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Method and system for improving interactive media response systems using visual cues

  • US 9,955,205 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2005
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interactive media response method comprising:

  • determining, by a media stream generation system, a video compression standard used by a thin device, wherein the media stream generation system is connected to the thin device via a network;

    generating media at the media stream generation system using the determined video compression standard, wherein said media stream generation system provides interactive control of said generated media by utilizing a software application resident in said media stream generation system to modify said generated media subsequent to said media generation, said generated media comprising;

    a compressed visual prompt for display on said thin device using the determined video compression standard; and

    an audio prompt for presentation on said thin device;

    determining, by the media stream generation system, whether the video compression standard used by the thin device is a block-based video compression standard;

    in response to a determination that the video compression standard used by the thin device is a block-based video compression standard, the media stream generation system adjusting positions of text characters included in the compressed visual prompt based on block boundaries of the block-based video compression standard, wherein the adjusting comprises computing rendering coefficients of the text characters included in the compressed visual prompt;

    sending the rendering coefficients, said compressed visual prompt, and said audio prompt from the media stream generation system to said thin device via the network, wherein said sending of said compressed visual prompt and said audio prompt are synchronized based on a correlation of said compressed visual prompt and said audio prompt;

    decompressing, by the thin device, the compressed visual prompt using the determined video compression standard to generate a decompressed visual prompt; and

    displaying the decompressed visual prompt on said thin device.

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