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Object oriented video system
InactiveUS20070005795A1Reduce colorNo extra data overhead and processing overheadTelevision system detailsPulse modulation television signal transmissionGraphicsData stream
A method of generating an object oriented interactive multimedia file, including encoding data comprising at least one of video, text, audio, music and / or graphics elements as a video packet stream, text packet stream, audio packet stream, music packet stream and / or graphics packet stream respectively, combining the packet streams into a single self-contained object, said object containing its own control information, placing a plurality of the objects in a data stream, and grouping one or more of the data streams in a single contiguous self-contained scene, the scene including format definition as the initial packet in a sequence of packets. An encoder for executing the method is provided together with a player or decoder for parsing and decoding the file, which can be wirelessly streamed to a portable computer device, such as a mobile phone or a PDA. The object controls provide rendering and interactive controls for objects allowing users to control dynamic media composition, such as dictating the shape and content of interleaved video objects, and control the objects received.
Owner:ACTIVESKY
Contextual responses based on automated learning techniques
InactiveUS6842877B2Input/output for user-computer interactionComputer security arrangementsRepetitive taskUser interface
Techniques are disclosed for using a combination of explicit and implicit user context modeling techniques to identify and provide appropriate computer actions based on a current context, and to continuously improve the providing of such computer actions. The appropriate computer actions include presentation of appropriate content and functionality. Feedback paths can be used to assist automated machine learning in detecting patterns and generating inferred rules, and improvements from the generated rules can be implemented with or without direct user control. The techniques can be used to enhance software and device functionality, including self-customizing of a model of the user's current context or situation, customizing received themes, predicting appropriate content for presentation or retrieval, self-customizing of software user interfaces, simplifying repetitive tasks or situations, and mentoring of the user to promote desired change.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
Multimodal natural language query system for processing and analyzing voice and proximity-based queries
The present invention provides a natural language query system and method for processing and analyzing multimodally-originated queries, including voice and proximity-based queries. The natural language query system includes a Web-enabled device including a speech input module for receiving a voice-based query in natural language form from a user and a location / proximity module for receiving location / proximity information from a location / proximity device. The query system also includes a speech conversion module for converting the voice-based query in natural language form to text in natural language form and a natural language processing module for converting the text in natural language form to text in searchable form. The query system further includes a semantic engine module for converting the text in searchable form to a formal database query and a database-look-up module for using the formal database query to obtain a result related to the voice-based query in natural language form from a database.
Owner:PORTAL COMM LLC
Interestingness ranking of media objects
Media objects, such as images or soundtracks, may be ranked according to a new class of metrics known as “interestingness.” These rankings may be based at least in part on the quantity of user-entered metadata concerning the media object, the number of users who have assigned metadata to the media object, access patterns related to the media object, and / or a lapse of time related to the media object.
Owner:VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC
Systems and methods for providing a media playback in a networked environment
Described herein are systems and methods for providing media playback in a networked environment. In one embodiment, a networked media playback device is configured to provide a web server for delivering data indicative of a browser-renderable control interface for the networked media playback device, or for a related networked media playback system. In overview, the user of a networked device, such as a wireless web enabled device, is able to render the control interface in a web browser, and in this manner control playback of digital media via the networked media playback device or networked media playback system.
Owner:D & M HOLDINGS INC
Multimedia sharing in social networks for mobile devices
A mobile device, system, and method are directed towards sharing multimedia information on a mobile device based at least in part on vitality information and other social networking information. Multimedia information may be received and / or synchronized on the mobile device based on a relationship between vitality information of members of a social network. The relationship may comprise a common membership in a group, a common multimedia usage behavior, a geographical proximity of members of the social network, a degree of separation of members of the social network, a common search behavior, or the like. Multimedia information captured on the mobile device may be manually and / or automatically annotated and shared with members of the social network. The multimedia information may be displayed in an integrated live view in conjunction with other social networking information.
Owner:ENERGETIC POWER INVESTMENT
Methods and systems for utilizing contextual feedback to generate and modify playlists
InactiveUS20060212444A1Metadata audio data retrievalDigital data processing detailsMachine learningContextual information
Systems and methods of generating and modifying a playlist using contextual information are disclosed. For example, a user may provide an input seed such as a song name or artist name. The input seed is compared to database items and a playlist is generated as a result. In some examples, the contextual information is used to enhance the comparison and to select better content objects for a user's playlist. Meanwhile, in some examples the content objects in the playlist may be arranged in an enhanced order using ranking and / or contextual information.
