Unobtrusively enhancing video content with extrinsic data
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAdam Carlson, Jeromey Russell Goetz, Douglas Andrew Hungarter, Charles G. Tritschler, Peter A. Larsen
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Abstract
The playback of video content upon a display is enhanced through the unobtrusive presentation of extrinsic data upon the same display. A video content feature is rendered on a display. A quantity of extrinsic data relevant to a current time in the video content feature is determined based at least in part on viewing history of a user. A graphical element presenting at least a portion of the extrinsic data is rendered on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to at least:
- cause a video content feature to be rendered on a display;
- determine a quantity of extrinsic data comprising textual information relevant to a current time in the video content feature to be presented in the video content feature based at least in part on a user account history indicating that a user account associated with the display has viewed the video content feature previously;
- and
- cause a graphical element to be rendered on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display in response to determining the quantity of extrinsic data, the graphical element presenting at least a portion of the extrinsic data.
A system, comprising:
- a data store;
- and
- at least one computing device in communication with the data store, the at least one computing device being configured to at least:
- cause a video content feature to be rendered on a display;
- determine that an appearance of a character in a current scene of the video content feature corresponds to a first recognizable appearance of the character in the video content feature;
- determine that a viewing history indicates a user account associated with the display previously viewed the video content feature;
- and
- cause information about the character to be rendered on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display in response to determining that the appearance of the character corresponds to the first recognizable appearance of the character, a quantity of textual information rendered on the display being based at least in part on the viewing history indicating the user account previously viewed the video content feature.
A method, comprising:
- rendering, via at least one computing device, a video content feature on a display;
- determining, via the at least one computing device, that a viewing history indicates a user account associated with the display previously viewed the video content feature;
- determining, via the at least one computing device, a quantity of textual information to present relevant to a current time in the video content feature based at least in part on the viewing history indicating the user account previously viewed the video content feature;
- and
- rendering, via the at least one computing device, a graphical element presenting extrinsic data comprising the textual information on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.