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US 11,082,749 B2Granted
Video assets having associated graphical descriptor data
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsMichael Cook, Walt Michel
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Abstract
Graphical descriptor data associated with a particular video asset may include data for one or more graphical descriptor images and graphical descriptor metadata related to each graphical descriptor image. The graphical descriptor images can be simultaneously presented on a display screen with the video asset content and used to navigate to different content in that video asset. The graphical descriptors can also be used to navigate to content of one or more different assets.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first computing device, a first data stream that comprises a first content asset;
- causing, by the first computing device, display of:
- the first content asset;
- and
- a timeline of selectable thumbnail images,
- wherein a first thumbnail image, of the selectable thumbnail images:
- comprises at least a portion of one or more images of the first content asset,
- comprises artwork associated with the one or more images of the first content asset, and
- corresponds to a time point of a second portion of the first content asset;
- generating, based on one or more second images of the first content asset, a second thumbnail image that corresponds to a time point of a second content asset different from the first content asset;
- causing, by the first computing device and during presentation of a first portion of the first content asset, display of the first thumbnail image and display of the second thumbnail image;
- receiving an indication of a user selection of the first thumbnail image;
- and
- retrieving, based on the indication, content data at the time point of the second portion of the first content asset.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first computing device, a first data stream that comprises a first content asset;
- causing, by the first computing device, display of:
- the first content asset;
- and
- a timeline of selectable thumbnail images, wherein each of the selectable thumbnail images corresponds to a different time point of the first content asset;
- wherein a first thumbnail image, of the selectable thumbnail images, comprises:
- at least a portion of one or more images of the first content asset;
- and
- artwork associated with the first content asset, wherein the artwork is based on the one or more images of the first content asset;
- receiving an indication of a user selection of the first thumbnail image;
- and
- retrieving, based on the indication, content data for a second portion of the first content asset.
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An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- receive a first data stream that comprises a first content asset;
- cause display of:
- the first content asset;
- and
- a timeline of selectable thumbnail images, wherein each of the selectable thumbnail images corresponds to a different time point of the first content asset;
- wherein a first thumbnail image, of the selectable thumbnail images, comprises:
- at least a portion of one or more images of the first content asset;
- and
- artwork associated with the first content asset, wherein the artwork is based on the one or more images of the first content asset;
- receive an indication of a user selection of the first thumbnail image;
- and
- retrieve, based on the indication, content data for a second portion of the first content asset.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.