Simultaneous multi-user marking interactions

• US 9,501,151 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2013
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Plagemann, Christian, Kauffmann, Alejandro
• Primary Examiner(s): Ell, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US13/765,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20150169066A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/157, 345/676, 715/728, 715/753
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A method to provide simultaneous interaction with content while not disturbing the content being provided is disclosed. Content may be provided to a group of users. At least one of the users may make a gesture. The gesture may be associated with a user identifier and with a content identifier. An event may be stored based on the gesture from the at least one of the users, the user identifier, and the content identifier. The event may be selected from the group consisting of: a vote, a purchase decision, a modification of content, an adjustment of a device setting, or a bookmark. A notice may be provided to the at least one user to indicate that the action requested by the gesture was performed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining multiple images that are taken by a camera;

determining that the images show at least one of a plurality of users performing a particular gesture during or immediately after a particular time when particular content was rendered by a first application, wherein the particular content that was rendered by the first application is a first content type of multiple different content types that were simultaneously rendered by the first application at the particular time;

determining a content identifier associated with the particular content that was rendered by the first application at the particular time;

selecting a particular input based at least on (i) the particular gesture, (ii) a user identifier associated with a particular user of the plurality of users that performed the particular gesture, and (iii) the content identifier associated with the particular content that was rendered by the first application at the particular time; and

providing the particular input to another application that identifies a particular content file, from a set of multiple content files, that corresponds to the particular content that was rendered by the first application at the particular time based on the particular input.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

accessing, based at least on the particular input, the particular content file associated with the particular content that was rendered by the first application at the particular time; and

providing the particular content file to an account associated with the particular user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the particular input comprises an instruction to execute a purchase of the particular content file;

and

wherein accessing the particular content file associated with the particular content, and providing the particular content file to an account associated with the particular user comprises accessing, based at least on an instruction to execute a purchase of the particular content file, the particular content file associated with the particular content, and providing the particular content file to an account associated with the particular user.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, comprising:

accessing one or more preferences from an account associated with a second user of the plurality of users; and

wherein accessing, based at least on the particular input, the particular content file associated with the particular content, further comprises accessing, based at least on the particular input and the one or more preferences, the particular content file associated with the particular content.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining that the images show at least one of the plurality of users performing the particular gesture during or immediately after a particular time when particular content was rendered by the first application, comprises determining that the images show the at least one of the plurality of users performing the particular gesture during or immediately after a particular time when particular content originating from an account of a second user of the plurality of users was rendered by the first application;

and

wherein the application is associated with the account of the second user.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

determining that the particular content originates from an account of a second user of the multiple users; and

processing, by the application, the particular input in accordance with settings associated with the second user.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular time is associated with an amount of time elapsed since rendering of the particular content was initiated by the particular user of the plurality of users that performed the particular gesture.

7. A system comprising:

one or more data processing apparatus; and

a computer-readable storage device having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more data processing apparatus, cause the one or more data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising;

obtaining multiple images that are taken by a camera;

determining that the images show at least one of a plurality of users performing a particular gesture during or immediately after a particular time when particular content was rendered by a first application, wherein the particular content that was rendered by the first application is a first content type of multiple different content types that were simultaneously rendered by the first application at the particular time;

determining a content identifier associated with the particular content that was rendered by the first application at the particular time;

selecting a particular input based at least on (i) the particular gesture, (ii) a user identifier that is associated with a particular user of the plurality of users that performed the particular gesture, and (iii) the content identifier that is associated with the particular content that was rendered by the first application at the particular time; and

providing the particular input to another application that selects a rating for the particular content based on the particular input.

8. The system of claim 7 comprising:

determining that the images show a second user of the plurality of users performing a second gesture during or immediately after a particular time when the particular content was rendered by the first application;

selecting a second input based at least on (i) the second gesture, (ii) a user identifier that is associated with the second user of the plurality of users that performed the second gesture, and (iii) the content identifier that is associated with the particular content that was rendered by the first application at the particular time;

providing the second input to the application; and

based at least on the particular input and the second input, determining not to modify a rendering of the particular content.

9. The system of claim 7, comprising:

storing data associating the particular user, the particular content, and the rating.

10. The system of claim 9, comprising:

based at least on the rating for the particular content, determining to modify a rendering of the particular content.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, comprising:

providing the particular input to an application that identifies a particular content file, from a set of multiple content files, that corresponds to the particular content that was rendered by the first application at the particular time based on the particular input;

accessing, based at least on the particular input, the particular content file associated with the content; and

providing the particular content file to an account associated with the particular user.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the particular input comprises an instruction to execute a purchase of the particular content file;

and

wherein accessing the particular content file associated with the particular content, and providing the particular content file to an account associated with the particular user comprises accessing, based at least on an instruction to execute a purchase of the particular content file, the particular content file associated with the particular content, and providing the particular content file to an account associated with the particular user.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, comprising:

accessing one or more preferences from an account associated with a second user of the plurality of users; and

wherein accessing, based at least on the particular input, the particular content file associated with the particular content, further comprises accessing, based at least on the particular input and the one or more preferences, the particular content file associated with the particular content.