Systems and methods for determining that a media item is being presented

    公开(公告)号:US11216740B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16935056

    申请日:2020-07-21

    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

    Inventor: Vincent Dureau

    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include systems and methods for determining that media items are currently being presented. In one aspect, a method performed at a client device includes: (1) identifying a media item potentially being presented on an output device coupled to the client device; (2) calculating a level of confidence that the identified media item is currently being presented to the user; (3) subsequent to the calculating, determining that at least one predetermined event associated with user interaction with the media item has occurred; and (4) based on the at least one predetermined event, increasing or decreasing the level of confidence that the identified media item is currently being presented to the user.

    MANAGING LIFECYCLES OF TELEVISION GADGETS AND APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20210243508A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US17233971

    申请日:2021-04-19

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Inventor: Vincent Dureau

    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes identifying metadata related to television programming. The method further includes sending search requests that include the identified metadata to a search system for selecting at least one portable program module. The method further includes in response to a first one of the search requests, receiving first search results from the search system that identify the selected portable program module and outputting a representation of the selected portable program module to a display device for presentation concurrently with the television programming. The method further includes in response to a second one of the search requests, receiving second search results from the search system that no longer identify the selected portable program module and ceasing the output of the representation of the selected portable program module.

    METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR MEDIA CONTENT STREAMING DEVICE SETUP

    公开(公告)号:US20210218592A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17215807

    申请日:2021-03-29

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Inventor: Vincent Dureau

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for setting up a media content streaming device are provided. In some implementations, the systems comprise: a first communication interface that is configured to provide a media output to a media content presentation device; a second communication interface that is configured to transfer data; and a hardware processor that is configured to: retrieve a setup application in response to detecting a connection between the media content streaming device and a user device via the second communication interface; cause the setup application to be launched on the user device; receive, from the user device, information relating to setting up the media content streaming device; set up the media content streaming device based on the received information relating to setting up the media content streaming device; and prompt a user to connect the media content streaming device to the media content presentation device via the second communication interface.

    Systems and methods for operating a set top box

    公开(公告)号:US11006175B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-11

    申请号:US16257013

    申请日:2019-01-24

    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

    Abstract: Features of various implementations are used to control operation of a second electronic device from a first electronic device using indirect control methods and optical character recognition. In some implementations, communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box is configured in order to avoid the need for one or more provider-specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a method of identifying commands that can be used to control one or more features of a primary set-top box (e.g., DVR or VOD features) by a supplemental set-top box issuing commands to the primary set-top box via a wireless (e.g., IR) transmitter, and then using optical character recognition to identify the outcomes of those commands as displayed on a primary TV display or secondary display.

    Discovering and displaying media content related to an electronic document

    公开(公告)号:US10375449B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-06

    申请号:US15614449

    申请日:2017-06-05

    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable storage mediums, and methods for discovering and displaying media content related to an electronic document. At a first computing device, document identifying information—which is one of: at least a portion of a network identifier or source code for the electronic document—for the electronic document is obtained. One or more media entities associated with the electronic document are then obtained from a server. The media entities correspond to media content including scheduled TV programming, streaming media or locally stored media. A representation of a subset of the media entities is displayed, and a user selection from the representation of a respective media entity from the subset is obtained. In response, selection information identifying the respective media entity is sent to a second computing device, which is configured to access and display respective media content corresponding to the respective media entity based on the selection information.

    Systems and Methods for Operating a Set Top Box

    公开(公告)号:US20190174182A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-06

    申请号:US16257013

    申请日:2019-01-24

    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

    Abstract: Features of various implementations are used to control operation of a second electronic device from a first electronic device using indirect control methods and optical character recognition. In some implementations, communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box is configured in order to avoid the need for one or more provider-specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a method of identifying commands that can be used to control one or more features of a primary set-top box (e.g., DVR or VOD features) by a supplemental set-top box issuing commands to the primary set-top box via a wireless (e.g., IR) transmitter, and then using optical character recognition to identify the outcomes of those commands as displayed on a primary TV display or secondary display.

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