Event state monitoring for multiple platforms associated with a user account

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10271005-B2
Application number	US-23836608-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2008
Priority date	Jun 6, 2008
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to monitoring state information for one or more events across one or more platforms associated with a user account, and providing event information appropriate for an electronic device to a the electronic device for display to a user associated with the user account. The user may provide inputs related to one or more of the events via the electronic device, and the inputs may be transmitted to one or more platforms.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
maintaining, at a server, a list of at least two system-connected video playback devices associated with a user account, wherein the at least two system-connected video playback devices communicate via one or more messages of a messaging application, wherein the one or more messages are associated with one or more scenes of video content played back by the at least two system-connected video playback devices, wherein the messaging application is hosted by one or more of the at least two system-connected video playback devices;
storing, at the server, data associated with the user account, the data identifying an external device that is distinct from the server and the at least two system-connected video playback devices, the data further identifying one or more capabilities of the external device;
monitoring, with an event state monitor at the server, state information for one or more interactive events associated with the user account, the one or more interactive events occurring at a first video playback device of the at least two system-connected video playback devices listed in the list of system-connected video playback devices, wherein a start time of the one or more interactive events is determined by the messaging application;
transmitting, from the server to the external device, the state information so that the external device displays the state information;
receiving, at the server from the external device, a user input generated in response to the display of the state information by the external device; and
transmitting, from the server to a second video playback device of the at least two system-connected video playback devices, the user input so that the second video playback device performs an operation associated with the messaging application based on the user input.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the external device is selected from the group consisting of: a cellular telephone, a personal music player, a laptop computer system, a desktop computer system, a video game console, and a portable video game player.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transmitting the state information comprises transmitting a menu listing the one or more interactive events.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transmitting the state information comprises transmitting information identifying an event type.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transmitting the state information comprises transmitting chronological data for one or more of the listed events.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said transmitting the state information comprises transmitting information identifying a host or a video playback device associated with each of the listed events.

7. An article, comprising: a storage device having stored thereon instructions that, if executed, enable a computing platform to:
maintain, at a server, a list of at least two system-connected video playback devices associated with a user account, wherein the at least two system-connected video playback devices communicate via one or more messages of a messaging application, wherein the one or more messages are associated with one or more scenes of video content played back by the at least two system-connected video playback devices, wherein the messaging application is hosted by one or more of the at least two system-connected video playback devices;
store, at the server, data associated with the user account, the data identifying an external device that is distinct from the server and the at least two system-connected video playback devices, the data further identifying one or more capabilities of the external device;
monitor, with an event state monitor at the server, state information for one or more interactive events associated with the user account, the one or more interactive events occurring at a first video playback device of the at least two system-connected video playback devices listed in the list of system-connected video playback devices, wherein a start time of the one or more interactive events is determined by the messaging application;
transmit, from the server to the external device, the state information so that the external device displays the state information;
receive, at the server from the external device, a user input generated in response to the display of the state information by the external device; and
transmit, from the server to a second video playback device of the at least two system-connected video playback devices, the user input so that the second video playback device performs an operation associated with the messaging application based on the user input.

8. The article of claim 7 , wherein the external device is selected from the group consisting of: a cellular telephone, a personal music player, a laptop computer system, a desktop computer system, a video game console, and a portable video game player.

9. The article of claim 7 , wherein said transmitting the state information comprises transmitting a menu listing the one or more interactive events.

10. The article of claim 7 , wherein said transmitting the state information comprises transmitting information identifying an event type.

11. The article of claim 7 , wherein said transmitting the state information comprises transmitting chronological data for one or more of the listed events.

12. The article of claim 11 , wherein said transmitting the state information comprises transmitting information identifying a host or a video playback device associated with each of the listed events.

13. A system, comprising:
a server that maintains a list of at least two system-connected video playback devices associated with a user account, stores data associated with the user account, monitors state information for one or more interactive events associated with the user account, transmits the state information so that the external device displays the state information, receives, from the external device, a user input generated in response to the display of the state information by the external device, and transmits the user input to a second video playback device of the at least two system-connected video playback devices so that the second video playback device performs an operation associated with the messaging application based on the user input, the data identifying an external device that is distinct from the server and the at least two system-connected video playback devices, the data further identifying one or more capabilities of the external device, the one or more interactive events occurring at a first video playback device of the at least two system-connected video playback devices listed in the list of system-connected video playback devices, the state information corresponding to the one or more interactive events, wherein the at least two system-connected video playback devices communicate via one or more messages of a messaging application, wherein the one or more messages are associated with one or more scenes of video content played back by the at least two system-connected video playback devices, wherein the messaging application is hosted by one or more of the at least two system-connected video playback devices, wherein a start time of the one or more interactive events is determined by the messaging application, wherein the external device displays the state information.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the external device is selected from the group consisting of: a cellular telephone, a personal music player, a laptop computer system, a desktop computer system, a video game console, and a portable video game player.

Assignees

• Prestenback Kyle
• Tahler Evan
• Disney Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Prestenback Kyle
• Tahler Evan

Classifications

• H04N5/765 Primary

  Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus · CPC title

• H04N21/42646

  for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM · CPC title

• H04N21/4751

  for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children · CPC title

• H04N21/25891

  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) · CPC title

• H04N21/42204

  User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205) · CPC title