System and method for interactive competitive release board

• US 9,542,058 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2010
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Pictures Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Pictures Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Emery, Melissa, Gueron, Ivan, Kim, Sung, McMillian, Adrian, Singh, Gurvinder
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brahmachari, Mandrita
• Application Number:
  US12/799,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20100299624A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,456 Days
• Field of Search: 715/771, 715/963
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A method and system for manipulating data that includes accessing content data related to an upcoming event that is scheduled for release. A data record for the event is generated from information about the event such as day and month of release. A first representation of the event release information is displayed on a display module such as a monitor so that position of the release information relates to the date of release. The first representation may then be accessed to display additional data and the position of the event release may change based on changes to the event.

Claims

1. A method for manipulating data on a competitive release board, in a video wall display format that displays twelve months at a time, each month separately displayed along a video wall display, for movie release dates by movie production studio sources comprising the steps of:

accessing content data from movie production studio sources of the content data;

generating a data record from the content data of each movie production studio source;

augmenting each data record for additional data based on a conflict actually impacting the movie release data and a conflict potentially impacting the movie release data to form an augmented data record;

displaying in table format, for each month displayed on the video wall display, a representation of the augmented data record for each movie production studio source in separate rows in a column direction on one or more display modules such that a display position is a function of a time portion of the content data, the time portion extending in a single row direction of the table format, the time portion being a movie release date to consumers;

accessing the representation of the augmented data record to display the additional data,

revising the movie release date of the augmented data record based on a user'"'"'s edits to the data record, the conflict impacting the movie release date and the conflict potentially impacting the movie release date such that the display position of the representation of the augmented data record in the row for its movie production studio source is electronically changed;

displaying, for each month displayed on the video wall display, the representation of the revised augmented data record in a new time position in the row for its movie production studio source on the one or more display modules reflecting the revision;

identifying one or more contingency conditions as content data;

in response to the identified one or more contingency conditions, and without further input from the user, adjusting the position of the representation of the revised augmented data record based on the contingency condition.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

modifying the portion of the content data based on the contingency condition.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, where the content data includes sporting event data or entertainment event data.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

establishing one or more alert criterion based on accessed content data.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

modifying the portion of the content data based on the one or more alert criterion.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the augmented data record includes utilizing a plurality of display devices configured such that each display device displays a predetermined amount of one or more augmented data records.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the augmented data record includes utilizing a display device configured to display a predetermined amount of one or more augmented data records.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the augmented data record further comprises:

displaying a first quantity of augmented data records at a first display device; and

displaying a second quantity of augmented data records at a second display device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the augmented data record further comprises scrolling.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

sorting each augmented data record;

displaying the sorted augmented data record based on the sorting operation.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additional data includes audio data, text data or preview data.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the additional data includes a static image.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the additional data includes static image data combined with video data on a single display.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of generating the first data record from the content data includes user input.

15. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of augmenting each data record to form the augmented data record includes user input.

16. A method for displaying data on a competitive release board, in a video wall display format that displays twelve months at a time, each month separately displayed along a video wall display, for movie release dates by movie production studio sources comprising the steps of:

accessing content data from movie production studio sources of the content data;

generating a product record from the content data of each movie production studio source, that includes an associated date identifier;

augmenting each product record for additional data, utilizing user input, a conflict actually impacting the movie release data and a conflict potentially impacting the movie release date, to form an augmented product record;

displaying in table format, for each month displayed on the video wall display, a representation of the augmented product record for each movie production studio source in separate rows in a column direction on one or more display modules such that a display position is a function of the date identifier, wherein dates extending in a single row direction of the table format, the date identifier being a movie release date to consumers;

accessing the representation of the augmented product record to display the additional data;

revising the movie release date, by user input, of the augmented product record based on a user input, the conflict impacting the movie release date and the conflict potentially impacting the movie release date such that the display position of the representation of the augmented product record in the row of its movie production studio source is electronically changed;

displaying, for each month displayed on the video wall display, the representation of the revised augmented product record in a different time position in the row of its movie production studio source on the one or more display modules that reflects the revised date identifier;

identifying one or more contingency conditions as content data;

in response to the identified one or more contingency conditions, and without further input from the user, adjusting the position of the representation of the revised augmented data record based on the contingency condition.

17. An apparatus for manipulating data on a competitive release board, in a video wall display format that displays twelve months at a time, each month separately displayed along a video wall display, for movie release dates by movie production studio sources in one or more databases, said apparatus comprising:

at least one programmable processor, a memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor, and an electronic display device operatively coupled to the at least one processor, and at least one computer input device operatively coupled to the at least one processor;

wherein the memory contains instructions that, when executed by at least one of the processors, causes the apparatus to carry out instructions including

accessing content data from movie production studio databases of the content data;

generating a data record from the content data of each movie production studio source;

augmenting each data record for additional data based on a conflict actually impacting the movie release data and a conflict potentially impacting the movie release data to form an augmented data record;

displaying in table format, for each month displayed on the video wall display, a representation of the augmented data record for each movie production studio source in separate rows in a column direction on one or more display modules such that a display position is a function of a time portion of the content data, the time portion extending in a single row direction of the table format, the time portion being a movie release date to consumers;

accessing the representation of the augmented data record to display the additional data,

revising the movie release date of the augmented data record based on a user'"'"'s edits to the data record, the conflict impacting the movie release date and the conflict potentially impacting the movie release date such that the display position of the representation of the augmented data record in the row for its movie production studio source is electronically changed;

displaying, for each month displayed on the video wall display, the representation of the revised augmented data record in a new time position in the row for its movie production studio source on the one or more display modules reflecting the revision;

identifying one or more contingency conditions as content data;

in response to the identified one or more contingency conditions, and without further input from the user, adjusting the position of the representation of the revised augmented data record based on the contingency condition.

