Providing Interactive Content to a Second Screen Device via a Unidirectional Media Distribution System
OwnerPaul Staff, Jonathon Staffinventors
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Abstract
Embodiments of the subject invention are directed to a computer-implemented method and system for interacting with unidirectionally distributed content, including specifying an interaction manifest that corresponds to an item of unidirectional content, generating a corresponding interaction ID and an ID sound code, embedding the ID sound code in the audio portion of the corresponding item of unidirectional content, playing the item of unidirectional content which includes the embedded ID sound code, decoding, by a mobile device in proximity to a player the embedded ID sound code, requesting the corresponding interaction manifest and executing the interaction manifest.
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A computer-implemented method for interacting with unidirectionally distributed content, comprising:
- maintaining a database of interaction manifests, each interaction manifest having a corresponding interaction ID;
- specifying an interaction manifest by a producer computer, the interaction manifest corresponding to an item of unidirectional content;
- receiving, by a server computer from the producer computer, the interaction manifest;
- generating, by the server computer an interaction ID that corresponds to the interaction manifest and a corresponding ID sound code;
- embedding, by the producer, the ID sound code in the audio portion of the corresponding item of unidirectional content;
- playing by a content player the item of unidirectional content which includes the embedded ID sound code;
- receiving by a mobile device that is in proximity to the content player an audio portion of the item of unidirectional content;
- decoding, by the mobile device, the embedded ID sound code to obtain the interaction ID;
- requesting from the computer server the interaction manifest that corresponds to the interaction ID;
- and
- executing, by the mobile device, the interaction manifest.
A system for interacting with unidirectionally distributed content, comprising:
- a database of interaction manifests, each interaction manifest having a corresponding interaction ID;
- a server computer for:
- receiving from a producer computer an interaction manifest, the interaction manifest corresponding to an item of unidirectional content;
- storing the received interaction manifest in the database of interaction manifests;
- generating (1) an interaction ID that corresponds to the received interaction manifest and (2) an ID sound code that corresponds to the interaction ID;
- providing the ID sound code to the producer computer to embed in the audio portion of the corresponding item of unidirectional content;
- a content player for receiving the item of unidirectional content that includes the embedded ID sound code and playing the item;
- a mobile device for:
- receiving an audio portion of the item of unidirectional content from the content player;
- decoding, by the mobile device, the embedded ID sound code to obtain the interaction ID;
- requesting from the computer server the interaction manifest that corresponds to the interaction ID;
- and
- executing, by the mobile device, the interaction manifest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.