US 11,606,587 B2Granted

Embeddable media playback interaction sharing

AssigneeDISH Network Technologies India Private Limited

InventorsSandeep Rachoori, Prudvi Raj Daniyala

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Abstract

Techniques are described for integrated sharing of media playback interactions (MPIs). Responsive to consumer interactions with media content during playback of a media file, embodiments can produce MPIs corresponding to the consumer's changes in the playback presentation of the content. The MPIs can be associated with the media file as one or more sharable embedded MPIs (EMPIs). A consumer can share the media file with its associated EMPIs. When the same or a different consumer subsequently accesses the content from the media file, embodiments permit playback of the content with selective access to the EMPIs. For example, a first consumer can share media content with its associated EMPIs, thereby permitting a second consumer control over which portions of the media content are played back with and without experiencing the first consumer's EMPIs.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for providing embeddable media playback interactions, the method comprising:

first outputting a media content file for first playback in a first timeframe to a first user via an interactive media playback interface;
receiving a set of media playback interactions from the first user via the interactive media playback interface during the first playback of the media content file, the set of media playback interactions affecting playback presentation of the media content file;
generating embedded media playback interaction (EMPI) data to logically associate the set of media playback interactions with the media content file, such that the subsequent playback of the media content file provides for selective playback of the EMPI data during the subsequent playback of the media content file;
receiving a user request for second playback of the media content file in a second timeframe subsequent to the first timeframe, the user request indicating whether to playback the media content file with enhanced media affecting playback presentation of the media content file;
playing back the media content file responsive to the user request, such that:
responsive to the user request indicating not to playback the media content file with the enhanced media, the playing back comprises playing back the media content file without the EMPI data so that the set of media playback interactions does not affect the playback presentation of the media content file;
and
responsive to the user request indicating to playback the media content file with the enhanced media, the playing back comprises playing back the media content file with the EMPI data so that the set of media playback interactions affects the playback presentation of the media content file.

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A media playback device for providing embeddable media playback interactions, the media playback device comprising:

a playback subsystem, having an interactive media playback interface, to:
first output a media content file for first playback in a first timeframe to a first user via an interactive media playback interface;
and
receive a set of media playback interactions from the first user via the interactive media playback interface during the first playback of the media content file, the set of media playback interactions affecting playback presentation of the media content file;
and
a media playback interaction embedder coupled with the playback subsystem to generate embedded media playback interaction (EMPI) data to logically associate the set of media playback interactions with the media content file,
such that subsequent outputting of enhanced media content that embeds the EMPI data with the media content file provides user-responsive playback of the set of media playback interactions to affect playback presentation of the media content file during the subsequent outputting,
wherein the playback subsystem is further to:
receive a user request for playback of the media content file in a second timeframe subsequent to the first timeframe, the user request indicating whether to playback the media content file with enhanced media affecting playback presentation of the media content file;
playing back the media content file responsive to the user request, such that:
responsive to the user request indicating not to playback the media content file with the enhanced media, the playing back comprises playing back the media content file without the EMPI data so that the set of media playback interactions does not affect the playback presentation of the media content file;
and
responsive to the user request indicating to playback the media content file with the enhanced media, the playing back comprises playing back the media content file with the EMPI data so that the set of media playback interactions affects the playback presentation of the media content file.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/092,877Filed 9 Nov 2020
Priority: IN 2020410382004 Sep 2020
Published: US 2022/0078497 A110 Mar 2022
Granted: 14 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04N 21/23892
Multiplex stream processing, e.g. multiplex stream encrypting: involving embedding information at multiplex stream level, e.g. embedding a…
H04N 21/84
Generation or processing of protective or descriptive data associated with content; Content structuring: generation or processing of descriptive…
H04N 21/8456
Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments: by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
H04N 21/8545
Content authoring: for generating interactive applications