US 2010/0141840 A1 · Method and Apparatus for Combining Media From Multiple Sources for Display and Viewer Interaction

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for combining media from multiple sources for display and viewer interaction The disclosed Multi-Media Overlay System provides a mechanism and a process for consumers to combine media from various sources to create the appearance of a single media The Multi-Media Overlay System applies “overlay content,” such as text, images, and interaction to some “primary content,” such as a DVD movie The timing, location, and presentation of the overlay content are developed with the primary content in mind. The Multi-Media Overlay System comprises a device that accepts media from various sources and allows the execution of a Primary Software Application to perform the overlay function, allows user interaction with the generated content, and displays the generated content.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

a memory;
and
at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to:
obtain primary content for presentation to a user on a television;
obtain supplemental content related to said primary content;
obtain an overlay index that associates said supplemental content with one or more times or events in said primary content;
and
present a combination of said primary content and said supplemental content based on said overlay index on said television.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/532,961Filed 28 Mar 2008

Priority

30 Mar 2007

Published

10 Jun 2010

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

H04N 21/47
Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof: end-user…
H04N 7/17318
Transmission or handling of upstream communications: direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
H04N 21/4316
Involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations: for displaying…
H04N 21/4325
Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk: by playing back content from the storage medium

Method and Apparatus for Combining Media From Multiple Sources for Display and Viewer Interaction

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Method and Apparatus for Combining Media From Multiple Sources for Display and Viewer Interaction

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Claims18