# US 12,604,065 B2 · Systems and methods for broadcasting data contents related to media contents using a media device

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- Number: US 12,604,065 B2
- Document ID: US12604065B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/153,347
- Filed: 2016-05-12
- Published: 2017-11-16
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2016-05-12
- Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Applicants: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors: Skarphedinn Hedinsson; Michael P. Goslin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604065B2

## CPC

- H04N 21/4882: {for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders (arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895)}
- H04N 21/41265: {having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204)}
- H04N 21/4131: {home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices (home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807)}
- H04N 21/43079: {of additional data with content streams on multiple devices}
- H04N 21/4348: {Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams}
- H04N 21/43637: {involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114)}
- H04N 21/438: Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. retrieving encoded video stream packets from an IP network
- H04N 21/472: End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content {(end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612)}
- H04N 21/4722: for requesting additional data associated with the content
- H04N 21/6543: for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording {(remote booting in general G06F9/4416)}
- H04N 21/8133: {specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video programme}
- H04N 21/858: Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

There is provided a system including a display, a wireless communication element, a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, and a hardware processor executing the executable code to receive an input signal including a media content and a data content associated with the media content, extract the data content from the input signal, display the media content on the display, and transmit the data content of the input signal to a user device using the wireless communication element.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system comprising:
a media device including a wireless communication element;
a display;
a room lighting system wirelessly connected to the media device, the room lighting system configured to provide room lighting and execute an action, the room lighting system being separate and distinct from the display;
a non-transitory memory of the media device storing an executable code; and
a hardware processor of the media device configured to execute the executable code to:
receive a media transmission signal including video content and data content associated with the video content, the data content associated with the video signal and included in the media transmission signal being in a dedicated data stream of the media transmission signal;
extract the data content associated with the video content from the received media transmission signal;
display the video content on the display in accordance with a video content timeline; and
transmit from the media device to the room lighting system, using the wireless communication element, the data content, wherein transmission of the data content occurs in response to reaching a pre-programmed trigger event in the video content timeline while displaying the video content on the display;
wherein instructions included in the data content cause the room lighting system to execute the action to change an intensity of the room lighting provided by the room lighting system.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the data content included in the media transmission signal is synchronized with the video content included in the media transmission signal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the trigger event is a user alert event.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions included in the data content extracted from the received media transmission signal cause the room lighting system to reduce the intensity of the room lighting when the video content transitions to a scene taking place at night.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to execute the executable code to:
transmit, using the wireless communication element and in response to reaching another trigger event in the video content while displaying the video content on the display, second instructions according to the data content extracted from the received media transmission signal to a user device, the user device being configured to execute another action.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The system of claim 5, wherein the second instructions are configured to cause the user device to power down.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the room lighting system is an in-home lighting system.

### Claim 8

A method for use with a system including a media device, a display, a room lighting system wirelessly connected to the media device and separate and distinct from the display, the media device including a wireless communication element, a non-transitory memory, and a hardware processor, the method comprising:
receiving a media transmission signal including video content and data content associated with the video content, the data content associated with the video signal and included in the media transmission signal being in a dedicated data stream of the media transmission signal;
extracting the data content associated with the video content from the received media transmission signal;
displaying the video content on the display in accordance with a video content timeline; and
transmitting from the media device receiving the media transmission signal to the room lighting system wirelessly connected to the media device, using the wireless communication element, the data content, wherein transmission of the data content occurs in response to reaching a pre-programmed trigger event in the video content timeline while displaying the video content on the display, the room lighting system being configured to provide room lighting and execute an action;
wherein the instructions included in the data content cause the room lighting system to execute the action to change an intensity of the room lighting provided by the room lighting system.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the data content included in the media transmission signal is synchronized with the video content included in the media transmission signal.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the trigger event is a user alert event.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the instructions included in the data content extracted from the received media transmission signal causes the room lighting system to reduce the intensity of the room lighting when the video content transitions to a scene taking place at night.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, further comprising:
transmitting, using the wireless communication element and in response to reaching another trigger event in the video content while displaying the video content on the display, second instructions according to the data content extracted from the media transmission signal to a user device, the user device being configured to execute another action.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the second instructions are configured to cause the user device to power down.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the room lighting system is an in-home lighting system.