Owner:PANDORA MEDIA
Methods, systems, and media for content ranking using real-time data
InactiveUS20110314007A1High trafficImprove click-through rateDigital data processing detailsMultimedia data retrievalTime informationReal-time data
Methods, systems, and media for content ranking using real-time data are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a method, implemented on a processor, for ranking content is provided. The method can include, among other things: receiving real-time information from a plurality of sources; supplementing the received real-time information with historical information and user influence information; analyzing the supplemented real-time information from the plurality of sources to determine real-time trend information; receiving a plurality of content snippets from a content provider; detecting similarities between each of the plurality of content snippets and the determined real-time trend information; ranking the plurality of content snippets based on the detected similarities; and displaying the ranked plurality of content snippets.
Owner:RALLYVERSE
System and method for delivering video and audio content over a network
ActiveUS20070143493A1Decrease the decibel levelLower Level RequirementsMultimedia data retrievalMultiple digital computer combinationsImage resolutionLive video
A content delivery system according to various embodiments of the invention substantially concurrently streams a plurality of live videos to a client computing device over a network, allowing the user to view two or more live videos at the same time. In a particular embodiment, the system is configured to display a high resolution version of a live video feed in a “primary” pane of a main display dialog window and one or more additional live video feeds in low resolution in “preview” panes of the main display dialog window substantially concurrently, wherein the additional live video feeds are different from the first video feed and each other. In this particular embodiment, the system allows the user to preview the additional videos while the first video is playing. In addition, according to one embodiment, the live video feeds may be from independent sources.
Owner:TURNER BROADCASTING SYST INC
Media Processor
InactiveUS20130166580A1Efficiently provideMetering/charging/biilling arrangementsAdvertisementsData miningMedia processor
In embodiments, the present invention provides method and system for determining if an existing pass log may be reused. The method may include associating an existing pass log with an encoding profile. The method may further include computing with a processor a signature for the encoding profile and for a target encoding profile. The method may include comparing with the processor at least a portion of the two signatures and based on a result of the comparing, storing in a processor accessible memory at least one of an indication that the pass log file may be used in conjunction with the target encoding profile and an indication that the pass log file cannot be used in conjunction with the target encoding profile.
Owner:THE DIRECTV GROUP
Method and apparatus for interactive program suggestion
InactiveUS7013478B1Television system detailsBroadcast information characterisationComputer terminalElectronic book
A method and an apparatus suggests programs for viewing by a subscriber. Terminals installed at a subscriber's home and at central locations, such as bookstores, video rental stores and libraries, provide responsive or intelligent search functions to suggest programs for viewing according to a subscriber's viewing preferences. Responsive searching includes posing questions to and receiving answers from the subscribers. Intelligent searching includes gathering historical data, such as the subscriber's history of programs watched. The programs include videotapes, videodiscs, television programs and electronic books. Subscribers indicate their selection and order the programs using a menu system. An automated billing system tracks the programs ordered.
Owner:COX COMMUNICATIONS
Social networking for mobile devices
InactiveUS20070255807A1Data processing applicationsMultimedia data retrievalMobile deviceContact list
A mobile device, system, and method are directed towards enabling an integrated display of live views. The integrated live views are generated by employing social networking information, including moods of a person, avatars, status of a member's activities including whether they are in an IM session, or the like. Integrated live views may include a live contact list, a group view, a friend view, an activity oriented view, a list of content, or the like, based on the mobile user's social networking information. By providing the mobile user with integrated live views of their social network, the mobile user may be able communicate with other members within the mobile social networking context, to obtain, and respond to invites from a social network member, provide opportunities for activities to other members, to grow their social network, and to consume content that is displayed relative to their social network.
Owner:R2 SOLUTIONS
System and method for placeshifting media playback
ActiveUS20100082567A1Digital data processing detailsMultimedia data retrievalData storeOperating system
Systems and methods of placeshifting media playback between two or more devices are provided. For example, a method for placeshifting media may include downloading onto a first device an index of files accessed or modified on a second device via a data storage server, at least one of the files being a media file played on the second device. The first device may display a user selectable list of the files on the first device before issuing a request for the media file to the data storage server. The data storage server may send the media file to the first device from the data storage server, and the first device may play back the media file where the second device left off.
Owner:APPLE INC
Playlists and bookmarks in an interactive media guidance application system
ActiveUS20060267995A1Amount of spaceTelevision system detailsMultimedia data retrievalGraphicsBookmarking
Systems and method are provided for providing a playlist transport bar. The playlist transport bar provides an overlay which graphically represents assets (e.g., programs) of a playlist in a manner that enables a user to simultaneously ascertain a playback position within the playlist and a particular asset. The playlist transport may include asset regions which each correspond to an asset in a playlist and a position indication region which may provide information relating to a playback position.
