51 results about "Social television" patented technology

An interactive video system is provided that is capable of combining streaming televised events with video conferencing technology to create a social television experience. A first user is able to connect via a webcam and microphone to a server that combines the webcam video and sound from the microphone with a streaming video that could be a televised event. The combined webcam video, microphone sound, and streaming video is then broadcast to the first user and other users such that the users are capable of viewing the streaming video with the live conferencing video and sound from the first user. This procedure may be repeated such that a plurality of users may video conference live on top of the streaming video.

One aspect of the disclosed technology is a limited social television system that provides a light-weight process that allows multiple audience members to close the loop of interaction and create a compelling feeling of “shared experience” on the part of the response-reviewer.

Systems and methods for managing DVR content in media based social network environments such as social television. Access to a DVR may be provided via client terminals such as televisions, STBs, tablets, computers and the like. Remote access and remote recording permissions, which may be content dependent, may be assigned to social entities such as social contacts, members of social groups and social groups themselves. Accordingly, social entities may be granted rights to record to or read from DVRs associated with a user.

A social television system provides for the authoring, archiving, and delivering of interactive social television content. A social television service provider receives the identity of a television show that is being watched on a first display screen. The social television service provider delivers corresponding social television content to a second display screen. The social television content is to be displayed on the second display screen at certain timeframes during the playback of the television show on the first display screen. Various entities may author social television content. The authoring process may be facilitated by obtaining data from web-based data sources. The authoring process may take place via a website hosted by the social television service provider. The authoring process may also take place via a third-party website that is connected to the social television service provider via a software development kit.

An interactive video system is provided that is capable of combining streaming televised events with video conferencing technology to create a social television experience. A first user is able to connect via a webcam and microphone to a server that combines the webcam video and sound from the microphone with a streaming video that could be a televised event. The combined webcam video, microphone sound, and streaming video is then broadcast to the first user and other users such that the users are capable of viewing the streaming video with the live conferencing video and sound from the first user. This procedure may be repeated such that a plurality of users may video conference live on top of the streaming video.

The invention discloses a social television system based on a smart television and an implementation method thereof. The system comprises the smart television based on an operating system, a tablet computer/smart phone, as well as a television program server. The tablet computer/smart phone is introduced into the system and serves as a carrier for preview, selection, switch and sharing interaction of the played television program, so that on the premise that the watching of the current television program is not influenced, a user can preview programs played in various channels, select a favorite program and switch; besides, the user can subscribe and collect the favorite television program on the tablet computer/ smart phone, make an instant comment, and share picture screen shots of the television program with other smart television users; and accordingly, interconnection and intercommunication between the smart television users are achieved. According to the social television system and the implementation method thereof, the participation property and the interoperability of the smart television users for the television programs are enhanced, and the entertainment watching modes are richer and more convenient for families.

The field of the invention relates to social television, and more particularly to systems and methods that enable and manage social television. In a preferred embodiment, a central server system operably coupled to a public computer network is included. The central server system is configured to enable and manage social television and includes a receiving subsystem coupled to the public network for receiving from a host commentator a first commentary data associated with a first video program available to a plurality of television viewers. The server system further includes a commentary source subsystem having a database configured to store said first commentary data associated with the first video program. The server system also provides a user interface operably coupled to said commentary source subsystem over said public network to enable a plurality of television viewers to retrieve and watch said first commentary data in sync with said first video program.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for sharing user information. The method comprises the following steps that: a first terminal receives the identity certificate sent by a second terminal, and the identity certificate being the identity certificate obtained by the second terminal according to the user information registered on a server, and being in one-to-one correspondence with user identifications in the user information; the first terminal automatically logs in the server according to the identity certificate, and acquires the user information corresponding to the identity certificate; the user information is delivered to a social application group preset in the first terminal, thus each social application in the social application group carry out social activities according to the user information. With the adoption of the method disclosed by the invention, the user information can be shared across the terminals, and a user can acquire the user information without the need of input of a remote controller at a social television side to carry out social activities; meanwhile, one piece of user information acquired from the server can be shared by a plurality of the social applications, thus network resources are saved.

