Selective invocation of playback content supplementation

• US 20090048692A1
• Filed: 08/17/2007
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC A Limited Liability Corporation of The State of Delaware
• Inventors: Lord, Robert W., Levien, Royce A., Wood, Lowell L. JR., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,583,267 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• 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 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path

Abstract

A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration and signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration; and

signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration.

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15. A system comprising:

means for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration; and

means for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration.

16. The system of claim 15 in which the means for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration comprises:

means for means for accepting information about the one or more positions at a message supplementation system.

17. The system of claim 15 in which the means for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration comprises:

means for obtaining a relationship at least between the one or more positions and one or more past event dates.

18. The system of claim 15 in which the means for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration comprises:

means for obtaining one or more user identifiers in the indication of the playback system configuration.

19. The system of claim 15 in which the means for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration comprises:

means for interleaving one or more supplemental content segments between a first message portion and a second message portion of the playable message.

20. The system of claim 15 in which the means for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration comprises:

means for causing one or more systems to be configured using at least the playback system configuration.

21. The system of claim 15 in which the means for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration comprises:

means for receiving one or more content types of one or more supplemental content segments.

22. The system of claim 15 in which the means for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration comprises:

means for accepting the decision from a user.

23. The system of claim 15 in which the means for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration comprises:

means for causing a presentation to exclude a portion of the playable message at least in response to the indication of the playback system configuration.

24. The system of claim 15 in which the means for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration comprises:

means for obtaining an association between the playback system configuration and one or more specific systems.

25. The system of claim 15 in which the means for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration comprises:

means for causing the playback system to receive at least a portion of the playable message responsive to the playback system configuration.

26. The system of claim 15 in which the means for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration comprises:

means for accessing at least some information about a first content segment from a first system and some information about a second content segment from a second system.

27. The system of claim 15 in which the means for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration comprises:

means for applying one or more content selection criteria to an inventory of available content in selecting one or more supplemental content segments.

28. The system of claim 15 in which the means for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration comprises:

means for configuring one or more content selection criteria using at least some of the playback system configuration.

29. A system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration; and

circuitry for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration.

31. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration comprises:

circuitry for obtaining a relationship at least between the one or more positions and one or more past event dates.

32. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration comprises:

circuitry for obtaining one or more user identifiers in the indication of the playback system configuration.

34. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration comprises:

circuitry for causing one or more systems to be configured using at least the playback system configuration.

36. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration comprises:

circuitry for accepting the decision from a user.

37. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration comprises:

circuitry for causing a presentation to exclude a portion of the playable message at least in response to the indication of the playback system configuration.

38. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration comprises:

circuitry for obtaining an association between the playback system configuration and one or more specific systems.

40. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message responsive to the indication of the playback system configuration comprises:

circuitry for accessing at least some information about a first content segment from a first system and some information about a second content segment from a second system.

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43. An apparatus comprising:

one or more physical media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method including at least obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration; and

signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message.

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63. An apparatus comprising:

one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output indicating an occurrence of obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration; and

signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable message.

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