Owner:ROVI GUIDES INC
Audiovisual management system
InactiveUS20020059584A1Television system detailsRecord information storageComputer scienceManagement system
Owner:SHARP KK
Dynamic presentation framework
ActiveUS20110040804A1Eliminate the problemDigital data processing detailsMultimedia data retrievalDisplay deviceWorld Wide Web
A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more processors, memory from which the processor may fetch instructions according to a clock operating at a frequency, a display device, and one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to create a structured file for storing data related to the media presentation, access the data related to the media presentation from the presentation application, organize the data related to the media presentation according to an event, and export the organized data related to the media presentation to the structured file. These instructions may also be executed as steps of a method and may be fetched during the execution of one or more programs stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
Owner:APPLE INC
Multimodal natural language query system for processing and analyzing voice and proximity-based queries
ActiveUS20110093271A1Inaccurate and imprecise and unreliable and trainingData processing applicationsSemantic analysisDatabase querySpeech input
The present disclosure provides a natural language query system and method for processing and analyzing multimodally-originated queries, including voice and proximity-based queries. The natural language query system includes a Web-enabled device including a speech input module for receiving a voice-based query in natural language form from a user and a location / proximity module for receiving location / proximity information from a location / proximity device. The query system also includes a speech conversion module for converting the voice-based query in natural language form to text in natural language form and a natural language processing module for converting the text in natural language form to text in searchable form. The query system further includes a semantic engine module for converting the text in searchable form to a formal database query and a database-look-up module for using the formal database query to obtain a result related to the voice-based query in natural language form from a database.
Owner:PORTAL COMM LLC
Method for producing playlists for personalized music stations and for transmitting songs on such playlists
InactiveUS6933433B1Metadata audio data retrievalElectrophonic musical instrumentsPersonalizationMultimedia
A method of producing a playlist of music for a personal music station comprising the steps of assigning a artist block rating to each of a plurality of predefined artist blocks, using the artist block rating to produce an artist rating for each artist in the artist block, generating a list of artists, wherein the number of times each artist appears in the list is related to the artist rating for each artist, randomly selecting artists form the list of artists, producing a prioritized list of songs for each of the randomly selected artists, and selecting songs from the prioritized list of songs for inclusion in a playlist. The playlist can be subsequently edited to create a playlist having a less than a first predetermined number of songs by each of the artists for broadcast within a predetermined time period and having less than a second predetermined number of adjacent songs by each of the artists. A method of distributing songs on a personal music station using the playlist is also included.
Owner:MTVN ONLINE PARTNER I
Media tagging
ActiveUS20140086458A1Efficient taggingMultimedia data retrievalCharacter and pattern recognitionNetwork communicationUser interface
Tagging techniques use user interface features such as face icons that can be manipulated by a variety of cursors to tag media items including but not limited to photos. Tagged items can be presented automatically in response to establishing network communications between two devices.
Owner:XCERRA
Multimedia system over electronic network and method of use
InactiveUS20060029093A1Multimedia data retrievalTime-division multiplexElectronic networkTime shifting
A multimedia system over an electronic network, and the corresponding method of use for combining targeted advertising and on-demand rendering with a data swarming, multicasting, or time-shifted delivery. In a system that has business or technological constraints which prevent the encoding and / or the transmission of individually customized media content objects, in combination with an ad-hoc system, a delivery of one or more media content objects and a script list is performed in order to enable the rendering of one or more media content objects in accordance with information from the script list. Additionally, according to an embodiment, the system enables the insertion of watermarking information. In another embodiment, log file information are recorded and analyzed for decision making purposes. In another embodiment, lookup redirection techniques are disclosed when strict uniqueness of a transferred object is required.
Owner:VAN ROSSUM CEDRIC
P2P network for providing real time media recommendations
InactiveUS20080016205A1Multimedia data retrievalMultiple digital computer combinationsE-commercePeer-to-peer
Owner:CONCERT TECH
Method and apparatus for identifying an unknown work
InactiveUS6968337B2Reduce dimensionalityData processing applicationsDigital data processing detailsData miningData bank
A system for determining an identity of a received work. The system receives audio data for an unknown work. The audio data is divided into segments. The system generates a signature of the unknown work from each of the segments. Reduced dimension signatures are then generated at least a portion of the signatures. The reduced dimension signatures are then compared to reduced dimensions signatures of known works that are stored in a database. A list of candidates of known works is generated from the comparison. The signatures of the unknown works are then compared to the signatures of the known works in the list of candidates. The unknown work is then identified as the known work having signatures matching within a threshold.
Owner:AUDIBLE MAGIC
Real-time or near real-time streaming
ActiveUS20110252118A1Multimedia data retrievalMultiple digital computer combinationsUniform resource locatorApplication software
Methods and apparatuses provide real-time or near real-time streaming of content, specified in one or more playlists, using transfer protocols such as an HTTP compliant protocol. In one embodiment, a method can execute a user application on a client device to present media files and to control presentation of the media files. The method can further run a media serving process on the client device to retrieve a playlist specifying the media files and a media source at which the media files are available, to retrieve the media files from the media source, and to decode the media files retrieved. The media serving process can call the user application to process a custom URL in order to obtain an object referred to by the custom URL.
