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US 8,150,376 B2Granted
User-initiated communications during multimedia content playback on a mobile communications device
AssigneeVideopression LLC
InventorsGregory T. H. Chew, Donald J. Pilcher, Kevin Thornton
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Abstract
A multimedia display process executing in a mobile device traps user input signals to allow switching from display of multimedia to another task without requiring manual termination of the multimedia display process by the user.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- receiving data and playing multimedia content included therein;
- obtain multimedia metadata from the received data, the multimedia metadata specifying an interface element, a beginning offset, and an ending offset;
- wherein the multimedia metadata specifies a contact type configured to define a type of contact associated with the interface element, a contact address configured to specify a parameter to establish a connection with the contact type, or a contact description configured to provide descriptive information associated with the interface element;
- displaying a prompt associated with the interface element, of the multimedia metadata during the playing of the multimedia content, wherein the prompt is displayed within a visual display of the multimedia content at a position between the beginning offset and the ending offset;
- and
- establishing a communications channel associated with the interface element responsive to actuation of the prompt.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processing device configured to:
- play multimedia content included in received data;
- obtain multimedia metadata from the received data, the multimedia metadata specifying an interface element, a beginning offset, and an ending offset;
- wherein the multimedia metadata specifies a contact type configured to define a type of contact associated with the interface element, a contact address configured to specify a parameter to establish a connection with the contact type, or a contact description configured to provide descriptive information associated with the interface element;
- displaying a prompt associated with the interface element, of the multimedia metadata during the playing of the multimedia content, wherein the prompt is displayed within an image of the multimedia content at a position between the beginning offset and the ending offset;
- and
- establishing a communications channel associated with the interface element responsive to actuation of the prompt.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- means for playing multimedia content included in received data;
- means for receiving multimedia metadata from the received data, the multimedia metadata specifying an interface element, a beginning offset, and an ending offset;
- wherein the multimedia metadata specifies a contact type configured to define a type of contact associated with the interface element, a contact address configured to specify a parameter to establish a connection with the contact type, or a contact description configured to provide descriptive information associated with the interface element;
- means for displaying a prompt associated with the interface element, of the multimedia metadata during the playing of the multimedia content, wherein the prompt is displayed within a visual display of the multimedia content at a position between the beginning offset and the ending offset;
- and
- means for establishing a communications channel associated with the interface element responsive to actuation of the prompt.
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A memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving data and playing multimedia content included therein;
- obtaining multimedia metadata from the received data, the multimedia metadata specifying an interface element, a beginning offset, and an ending offset;
- wherein the multimedia metadata specifies a contact type configured to define a type of contact associated with the interface element, a contact address configured to specify a parameter to establish a connection with the contact type, or a contact description configured to provide descriptive information associated with the interface element;
- displaying a prompt associated with the interface element of the multimedia metadata during the playing of the multimedia content, wherein the prompt is displayed within an image of the multimedia content at a position between the beginning offset and the ending offset;
- and
- establishing a communications channel associated with the interface element responsive to actuation of the prompt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.