedia display marked by said first or second cursor utilizing said first or second wireless hand held device.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein said instructions are further configured for registering the first wireless hand held device with the controller associated with the at least one multimedia display such that the at least one multimedia display is directly observable by a person maninpulating the first wireless hand held device and wherein the at least one profile icon is stored in a memory accessible by the first wireless hand held device.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein said instructions are further configured for selecting content/media of interest via said first or second wireless hand held device with respect to said at least one profile icon or said at least one additional icon displayed on said at least one multimedia display.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein said instructions are further configured for displaying said supplemental data on said at least one multimedia display and/or a display screen on said first wireless hand held device and/or said second wireless hand held device.

18. The system of claim 12 wherein said event comprises at least one of:

a movie, a television program, a recorded event, a multimedia game, and a live event.

19. A system for supporting bidirectional communications and data sharing, said system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to said processor; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for;

selecting at least one profile icon for use as a first cursor during interaction of a first wireless hand held device with at least one multimedia display during rendering of an event as data on said at least one multimedia display wherein the first cursor is displayed on the at least one multimedia display and wherein the first wireless hand held device is controllable by a first person and wherein a wireless hand held device is capable of being manipulated to control the first cursor position;

registering a second wireless hand held device with a controller wherein the at least one multimedia display is directly observable by a second person manipulating the second wireless hand held device wherein at least one additional profile icon is stored in a memory accessible by the second wireless hand held device; and

selecting the at least one additional profile icon for use as a second cursor during interaction of the second wireless hand held device with said at least one multimedia display during rendering of the event and wherein the second cursor is displayable on the at least one multimedia display and wherein the second wireless hand held device is capable of being manipulated by the second person to control a displayed position of the second cursor.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein said instructions are further configured for altering the appearance of the first or second cursor such that the second cursor is visibly distinct from the first cursor.