Discovering and displaying media content related to an electronic document

    公开(公告)号:US09674583B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-06

    申请号:US13728985

    申请日:2012-12-27

    申请人: GOOGLE INC.

    摘要: 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, steaming 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.

    Two Way Control of a Set Top Box using Optical Character Recognition
    5.
    发明申请
    Two Way Control of a Set Top Box using Optical Character Recognition 有权
    使用光学字符识别的机顶盒的双向控制

    公开(公告)号:US20140181853A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-26

    申请号:US14194551

    申请日:2014-02-28

    申请人: Google Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04N21/44 H04N21/24

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 使用各种实现的特征来使用间接控制方法和光学字符识别从第一电子设备控制第二电子设备的操作。 在一些实现中,配置主机顶盒和辅助机顶盒之间的通信,以避免对一个或多个提供商特定的API的需要。 例如,本公开的一个方面是识别可以用于通过补充机顶盒发出命令来控制主机顶盒(例如,DVR或VOD特征)的一个或多个特征的命令的方法, 主要机顶盒通过无线(例如,IR)发射机,然后使用光学字符识别来识别这些命令的结果显示在主要电视显示器或辅助显示器上。

    Managing lifecycles of television gadgets and applications

    公开(公告)号:US09788081B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-10

    申请号:US14868237

    申请日:2015-09-28

    申请人: Google Inc.

    发明人: Vincent Dureau

    摘要: 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.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT A MEDIA ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED
    7.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT A MEDIA ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED 有权
    用于确定媒体信息层次的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140379614A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-25

    申请号:US14241394

    申请日:2012-08-24

    申请人: GOOGLE INC.

    发明人: Vincent Dureau

    IPC分类号: G06N5/04

    摘要: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for determining a level of confidence that an identified media item is currently being presented to a user is presented. A media item being presented to a user on an output device coupled to the client device is identified, the client device including an input device usable by a user of the client device to instruct the client device to acquire and present media items from a plurality of media devices. A level of confidence that the identified media item is currently being presented to the user is calculated. A determination is made that at least one predetermined event has occurred. A level of confidence that the identified media item is currently being presented to the user is adjusted based on the at least one predetermined event.

    摘要翻译: 呈现存储至少一个程序的系统,计算机可读存储介质和用于确定当前正在向用户呈现所识别的媒体项目的置信度的计算机实现的方法。 识别在耦合到客户端设备的输出设备上呈现给用户的媒体项目,所述客户端设备包括可由客户端设备的用户使用的输入设备,以指示客户端设备从多个 媒体设备。 计算当前正在呈现给用户的所识别的媒体项目的置信度。 确定发生了至少一个预定事件。 基于至少一个预定事件调整所识别的媒体项目当前被呈现给用户的置信度。

    Creating Cover Art for Media Browsers
    8.
    发明申请
    Creating Cover Art for Media Browsers 有权
    为媒体浏览器创建封面

    公开(公告)号:US20160309216A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-20

    申请号:US15194523

    申请日:2016-06-27

    申请人: GOOGLE INC.

    摘要: Displaying art work or thumbnail images representative of movies, television (TV) programs/episodes and other media content is an appealing and often intuitive way of displaying available media content in a media content browser. However, computer displayable cover art is not necessarily available for all titles. For example, an older movie may not have computer displayable cover art because at the time the movie title was made available it was not anticipated that the movie title might be selectable through a media browser. After considering this description one will understand how the features of various, implementations are configured to enable various systems, methods and devices to create computer displayable cover art or thumbnail images for media titles to be displayed by a media browser.

    摘要翻译: 显示代表电影,电视(电视)节目/剧集和其他媒体内容的艺术作品或缩略图是在媒体内容浏览器中显示可用媒体内容的有吸引力和经常直观的方式。 然而,计算机可显示的封面艺术不一定可用于所有标题。 例如,较旧的电影可能没有计算机可显示的封面艺术,因为在电影标题可用时,预计不能通过媒体浏览器选择电影标题。 在考虑了该描述之后,将会理解各种实施方式的特征如何被配置为使得各种系统,方法和设备能够创建用于由媒体浏览器显示的媒体标题的计算机可显示的封面或缩略图。