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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185823 | Zoom indication for stabilizing unstable video clips A computer-implemented method for zoom indication for stabilizing unstable video clips is described. To indicate zoom, a zoom value associated with an unstable segment of a video clip is received. The zoom value represents a value by which frames of the video clip i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171411 | System and method for delivering content in a movie trailer A system and method for delivering content in a movie trailer and a system for implementing the same. The method includes receiving a request to deliver a shell application having a configuration dependent on a selected movie. Appropriate multi-media content and a s... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171410 | Method and system for generating and presenting mobile content summarization This invention involves a system and method to construct a visual representation of multidimensional data that works especially well for video. The system comprises an application on a mobile device having a screen, an assignment module assigning the media segments ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166398 | Method and system for dynamically displaying a control bar of a multimedia player The present invention relates generally to a method for dynamically displaying a control bar of a multimedia player, wherein one subjective thereof is to prevent overlap occurred to the menu image provided by a multimedia source. The method is preferably used for a ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166399 | In-page full screen internet video method A method is provided for playing a video clip on a computer monitor in a full screen mode. Activation of a link to the video clip on a web page results in the video clip being played automatically in full screen mode on the computer monitor. Upon the video clip endi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8151179 | Method and system for providing linked video and slides from a presentation Systems and methods for linking slides used during a presentation with a video recording of the presentation are provided. A presenter can develop slides for a presentation using a presentation tool. The presenter can then use the presentation tool to present the sl... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140973 | Annotating and sharing content Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to annotating and sharing content. In aspects, an annotation tool presents a user interface that allows a user to enter and view annotations associated with content such as a video. The annotation tool allows the... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8117545 | Hosted video discovery and publishing platform A hosted system provides any Internet user with the ability to quickly set up and customize a video channel, preferably as a web page or site that can be reached from any Internet-accessible device having a web browser. The solution includes tools for use by channel... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117544 | System and method for detecting user actions in a video stream Embodiments of the present invention include a video server that can detect and track the image of a pointing indicator in an input video stream representation of a computer display. The video server checks ordered frames of the video signal and determines movements... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108776 | User interface for multimodal information system A method and system for providing a user interface for information services related to multimodal information on a computer system is presented. A system for providing a user interface for augmenting multimodal information with information services and interacting w... | 01/31/2012 |
| RE43052 | Graphic interface device and method in digital TV A graphic interface device and method in a digital TV. The graphic interface device includes: a transmitting side for coding various forms of user graphic environment which can be selected by an end user, assigning specific packet identification (PID), and multiplex... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8069414 | 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, adver... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065613 | Image pickup apparatus, control method therefor, image pickup system, information processing apparatus, program and storage medium An image pickup apparatus in which when a decision button is depressed, a transfer confirmation screen is displayed without recording a selection record, and, when a shortcut button is depressed, a selection record is recorded and the transfer confirmation screen is... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060825 | Creating digital artwork based on content file metadata A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method applies to a set of content files including a subset of the content files that do not have associated digital artwork. For each content file in the set of content files, whether the content file has associated d... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8042046 | Master multimedia software controls A software control mechanism is disclosed for use with a plurality of media applications. The software control mechanism comprises a media control panel structured for use with a plurality of media applications. The media control panel is independent of each media a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8028234 | Summarization of sumo video content Summarization of video content, such as a video that includes sumo, by a method that provides a description of the video, identifies a plurality of segments of the video based upon the provided description, and generates another video based upon the identified segme... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024376 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program An information processing apparatus is provided, the apparatus being capable of automating an editing work or the like of captured moving image without providing a specific arrangement, for example, to a moving-image capturing apparatus. An information processing ap... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015491 | Systems and methods for a single development tool of unified online and offline content providing a similar viewing experience The present invention provides a comprehensive development platform and client-side technology for intelligent and cost-effective delivery of video, audio and broadband content over a network, such as the Internet, to desktop, mobile computing, and network connected... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010531 | Management of user interface elements A first set of data includes a plurality of presentation elements. A second set of data includes metadata concerning the presentation elements, the metadata including at least a hash value related to each of the presentation elements and a location of each of the pr... