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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120110455 | VIDEO VIEWING AND TAGGING SYSTEM Systems and methods are provided to view, manipulate, and share videos within a gaming platform implemented as an advisory services network. Within the context of a serious game designed around a complex business problem of an organization, players can review videos con... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084652 | 3D VIDEO CONTROL SYSTEM TO ADJUST 3D VIDEO RENDERING BASED ON USER PREFERNCES 3D image data can be modified based on user preference data received from a user. The user preference data may be received at a first device and used to adjust 3D image data generated by the first device for presentation by a display device, or the first device may rece... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072842 | APPARATUS FOR COOKING AND METHOD OF HELPING A USER TO COOK The present invention provides an apparatus for cooking and a method of helping a user to cook by prompting the user, step by step, to carry out the corresponding preparation at the right time. The apparatus comprises a presenter, configured to present information with ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMBEDDING MEDIA PROGRAMS HAVING CUSTOM USER SELECTABLE THUMBNAILS A method and apparatus for embedding a media program with a randomly user selected thumbnail is disclosed. The user can scan a media program to identify one of a plurality of media program frames, select the frame of interest, then designate it as the thumbnail to use i... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054614 | METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR SELECTING AND DISPLAYING THUMBNAILS According to one aspect, a method of previewing multimedia data, including selecting a first graphical representation in association with a multimedia object, displaying the first graphical representation, receiving an input in relation to the first graphical representa... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120042250 | EMBEDDED VIDEO PLAYER A system, method and various user interfaces provide an embedded web-based video player for navigating video playlists and playing video content. A website publisher can create and store a video player with customized parameters (e.g., player type, appearance, advertisi... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036436 | CONTEXTUAL WEB PAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method for controlling a media generation system where a media event may be selected via a stateless software module, the system receiving a media event protocol file corresponding to the selected media event. The media generation system generates the media... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120011145 | MANAGEMENT OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS An exemplary system includes an element server in a video hub office configured to provide a media signal to a content processing device located at a customer premises and at least one computing device remote from the video hub office and the customer premises. The comp... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110320948 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND USER INTERFACE PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF A UI providing method includes inputting a user signal to select one from among a plurality of modes corresponding to an arrangement of a video wall system, inputting screen setup information corresponding to the mode selected according to the user signal, and displayin... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110307785 | REPLACING AN IMAGE WITH A MEDIA PLAYER A computer-implemented method that includes receiving a request to generate an interface within a software application that is configured to play back one or more media files; for a first media file, generating an image representing a frame of the first media file; and ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110296307 | OBJECT SELECTING APPARATUS, OBJECT SELECTING PROGRAM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USED FOR THE OBJECT SELECTING APPARATUS, AND OBJECT SELECTING METHOD In an object selecting apparatus for allowing a user to select an object in a video image: when the object sought to be selected by the user moves, the user selects the desired object intuitively and without feeling uncomfortable; an input operation from the user is rec... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293246 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANAGING NETWORK VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEMS A system and method for managing a network video recording system are provided. The method includes interfacing a network video recording system with an end user operating system, and managing the network video recording system via the end user operating system.... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110289411 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING USER INTERACTIONS WITH A VIDEO SEQUENCE A method and system for recording user interactions with a video sequence is provided. The method includes playing a video sequence receiving a user input in the video sequence, displaying, on the video sequence, a response to the user input, and recording the response ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110271190 | FIGHT ENGINE System and Method for uploading, managing, incorporating user feedback and user expressed preferences, computing and assigning rating and match-ups, and delivering digital video content, including streaming video, related to competitive Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) matches.... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110271191 | Providing An Indication Of Change At A User Interface Device Over A Network Between Computers A first computer receives data of a user interface device over a network from a second computer, wherein the data of the user interface device is received in response to a change occurring at the user interface device. In response to a request from a requesting entity i... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264700 | ENRICHING ONLINE VIDEOS BY CONTENT DETECTION, SEARCHING, AND INFORMATION AGGREGATION Many internet users consume content through online videos. For example, users may view movies, television shows, music videos, and/or homemade videos. It may be advantageous to provide additional information to users consuming the online videos. Unfortunately, many curr... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110258154 | CONTENT DURATION AND INTERACTION MONITORING TO AUTOMATE PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT IN A CHANNEL SHARING OF MEDIA CONTENT IN A CHANNEL Disclosed are a method and system for content duration and interaction monitoring to automate presentation of media content in a channel sharing of media content in a channel. A method of generating a customized video channel comprises algorithmically generating in a co... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110258204 | SYSTEM FOR USING KEYWORD PHRASES ON A PAGE TO PROVIDE CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT CONTENT TO USERS A process is described for assessing the suitability of particular keyword phrases for use in serving contextually relevant content for display on pages of network-accessible sites. In one embodiment, the process involves scoring the key phrases based in part on collect... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110246891 | Pushing a Graphical User Interface to a Remote Device with Display Rules Provided by the Remote Device A graphical user interface (“GUI”) can be presented on a remote control accessory device that has user input and display devices. The portable media device can provide the accessory with a GUI image to be displayed. The accessory can specify the configuration of the... