# US 2014/0195914 A1 · Method, apparatus and system

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- Number: US 2014/0195914 A1
- Document ID: US20140195914A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/204,963
- Filed: 2014-03-11
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-03-29
- Assignees: Sony Corporation
- Applicants: Sony Corporation
- Inventors: Clive Henry GILLARD; Robert Mark Stefan Porter
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195914A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
- G06T 7/246: using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments
- G06T 7/254: involving subtraction of images
- G06T 7/277: involving stochastic approaches, e.g. using Kalman filters
- H04L 65/60: Network streaming of media packets
- H04N 13/156: Mixing image signals
- H04N 13/271: wherein the generated image signals comprise depth maps or disparity maps
- H04N 21/25891: {being end-user preferences (retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)}
- H04N 21/26258: {for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list (retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40)}
- H04N 21/435: Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
- H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)}
- H04N 21/47202: {for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand}
- H04N 21/4756: {for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie}
- H04N 21/632: {using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices (broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)}
- H04N 21/6587: Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
- H04N 21/8456: {by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments}
- G06T 2207/10024: Color image
- G06T 2207/20081: Training; Learning
- G06T 2207/30221: Sports video; Sports image
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A method of viewing a highlight package on a client device, comprising at the client device: receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames, receiving field of view information from a server, the field of view information identifying, for a frame in the received video stream, positional information defining a segment of the frame, and displaying the defined segment to a user.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of viewing content on a client device, comprising at the client device:
circuitry configured for receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames, circuitry configured for receiving field of view information from a server, the field of view information identifying, for a frame in the received video stream, positional information defining a segment of the frame,
and circuitry configured for displaying the defined segment to a user, and circuitry configured for receiving at the client device, annotation information defining an annotation to be displayable on the displayed segment of the frame.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving at the client device for at least the displayed segment of the frame, identification of a location of each detected object within the segment of the frame.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A method according to claim 2, further comprising the annotation information displayable being metadata associated with each detected object.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, further comprising additional displayable annotation information being generatable at the client device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

A method according to claim 2, further comprising the location information of the detected objects being displayable as player position information.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, comprising receiving the video stream from a source other than the server from which the field of view information is provided.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1 comprising transferring a user rating of the content from the client device to the server.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, comprising receiving at the client device a video stream selected on the basis of a rating attributed to the content.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, comprising receiving at the client device a video stream selected on the basis of preferences provided by the user of the client device and stored within the sever.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

A method according to claim 9, wherein the preferences are any one of the favorite soccer team of the user or the favorite content author.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1 comprising transferring to the server a modified version of the content.

### Claim 12

A client device, comprising:
a receiver operable to receive a video stream comprising a plurality of frames,
and to receive field of view information from a server, the field of view information identifying, for a frame in the received video stream, positional information defining a segment of the frame, and a display operable in use to display the defined segment to a user,
and wherein the receiver circuitry is operable to receive annotation information defining an annotation to be written on the displayed segment of the frame.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

A device according to claim 12, wherein the receiver circuitry is configured to receive object location information from the server and further configured to display the segment of the frame identifying a location of each detected object within the segment of the frame.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

A device according to claim 13, wherein the receiver circuitry is further configured to display the annotation information, wherein the annotation information displayable is metadata associated with each detected object.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

A device according to claim 12, wherein the receiver circuitry generates further annotation information, wherein the further annotation information is displayable on the segment.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

A device according to claim 13, wherein the receiver circuitry displays the location information of the detected objects as player position information.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

A device according to claim 12, wherein the receiver circuitry is configured to receive the video stream from a source other than the server from which the field of view information is provided.

### Claim 18 (depends on 12)

A device according to claim 12 comprising an output circuitry configured to transfer a user rating of the content from the client device to the server.

### Claim 19 (depends on 12)

A device according to claim 12, wherein the receiver circuitry is further configured to receive at the client device a video stream selected on the basis of a rating attributed to the content.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform the method of claim 1.