A a method, a receiver, a computer program and a system for providing an interactive service in association with a motion picture service. The motion picture is displayed to the spectator via a receiver able to modify the motion picture displayed to the spectator and having a bi-directional network connection. The method, receiver, computer program and system are characterized in that a connection is formed that connects a plurality of participants to an interactive motion picture session, a selection of a target area in the motion picture is received, a selection of a graphical element to be associated with the target area is received, the target area is translated to a coordinate system shared by each participant in the interactive motion picture session and the graphical element is provided between the participants.

The invention discloses a display device and a key transmission fault tolerance method, and is particularly suitable for a social television. The display device includes a display configured to display image content; a first controller configured to receive the key event and transmit the key event; a second controller configured to receive the key event transmitted by the first controller and detect whether a lifting event corresponding to a pressing event in the received key event is received within preset time or not, wherein if so, the corresponding pressing event and lifting event are normally processed, and a lifting event corresponding to the pressing event is simulated if not. When the key transmitted to the second controller by the first controller is lost, namely the second controller does not receive the corresponding pressing and lifting event, one lifting event is simulated, so that the effectiveness of the key on the second controller is ensured, the problem of key disorder caused by key loss of dual systems is prevented, and the use experience of a user is greatly improved.

The invention discloses a method and a system for implementing a social television. The method includes steps of acquiring play information of video contents when the video contents are played on the television; transmitting the acquired play information to a user terminal; enabling the user terminal to transmit the received play information to a social network server; enabling the social network server to compute television pictures currently viewed by a user and correlations of the television pictures according to the play information transmitted by the user terminal, and pushing social contents to the user terminal within specified time according to the television pictures and the correlations of the television pictures.

The embodiment of the invention relates to a volume adjustment method and display equipment, in particular to a social television, which comprises the following steps: receiving a volume adjustment instruction; adjusting the volume of the audio and video signals corresponding to the window according to the volume adjustment instruction and the window in the display interface of the display devicecorresponding to the focus frame, different windows corresponding to different audio and video signals. According to the volume adjustment method and the display equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, the display equipment can independently adjust the audio and video sound and the chat sound according to the volume adjustment instruction and the position of the focus frame in the process of simultaneously playing the audio and video and providing the chat service.

An embodiment of the invention relates to a method for switching a video call interface on a smart television, which is particularly suitable for a social television, belongs to the field of television software, and is used for switching a first call interface displayed in a full screen form into a second call interface displayed in a floating layer form. The call window on the second call interface is set to be unavailable in focus, when the foreground page of the user operates, the call window on the second call interface is not selected, and the button or option of the foreground page located on the lower layer of the second call interface can be clicked by the user; therefore, all operations on the foreground page on the lower layer of the second call interface can be realized, multiple functions on the smart television can be performed at the same time, and resource waste cannot be caused.

The invention discloses a method for realizing TV socialization based on Wechat. The method includes the steps of establishing a WeChat TV platform based on a WeChat public service platform and establishing a connection with a set-top box; establishing a binding relationship between the WeChat and the set-top box by a user; performing push sharing through a WeChat service platform friend relationship; and selecting content for sharing through the WeChat TV platform and establishing a WeChat TV friend relationship. A program is shared through the WeChat circle of friends, the program is then directly pushed to the set-top box for playing after a friend receives the program, and the sharing between the WeChat and WeChat is extended to the sharing between the WeChat and TV and between the TVand TV by recording the friend relationship. WeChat users share the content to WeChat friends, and the friends can push the received content to a bound TV with one touch for playing, the seamless experience of the social TV is brought, the users can share the content directly to the bound set-top box of the friends for playing, and the method is convenient, fast and practical.

Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for establishing a synchronized interactive multimedia communication among a plurality of users. The method includes generating, at a first device, first information associated with a multimedia content selected by a first user. The first information is generated based on parameters. The method includes transmitting the first information to a second user. The first and second user is associated with a social computer network. Further, the method includes, at second devices, receiving the first information from the social network. The method includes processing the first information to establish a synchronized multimedia interactive communication between the second and the first user. The presentation of the multimedia content in the synchronized interactive multimedia communication is synchronized among the first device and the second device(s). The synchronized interactive multimedia communication is performed along with the presentation of the multimedia content.

An embodiment of the invention discloses a color space switching method and a display device. The display device comprises a first chip and a second chip, wherein the first chip receives a first videosignal and an image quality processing feedback result sent by the second chip, the first chip determines a first conversion format according to the image quality processing feedback result, and thesecond chip converts the first conversion format into a second conversion format according to the second conversion format. The first chip converts the first video signal into a signal in a first conversion format to generate a first output video signal; the second chip processes the first output video signal to generate a second output video signal in an RGB format; the second chip sends the second output video signal to a display screen. According to the display device, the scheme of dynamically adjusting the output format of the first chip is adopted, the number of times of space conversionof the video signal in the video signal transmission process is small, then the precision loss of the video signal in the transmission process is reduced, and the scheme is particularly suitable fora social television.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a display device and a sound low-delay processing method which are particularly suitable for a social television. The display device comprises a first chip and a second chip; and the first chip comprises a first audio processor used for receiving audio data, mixing multimedia audio data in the audio data with human voice data to obtain third audio data and transmitting the third audio data to the second chip through an HDMI or a network; and the second chip comprises a second audio processor used for receiving and processing the third audio data output by the first audio processor and a sound reproducer used for receiving and reproducing the processed third audio data output by the second audio processor. According to the display device provided by the invention, the time consumption of audio data transmission is optimized through the first audio processor and the second audio processor, the sound delay is reduced, more time is reserved for 5G network transmission, and the low-delay experience effect of karaoke microphone connection of the display device is ensured.

An embodiment of the invention discloses display equipment, a communication method and a storage medium, which are particularly suitable for a social television. The display equipment comprises a display, a first controller, and a second controller. According to the display equipment, the communication method and the storage medium, external equipment is in communication connection with the secondcontroller through a wireless hotspot set by the second controller, and the first controller is in communication connection with the second controller; and a data packet forwarding scheduler is set in the second controller, and the data packet forwarding scheduler forwards a first data packet of the external equipment to the second controller and forwards a second data packet of the second controller to the external equipment, so that the problem that the first controller cannot communicate with the external device is solved.

The invention discloses a Bluetooth communication method and a display device, the display device comprises a first controller and a second controller, and the second controller is configured with a Bluetooth module; when the second controller receives connection data sent by a Bluetooth peripheral, a second device node is created and a corresponding second handle value is obtained, if it is judged that the attribute value of the connection data is a preset value, a communication instruction is generated according to the connection data and the second handle value and sent to the first controller; the first controller creates a first device node and acquires a corresponding first handle value, and establishes a handle correspondence relationship according to the first handle value and thesecond handle value, the handle correspondence relationship being used for realizing transmission of the first controller and the second controller about the Bluetooth peripheral data. The display device may be configured as a social television.

The invention discloses display equipment, a wired network interface control method and a storage medium, which are particularly suitable for a social television. The display equipment comprises a first controller and a second controller, wherein the first controller comprises a first network interface, and the first network interface is in communication connection with an internal communication network interface of the second controller; the second controller comprises a plurality of second network interfaces, the second controller is provided with a DHCP server, and the second controller isconfigured to set one of the second network interfaces as an external communication network interface and set the rest second network interfaces as internal communication network interfaces; an external communication network interface is controlled to access an external communication network; the internal communication network interface is controlled to access an internal communication network ofthe second controller through the DHCP server; and the first controller is set to be in communication connection with external equipment in the external communication network through the internal communication network interface. The wired network interface control method solves the possible problem that the first controller cannot communicate with the second controller due to the fact that the first controller and the second controller are both accessed to the external communication network.