Systems and methods for displaying video content relevant to application content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018343500-A1
Application number	US-201816053444-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 2, 2018
Priority date	Dec 31, 2014
Publication date	Nov 29, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for viewing video content are provided. Video content is displayed in a video region of a display, while application content is displayed in an application region of the display. Based on the application content, candidate video content relevant to the application content is determined and, in response to user input, selected video content is displayed in the video region of the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method carried-out utilizing a computing device, the method comprising:
presenting, on a display screen associated with the computing device, a display layout including an application region, an options region, and a video content region; displaying, in the application region of the display layout, a first application content item; determining, at the computing device, a plurality of candidate video content items corresponding to the first application content item; presenting, in the options region of the display layout, the plurality of candidate video content items; receiving, at the computing device, user input selecting a video content item from the plurality of candidate video content items presented in the options region of the display layout; and in response to receipt of the user input selecting the video content item from the plurality of candidate video content items, further presenting the selected video content item for playback in the video content region of the display layout.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the first application content item, the plurality of candidate video content items, and the selected video content item are concurrently displayed by the computing device in the application region, the options region, and the video content region of the display layout, respectively.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein determining comprises:
identifying keywords describing with the first application content item at the computing device by parsing text associated with the first application content item; and
establishing the plurality of candidate video content items based, at least in part, on the keywords.

4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the computing device communicates with a media device over a network, and wherein establishing comprises:
transmitting the keywords over the network and to the media device for usage in querying at least one media program database accessible to the media device; and
receiving, at the computing device, data identifying the plurality of candidate video content items and transmitted over the network by the media device.

5 . The method of claim 1 wherein presenting comprises presenting the plurality of candidate video content items as thumbnail images distributed across the options region of the display layout.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the first application content item comprises a first news article.

7 . The method of claim 6 wherein displaying comprising:
initially presenting, in the application region of the display layout, a list of news articles in which the first news article is included;
receiving user input, at the computing device, selecting the first news article from the list of news articles; and
in response to receipt of the user input, replacing the list of news articles with an expanded version of the first news article in the application region of the display layout.

8 . The method of claim 7 wherein determining comprises:
parsing text included in the expanded version of the first news article, at the computing device, to identify keywords corresponding to the first news article; and
utilizing the keywords to determine the plurality of video content items.

9 . The method of claim 1 wherein the application region and the video content region are displayed in a side-by-side format, with the video content region being larger than the application region.

10 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
prior to presenting the plurality of candidate video content items, displaying a list of media content sources in the options region of the display layout; and
replacing the list of media content sources with the plurality of candidate video content items in conjunction with presenting the plurality of candidate video content items in the options region of the display layout.

11 . The method of claim 1 wherein displaying comprising displaying, in the application region of display layout, a list of application content items in which the first application content item is included; and
wherein the list of application content items is retrieved by a web browser executing on the computing device.

12 . The method of claim 11 wherein the list of application content items comprises search results returned by the web browser.

13 . The method of claim 11 wherein the list of application content items comprises a news feed provided by the web browser.

14 . The method of claim 11 wherein the web browser includes a software plug-in configured to:
parse text included in any selected one of the list of application content items to produce a set of corresponding keywords; and
transmit the set of corresponding keywords from the computing device, over a network, and to a media device having access to at least one media program database.

15 . A method carried-out utilizing a computing device communicating with a media device over a network, the method comprising:
presenting, on a display screen included in the computing device, text associated with a first application content item; utilizing a web browser plug-in, as executing on the computing device, to parse the text and produce keywords describing the first application content item; transmitting the keywords over the network and to the media device; in response to transmission of the keywords over the network, receiving from the media device data identifying a plurality of candidate video content items associated with the first application content item; and further presenting, on the display screen, the plurality of candidate video content items corresponding to the first application content item for user selection.

16 . The method of claim 15 further comprising:
receiving, at the computing device, user input selecting a video content item from the plurality of candidate video content items; and
in response to receipt of the user input at the computing device, retrieving the selected video content item from the media device for playback on the display screen.

17 . The method of claim 16 further comprising concurrently displaying the text associated with the first application item in an application region of the display screen, the plurality of candidate video content items in an options region of the display screen, and the selected video content in a video content region of the display screen.

18 . A method carried-out utilizing a media device in communication with a computing device over a network, the method comprising:
receiving, at the media device, keywords describing a first application content item and transmitted from the computing device over the network; identifying a plurality of candidate video content items corresponding to the first application content item by querying at least one media program database utilizing the keywords; and transmitting data from the media device, over the network, and to the computing device data identifying the plurality of candidate video content items for presentation on a display device associated with the computing device.

19 . The method of claim 18 further comprising:
further receiving, at the media device, data identifying a selected video content item from the plurality of candidate video content items; and
in response to further receiving data identifying the selected video content item, streaming the selected video content item from the media device, over the network, and to the computing display for viewing on the display device.

20 . The me

Assignees

• Sling Media Pvt Ltd

Inventors

• Perinchery Melvin P
• Thiyagarajan Venkatesan
• Ananthan Jayakumar

Classifications

• H04N21/4316

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• H04N21/4782 Primary

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• H04N21/4668

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