Methods for linking an electronic media work to perform an action

• US 9,529,870 B1
• Filed: 12/28/2015
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Network-1 Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Network-1 Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Cox, Ingemar J.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEN, CAI Y
• Application Number:
  US14/981,645
• Time in Patent Office: 365 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/532 Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5838 using colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/73 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 : Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 : Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 : Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 : Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/90 : characterised by the use of signatures
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/37 : for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/58 : of audio determination or detection of speech characteristics in general G10L25/00; speech recognition in general G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/59 : of video recognising characters or patterns in general G06F18/00, G06V20/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 : Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/256 : NAT traversal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 : for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 : Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 : based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 : Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 : for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 : involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2407 : Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 : involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43 : Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 : involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 : involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• 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 21/4788 : 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 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• 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 21/8586 : 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

Abstract

A method including the steps of: receiving, by a computer system including at least one computer, a first electronic media work uploaded from a first electronic device; extracting one or more features from the first electronic media work; linking the first electronic media work with a reference electronic media work identifier associated with a reference electronic media work to generate correlation information using an approximate nearest neighbor search; storing the correlation information; receiving, from a second electronic device, a query related to the first electronic media work; correlating the query with action information related to an action to be performed and associated with the reference electronic media work identifier based at least in part on the correlation information; generating machine-readable instructions based upon the action information; and providing to the second electronic device, the machine-readable instructions to be used in performing the action.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computer system including at least one computer, a first electronic media work comprising at least one of an image file or a video file uploaded from a first electronic device;

extracting, using the computer system, one or more features from the first electronic media work;

linking, by the computer system, the first electronic media work with a first reference electronic media work identifier associated with a first reference electronic media work to generate correlation information using an approximate nearest neighbor search, which is a sub-linear search of an electronic database of reference features corresponding to reference electronic media works that identifies a match within a threshold of at least one of the reference features to the extracted one or more features but does not guarantee to identify the closest match to the extracted one or more features, and wherein the correlation information relates the first electronic media work with at least action information identifying an action associated with the first reference electronic media work identifier;

storing, by the computer system, the correlation information;

receiving, by the computer system from a second electronic device associated with an audience member, a query related to the first electronic media work;

correlating, by the computer system, the query with the action information for an action to be performed based at least in part on the correlation information;

generating, by the computer system, machine-readable instructions based upon the action information; and

providing, from the computer system to the second electronic device, the machine-readable instructions to be executed by the second electronic device in performing the action.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the action is related to one or more items for sale.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the action is related to names of the one or more items for sale.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the action is related to a product category associated with the one or more items for sale.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the action is related to a manufacturer of the one or more items for sale.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the action is related to a website associated with the one or more items for sale.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device are different from one another.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second electronic device is at least one of a television, a set-top-box, a video recorder, a computer, a cell phone, a remote control, or a portable device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second electronic device stores commercial transaction data, and wherein the action is a commercial transaction, and the method further comprises performing the commercial transaction using the stored commercial transaction data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the stored commercial transaction data comprises at least one of a purchaser'"'"'s name, a purchaser'"'"'s address, or credit card information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises displaying an advertisement.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the action comprises electronically registering a user associated with the second electronic device with at least one of a service or a product related to the advertisement.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the action comprises electronically providing at least one of a coupon or a certificate related to the advertisement.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the action comprises allowing a user associated with the second electronic device to interact with a video stream related to the advertisement.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises presenting a user associated with the second electronic device questions about the media work.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises displaying additional information on the second electronic device.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracted one or more features comprise intra-work information of the first electronic media work.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises displaying an advertisement.

29. The method of claim 28 wherein the action comprises electronically registering a user associated with the second electronic device with at least one of a service or a product related to the advertisement.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein the action comprises electronically providing at least one of a coupon or a certificate related to the advertisement.

31. The method of claim 28, wherein the action comprises allowing a user associated with the second electronic device to interact with a video stream related to the advertisement.

18. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computer system including at least one computer, a first electronic media work comprising at least one of an image file or a video file uploaded from a first electronic device;

extracting, using the computer system, one or more features from the first electronic media work;

linking, by the computer system, the first electronic media work with a first reference electronic media work identifier associated with a first reference electronic media work to generate correlation information using an approximate nearest neighbor search, which is a sub-linear search of an electronic database of reference features corresponding to reference electronic media works that identifies a match within a threshold of at least one of the reference features to the extracted one or more features but does not guarantee to identify the closest match to the extracted one or more features, and wherein the correlation information relates the first electronic media work with at least the first reference electronic media work identifier;

storing, by the computer system, the correlation information;

receiving, by the computer system from a second electronic device associated with an audience member, a query related to the first electronic media work;

correlating, by the computer system, the query with action information related to an action to be performed and associated with the first reference electronic media work identifier, based at least in part on the correlation information;

generating, by the computer system, machine-readable instructions based upon the action information; and

providing, from the computer system to the second electronic device, the machine-readable instructions to be executed by the second electronic device in performing the action.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the action is related to one or more items for sale.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the action is related to names of the one or more items for sale.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the action is related to a product category associated with the one or more items for sale.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the action is related to a manufacturer of the one or more items for sale.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the action is related to a website associated with the one or more items for sale.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device are different from one another.

25. The method of claim 18, wherein the second electronic device is at least one of a television, a set-top-box, a video recorder, a computer, a cell phone, a remote control, or a portable device.

26. The method of claim 18, wherein the second electronic device stores commercial transaction data, and wherein the action is a commercial transaction, and the method further comprises performing the commercial transaction using the stored commercial transaction data.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the stored commercial transaction data comprises at least one of a purchaser'"'"'s name, a purchaser'"'"'s address, or credit card information.

32. The method of claim 18, wherein the action comprises presenting a user associated with the second electronic device questions about the media work.

33. The method of claim 18, wherein the action comprises displaying additional information on the second electronic device.

34. The method of claim 18, wherein the extracted one or more features comprise intra-work information of the first electronic media work.