# US 9,436,289 B2 · Transmitting device, display control device, content transmitting method, recording medium, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,289 B2 - Document ID: US9436289B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/345,804 - Filed: 2012-10-10 - Published: 2014-08-07 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2011-11-08 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Akihiro Komori; Tomoaki Takemura; Shinya Masunaga; Nobuhiro Ozu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436289B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/013: {Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence)} - G06F 3/038: Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - H04N 21/42224: {Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control} - H04N 21/4728: for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region - G06F 3/1423: {controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display} - G06F 2203/0382: Plural input, i.e. interface arrangements in which a plurality of input device of the same type are in communication with a PC - G06F 2203/0384: Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit content and a point of interest indicator to a second device. The content and the point of interest indicator are selected by a user of the first device using a single action. The point of interest indicator identifies a portion of the content to be highlighted by the second device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to generate a point of interest position associated with content based on a user input, the point of interest position identifying a portion of the content to be highlighted by another apparatus when the content is reproduced by the another apparatus; and a transmitter configured to transmit the content and a point of interest control command separately to the another apparatus, the point of interest control command includes the point of interest position and information indicating a type of the content. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an interface configured to receive a selection of the content and the point of interest position by a single action of a user which is a flick operation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to set the point of interest position based on a portion of the content touched by the user during the flick operation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an interface configured to receive a selection of the content and the point of interest position by a single action of a user which is a touch operation, the circuitry being configured to set the point of interest position based on a portion of the content touched by the user during the touch operation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an interface configured to detect a direction of a face of a user, the interface selecting the content and the point of interest position based on the direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter transmits additional information to the another apparatus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information indicating a type of the content indicates whether the content with which the point of interest position associated is a still image, a video, or a string. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter sends updated point of interest information that indicates that the portion of the content identified based on the point of interest position is no longer subject to be highlighted by the another apparatus when the content is reproduced by the another apparatus. ### Claim 9 A system comprising: a first apparatus, comprising circuitry configured to generate a point of interest position associated with content based on a user input, the point of interest position identifying a portion of the content to be highlighted by a second apparatus when the content is reproduced by the second apparatus; and a transmitter configured to transmit the content and a point of interest control command separately to the second apparatus, the point of interest control command includes the point of interest position and information indicating a type of the content; and the second apparatus configured to receive the content and the point of interest control command from the first apparatus; reproduce the content on a display of the second apparatus; and display an indicator on the display, the indicator highlighting the portion of the content identified according to the point of interest position. ### Claim 10 A method performed by an apparatus, the method comprising: generating, by circuitry of the apparatus, a point of interest position associated with content based on a user input, the point of interest position identifying a portion of the content to be highlighted by another apparatus when the content is reproduced by the another apparatus; and transmitting, by a transmitter of the apparatus, the content and a point of interest control command separately to the another apparatus, the point of interest control command includes the point of interest position and information indicating a type of the content. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a program that, when executed by at least one processor, causes an apparatus to perform a method comprising: generating a point of interest position associated with content based on a user input, the point of interest position identifying a portion of the content to be highlighted by another apparatus when the content is reproduced by the another apparatus; and transmitting the content and a point of interest control command separately to the another apparatus, the point of interest control command includes the point of interest position and information indicating a type of the content. ### Claim 12 An apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive content and a point of interest control command separately from another apparatus, the point of interest control command includes a point of interest position associated with the content and information indicating a type of the content, the point of interest position identifying a portion of the content to be highlighted by the apparatus when the content is reproduced by the apparatus; a display; and circuitry configured to reproduce the content on the display; and cause the display to highlight the portion of the content identified according to the point of interest position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display a mark that highlights the portion of the content identified according to the point of interest position on the reproduced content. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the circuitry is configured to superimpose the mark on the reproduced content. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display a first mark that highlights the portion of the content identified according to the point of interest position on the reproduced content when the point of interest position corresponds to an exact location and to display a second mark that highlights the portion of the content identified according to the point of interest position on the reproduced content when the point of interest position corresponds to an approximate location. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a plurality of point of interest positions from a plurality of devices with respect to a same content. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display a different mark for each point of interest position from the plurality of devices on the reproduced content. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the circuitry is configured to control a display region of the reproduced content to include the portion of the content identified according to the point of interest position. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display region such that a mark that highlights the portion of the content identified according to the point of interest position is approximately at a center of the display region. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the circuitry is configured to cause the display to update a mark that highlights the portion of the content identified according to the point of interest position.