Owner:APPLE INC
Stateful and stateless cookie operations servers
A stateful or stateless cookie operations server machine can provide real-time, actionable, user-specific tracking abilities in the collection of impressions and user interactions with a company's digital properties. The client-side code (e.g., in a web browser) may request an element configured with parameters and a hyperlink (e.g., URL) that causes parameters to be sent to a remote server. The remote server may process the parameters and perform various operations based on the parameters. Mathematical and / or other operations may be performed using the parameters. The remote server may retrieve a configuration corresponding to the request. The remote server may generate or transform content, based on the configuration. The remote server may transmit the transformed content.
Owner:ENSIGHTEN
System, method, and apparatus for secure sharing of multimedia content across several electronic devices
InactiveUS20060020960A1Broadband local area networksMultimedia data retrievalComputer securityDigital video
Disclosed herein is a secure, media exchange network and a method of securely exchanging media between electronic devices across the network. In an embodiment according to the present invention, media may be securely and simultaneously exchanged between friends, family members, business associates, government entities, military entities, law enforcement entities, and 3rd party media providers over a closed and secure media exchange network. The media may include, for example, digital video, digital audio, digital images, digital data, or any other form of digital information. Security features may include security techniques, associated security hardware, and associated security software.
Owner:AVAGO TECH WIRELESS IP SINGAPORE PTE
Communicating using a cloud infrastructure
ActiveUS20110208958A1Multimedia data retrievalMultiple digital computer combinationsPaper documentDocumentation
A cloud infrastructure that communicates with computing devices is provided. The computing devices install filters on other computing devices that they wish to receive items from including pictures, messages, and documents. The filters include criteria that are evaluated on the computing devices, rather than at a server, to determine if an item may be sent to another computing device. The computing devices may then send items that match the criteria to the cloud infrastructure, and the items may be stored and queued for delivery to other computing devices. The items may be encrypted before being provided to the cloud infrastructure, and decrypted when received by the computing devices.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
Media organizer and entertainment center
InactiveUS20050201254A1Control functionTelevision system detailsElectrophonic musical instrumentsAudio MediaData selection
A media organizer and entertainment center includes an importer for importing individual media / data selections and automatically assigning each selection at least one associated category flag pursuant to predetermined or user defined criteria. The center also includes a storage device for storing compressed data corresponding to the plurality of individual media / data selections and the associated category flags and a retriever for retrieving selections from the storage device based upon user selection of one or more of the associated category flags, and a data decompresser that translates the compressed data into playable digital or audio media data. With the center, playable digital or audio media data can be advantageously transported, organized, played or recorded through or on a variety of products or devices.
Owner:LOONEY PRODN
System and method for personalizing the user interface of audio rendering devices
InactiveUS20080022208A1Multimedia data retrievalRecord information storageDevice statusBiological activation
Audio playback is used to enhance the control of Personal Digital Entertainment devices. Embodiments of the present invention provide audio message files associated with the activation of a control or provide other device status messaging Audio messages are also provided in file sets that are user selectable to give the user a choice of ‘themes’.
Owner:CREATIVE TECH CORP
System and method for interactive multi-dimensional visual representation of information content and properties
ActiveUS20060116994A1Rapid visualizationImprove performanceDigital data processing detailsMultimedia data retrievalTriageInformation analysis
A system and method of information retrieval and triage for information analysis provides an for interactive multi-dimensional and linked visual representation of information content and properties. A query interface plans and obtains result sets. A dimension interface specifies dimensions with which to categorize the result sets. Links among results of a result set or results of different sets are automatically generated for linked selection viewing. Entities may be extracted and viewed and entity relations determined to establish further links and dimensions. Properties encoded in representations (e.g. icons) of the results in the multidimensional views maximizes display density. Multiple queries may be performed and compared. An integrated browser component responsive to the links is provided for viewing documents. Documents and other information from the result set may be used in an analysis component providing a space for visual linking, to arrange the information in the space while maintaining links automatically.
Owner:UNCHARTED SOFTWARE INC
Systems and methods for exporting, publishing, browsing and installing on-demand applications in a multi-tenant database environment
ActiveUS20070088741A1Easily and efficiently importEasily and efficiently and exportMultimedia data retrievalObject oriented databasesApplication softwareOrganizational boundaries
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating, exporting, viewing and testing, and importing custom applications in a multi-tenant database environment. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide a vehicle for sharing applications across organizational boundaries. The ability to share applications across organizational boundaries can enable tenants in a multi-tenant database system, for example, to easily and efficiently import and export, and thus share, applications with other tenants in the multi-tenant environment.
Owner:SALESFORCE COM INC
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