Pattern-based encoding and detection
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- generating a message on an encoder, the message including a trigger for enhancement of game play associated with a game and game play enhancement data associated with the game;
generating a bar code from the message on the encoder, the bar code including the trigger and the game play enhancement data;
encoding the bar code on the encoder in an active portion of a video signal, the video signal being associated with the game; and
providing the encoded video signal to a broadcast source, the broadcast source capable of distributing the encoded video signal to a viewer.
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Abstract
A method and system for encoding a content signal having one or more content segments. The one or more content segments of the content signal are identifying or obtained. One or more encoded patterns are superimposed or inserted in a segment portion of at least one of the one or more content segments by use of an insertion method that renders the one or more encoded patterns substantially invisible within the content signal. A method for detecting an encoded message within an encoded content signal. A pattern format is identified in at least one of the content segments. One or more encoded patterns are extracted from the one or more pattern formatted identified content segments. The one or more encoded patterns are decoded. The encoded message decoded from the encoded content signal is utilized.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating a message on an encoder, the message including a trigger for enhancement of game play associated with a game and game play enhancement data associated with the game; generating a bar code from the message on the encoder, the bar code including the trigger and the game play enhancement data; encoding the bar code on the encoder in an active portion of a video signal, the video signal being associated with the game; and providing the encoded video signal to a broadcast source, the broadcast source capable of distributing the encoded video signal to a viewer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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optically receiving an encoded video signal on a mobile electronic device from an electronic display device, the encoded video signal including a bar code encoded in an active portion of a plurality of frames of the encoded video signal; identifying a portion of the encoded video signal as being in a bar code pattern format on the mobile electronic device; decoding the bar code on the mobile electronic device to recover a message, the message including a trigger for enhancement of game play associated with an electronic game and game play enhancement data; and enhancing the game play of the electronic game on the mobile electronic device using the game play enhancement data based on the trigger. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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optically receive an image of a video signal on a mobile electronic device from an electronic display device; identify a bar code in an active portion of the video signal on the mobile electronic device; decode the bar code on the mobile electronic device to recover a message, the message including a trigger for enhancement of game play associated with an electronic game and game play enhancement data; and enhance the game play of the electronic game on the mobile electronic device using the game play enhancement data based on the trigger, the game play occurring synchronously with the video signal.
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