18. An apparatus for displaying data in a competitive release board, in a video wall display format that displays twelve months at a time, each month separately displayed along a video wall display, for movie release dates by movie production studio sources, said apparatus comprising:

at least one programmable processor, a memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor, and an electronic display device operatively coupled to the at least one processor, and at least one computer input device operatively coupled to the at least one processor;

wherein the memory contains instructions that, when executed by at least one of the processors, causes the apparatus to carry out instructions including

accessing content data from movie production studio sources of the content data;

generating a product record from the content data of each movie production studio source, that includes an associated date identifier;

augmenting each product record for additional data, utilizing user input, a conflict actually impacting the movie release data and a conflict potentially impacting the movie release date, to form an augmented product record;

displaying in table format, for each month displayed on the video wall display, a representation of the augmented product record for each movie production studio source in separate rows in a column direction on one or more display modules such that a display position is a function of the date identifier, wherein dates extend in a single row direction of the table format, the date identifier being a movie release date to consumers;

accessing the representation of the augmented product record to display the additional data;

revising the movie release date, by user input, of the augmented product record based on a user input, the conflict impacting the movie release date and the conflict potentially impacting the movie release date such that the display position of the representation of the augmented product record in the row of its movie production studio source is electronically changed;

displaying, for each month displayed on the video wall display, the representation of the revised augmented product record in a different time position in the row of its movie production studio source on the one or more display modules that reflects the revised date identifier;

identifying one or more contingency conditions as content data;

in response to the identified one or more contingency conditions, and without further input from the user, adjusting the position of the representation of the revised augmented data record based on the contingency condition.

19. A computer program product for a competitive release board, in a video wall display format that displays twelve months at a time, each month separately displayed along a video wall display, for movie release dates by movie production studio sources, comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with computer-readable instructions that, when executed on at least one processor within a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method, comprising:

accessing content data from movie production studio databases of the content data;

generating a data record from the content data of each movie production studio source;

augmenting each data record for additional data based on a conflict actually impacting the movie release data and a conflict potentially impacting the movie release data to form an augmented data record;

displaying in table format, for each month displayed on the video wall display, a representation of the augmented data record for each movie production studio source in separate rows in a column direction on one or more display modules such that a display position is a function of a time portion of the content data, the time portion extending in a single row direction of the table format, the time portion being a movie release date to consumers;

accessing the representation of the augmented data record to display the additional data,

revising the movie release date of the augmented data record based on a user'"'"'s edit to the data record, the conflict impacting the movie release date and the conflict potentially impacting the movie release date such that the display position of the representation of the augmented data record in the row of its movie production studio source is electronically changed;

displaying, for each month displayed on the video wall display, the representation of the revised augmented data record in a new time position in the row of its movie production studio source on the one or more display modules reflecting the revision;

identifying one or more contingency conditions as content data;

in response to the identified one or more contingency conditions, and without further input from the user, adjusting the position of the representation of the revised augmented data record based on the contingency condition.

20. A computer program product for a competitive release board, in a video wall display format that displays twelve months at a time, each month separately displayed along a video wall display, for movie release dates by movie production studio sources comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with computer-readable instructions that, when executed on at least one processor within a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method, comprising:

accessing content data from movie production studio sources of the content data;

generating a product record from the content data of each movie production studio source, that includes an associated date identifier;

augmenting each product record for additional data, utilizing user input, a conflict actually impacting the movie release data and a conflict potentially impacting the movie release date, to form an augmented product record;

displaying in table format, for each month displayed on the video wall display, a representation of the augmented product record for each movie production studio source in separate rows in a column direction on one or more display modules such that a display position is a function of the date identifier, wherein dates extend in a single row direction of the table format, the date identifier being a movie release date to consumers;

accessing the representation of the augmented product record to display the additional data;

revising the movie release date, by user input, of the augmented product record based on a user input, the conflict impacting the movie release date and the conflict potentially impacting the movie release date such that the display position of the representation of the augmented product record in the row of its movie production studio source is electronically changed;

displaying, for each month displayed on the video wall display, the representation of the revised augmented product record in a different time position in the row of its movie production studio source on the one or more display modules that reflects the revised date identifier;

identifying one or more contingency conditions as content data;

in response to the identified one or more contingency conditions, and without further input from the user, adjusting the position of the representation of the revised augmented data record based on the contingency condition.