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246889 | STATISTICAL AND VISUAL SPORTS ANALYSIS SYSTEM A system for the capturing, storing, searching and display of statistical, textual and visual sports information of both players and teams across a wide spectrum of game situations is described. A user can search through an enormous amount of stored statistical and visu... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246890 | PERSONALISED VIDEO GENERATING AND DELIVERY A personalised video message system has a first database of personalised video files each of which refers in the video content to a respective name or entity and a second database of video message files each of which contains in the video content a respective message or... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110235998 | CONTINUOUS FREEZE-FRAME VIDEO EFFECT SYSTEM AND METHOD A number of adjacent regions in input video and a corresponding number of adjacent regions in output video are defined. The adjacent regions are defined so that they span the path of motion of a subject as it moves across a scene in the input and output video. For each ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235990 | Video Manager for Portable Multifunction Device A video player for a portable multifunction device is disclosed. In some embodiments, a list of video items is displayed in a portrait orientation of a touch screen display of a portable electronic device. Upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, the ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231260 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ONLINE VIDEO ADVERTISING PLATFORM AND MARKETPLACE An online video advertising platform and marketplace. The present invention enables sellers to enhance the way they market products by providing them with a platform that uses location, images, product information, and Internet video. Because images and text are static ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110230232 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO EDITING Systems and methods are disclosed to edit video by receiving a source video; processing the source video with a plurality of tasks including one or more transitions, effects, and audio; assigning the tasks to a plurality of general purpose processor cores and/or a graph... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110225039 | VIRTUAL SOCIAL VENUE FEEDING MULTIPLE VIDEO STREAMS A method is provided for creating a virtual social media experience. A virtual social venue is provided that comprises a virtual three-dimensional representation of a stadium, coliseum, arena, stage, or theater for congregating an audience of people in close proximity t... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110219309 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD In a video display device for use in presentation, a display state on computer display screen of an application software program used in the presentation is detected. When it is detected that the application software is in a maximized display state, a video image is pro... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110219308 | PRE-PROCESSING AND ENCODING MEDIA CONTENT A method, apparatus, system, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to generate a media content deliverable. Media content is defined and template files are established. Each template file contains settings used to generate one ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110200306 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, PROGRAM AND REPRODUCTION METHOD A BD-ROM has recorded therein an AV Clip generated by multiplexing a video stream and a graphics stream. The graphics stream represents an interactive display to be overlayed with the video stream, and includes a sequence of three Button State groups. The interactive di... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110197130 | Method and system for determining viewing time of an online video A method and system for approximating the viewing time of a video posted on a website of a plurality of websites on the Internet is disclosed herein. The method and system is able to approximate the viewing time of the online video by a visitor computer and transmit the... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110191684 | Method of Internet Video Access and Management A system and apparatus for enabling the end user to schedule the display of online videos and dynamically displaying online videos according to a user preference. The system provides an editorially-selected guide to online videos in which videos from existing online vid... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110191683 | Methods and Systems to Enhance Advisor-Client Communications Methods and systems enable an advisor to communicate with clients by email containing embedded video content where the video content has been vetted and approved by a compliance officer or function to reduce the likelihood that a problematic video with be disseminated t... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110161817 | SLIDE KIT CREATION AND COLLABORATION SYSTEM WITH MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE A slide kit creation system and method allows reviewers of a slide kit to insert non-textual comments, such as audio comments, to be associated with selected slides. In one embodiment, audio comments are transmitted to a host computer by telephone, and may be posted on ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110154203 | Interactive Advertising Platform and Methods A method of providing an entertaining and interactive interface for a user to view a displayable multimedia packet, comprises: obtaining a multimedia packet (“MMP”) relating to a product, service or provider, the MMP having a predesigned progression from beginning t... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110138354 | INTERACTIVE VIDEO PLAYER COMPONENT FOR MASHUP INTERFACES A mashup widget can include a widget component and a widget container. The widget container can be graphically rendered within widget defined boundaries of a mashup application. The widget component can detect an externally defined video file. The video file can have a ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110126104 | USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING DIFFERENT FORMATS FOR MEDIA FILES AND MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICES Described herein is a media manager user interface (UI) application/engine for managing different formats for media files and playback devices in a media system. The media system may include a source device, at least one playback device, and the media manager UI, couple... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110119586 | PERSISTENT VISUAL MEDIA PLAYER An apparatus and method for presenting an embedded visual media player included in a web page in a floating mode is disclosed herein. The status of the embedded visual media player and/or the position of the embedded visual media player relative to the current viewable ... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110119585 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLAYBACK OF FLASH-BASED VIDEO ON MOBILE WEB BROWSER An apparatus and method for playing a flash-based video through a video plug-in on a mobile web browser are provided. The apparatus includes a structure analyzer and a video display controller. The structure analyzer analyzes a structure of flash content. If there is an... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110093783 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LINKING MEDIA COMPONENTS A system and method for linking media components may include a processor that executes a handshake protocol according to which a video component is rendered conditional upon receipt of notification of rendering of an associated media component. The system and method may... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110093784 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE VIDEO PLATFORM An apparatus, a system, a method and a computer program product are provided. The system includes a controller configured to broadcast a web-based meeting between a first user and a second user. The system further includes a graphical user interface configured to displa... | 04/21/2011 |
