Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronizing video content with extrinsic data
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Application No.: US15898103Application Date: 2018-02-15
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Publication No.: US11546667B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Andrej Gregov , Francis J. Kane , Douglas M. Treder
- Applicant: IMDb.com, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: IMDb.com, Inc.
- Current Assignee: IMDb.com, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N21/472
- IPC: H04N21/472 ; H04N21/4725 ; G06Q90/00 ; H04N21/235 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/654 ; H04N21/6587 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/84 ; H04N21/8547 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N21/41 ; H04N21/4722 ; H04N21/431 ; H04N21/439 ; H04N21/44 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/475 ; H04N21/443

Abstract:
Disclosed are various embodiments for associating and synchronizing extrinsic data with video content at particular points of time in the video content. In one embodiment, an application identifies a video content feature currently being presented via a display device. A current time in the video content feature are determined. Performers potentially depicted in the video content feature at the current time are determined. The application then generates a user interface configured to receive a user selection of a particular performer from the performers, where the user selection indicates that the particular performer is depicted in the video content feature at the current time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180176647A1 SYNCHRONIZING VIDEO CONTENT WITH EXTRINSIC DATA Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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