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7984377 | Cascaded display of video media Systems and methods for presenting media items in a display environment. A plurality of media items are selected. Instances of each of the selected media items are generated. The instances of the selected media items can be scaled and concurrently transitioned throu... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979800 | Contents information display device Desired contents information can be easily extracted in a contents information display device. The contents information display device includes: an information receiving part that receives contents information; a recording part that records received contents informa... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7937662 | System and method for implementing remote control functions in a mouse in a video playback system A method for implementing remote control functionality with a mouse in a video playback system includes the steps of identifying all selectable buttons within the page, depressing a key on a mouse device while the mouse is positioned over a first button currently se... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7908556 | Method and system for media landmark identification Methods and systems are described for allowing a user to quickly determine parts of a media item in which the user will be interested. In the methods and systems described, a timeline is provided for the media item and semantic icons are used as media landmarks alon... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900145 | System and method for synchronizing data Systems and methods are disclosed for presenting a media stream to user next adjacent to text and other content via a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface allows allowing the user to select part of the content and associate it with a specified port... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7886228 | Method and apparatus for storytelling with digital photographs A method and system for digital story authoring, viewing and storing is described. A display showing an imported story track, an authored story track, and a story-in-progress track. Each story contains one or more objects. The display also shows a large photo corres... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882436 | Distribution of video data A method of distributing video data comprising defining a plurality of programme elements, each programme element comprising a video clip taken from said video data. Each programme element is allocated to one of a predetermined plurality of classes, each class havin... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877676 | Data processing device and method for selecting media segments on the basis of a score A context of media content is represented by context description data having a hierarchical stratum where the lowest hierarchical layer is formed from an element representing a segment of media content which corresponds to a change between scenes of video data or a ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877687 | 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 viewa... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7865831 | Method of updating content for an automated display device A self-powered video display device provides an automated point of purchase advertising display that includes a readily programmable and re-programmable operating system. The display device is updated through the connection of a memory card or handheld computer and ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861150 | Timing aspects of media content rendering Timing for execution of certain user inputs and application instructions occurring during play of an interactive multimedia presentation is discussed. A current state is defined by a state of the presentation system at the time a current media sample is being played... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844902 | Apparatus and method for handling special windows in a display An apparatus and method for handling special windows in a display comprises a window manager in an operating system that is called by application programs to create special windows. The window manager embeds static key signals including encoded special window inform... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840897 | Inducing desired behavior with automatic application of points Each of a plurality of desired behaviors is associated with a corresponding positive point value, and each of a plurality of undesired behaviors is associated with a corresponding negative point value. A behavior tracking manager tracks behaviors performed by a subj... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7827491 | 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 a grap... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823067 | Process of navigation for the selection of documents associated with identifiers, and apparatus implementing the process The present invention relates to a process for navigation within a set of audiovisual documents in an audiovisual apparatus. At least one document is recorded previously in the apparatus. Next, the apparatus receives a command of association of at least one identifi... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814422 | Reproduction apparatus, reproduction method and recording 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 interactiv... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7788583 | In-page full screen internet video method A method is provided for playing a video clip on a computer monitor in a full screen mode. Activation of a link to the video clip on a web page results in the video clip being played automatically in full screen mode on the computer monitor. Upon the video clip endi... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7774705 | Interactive design process for creating stand-alone visual representations for media objects Techniques for an iterative design process of determining a visual representation for an input media object are provided. One or more visual representations are determined from the input media object based on a set of encoding parameters. An output media object is c... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7757171 | Media authoring and presentation A system and method for facilitating non-linear viewing of media is provided. The system facilitates non-linear viewing of media by providing a scene selector that scans a digitized media and selects a scene in the digitized media and a metadata generator that produ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7730405 | Method and system to present video content A method and system to preview video content. The system comprises an access component to receive a search request and a loader to simultaneously stream a plurality of videos associated with the search request. The system may further comprise a trigger to detect a p... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7669128 | Methods of enhancing media content narrative In a method of enhancing a viewer's experience of a video program, a plurality of selectable alternative video program scenes are provided for a video program being viewed on a display. The selectable alternative program versions are pre-rendered video scenes. A use... | 02/23/2010 |
