Method and system for automatic content recognition (ACR) integration for smartTVs and mobile communication devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9282346-B2
Application number	US-201314141931-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2013
Priority date	Dec 28, 2012
Publication date	Mar 8, 2016
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016

Abstract

A second screen communication device that is paired with an automatic content recognition (ACR) enabled display communication device launches an interactive application in response to an invitation cue generated and presented by the ACR-enabled display communication device while the ACR-enabled display communication device is displaying linear broadcast content. The linear broadcast content is a non-IP based broadcast content. The interactive application launched on the second screen communication device enables interaction with interactive content displayed by a user interface on the second screen communication device based on the invitation cue. The second screen communication device may generate one or more control elements that are utilized to control the interaction with the interactive content. The displaying of IP-based digital stream content corresponding to the linear broadcast content on the automatic content recognition enabled display may be resumed on the ACR enabled communication device utilizing the generated one or more control elements.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
in a second screen communication device that is paired with an automatic content recognition enabled display communication device that communicates with an automatic content recognition system that assigns same interactive event identifiers to different sets of video fingerprints that are generated from same video content by different video fingerprint technologies from multiple vendors based on timing of assignment of the interactive event identifiers to multiple sequences of the video fingerprints that are generated from the same video content:
in response to and/or based on an invitation cue generated by and presented on said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device, based on an automatic content recognition event triggered by an interactive event identifier, while said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device is displaying linear broadcast content, launching an interactive application on said second screen communication device, wherein said interactive application enables interaction with interactive content displayed by a user interface on said second screen communication device based on said invitation cue presented on said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device;
generating one or more control elements that enables said interaction with said interactive content displayed by said user interface on said second screen communication device;
controlling said interaction with said interactive content utilizing said generated one or more control elements; and
resuming display of an IP-based digital stream content that corresponds to said linear broadcast content on said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device utilizing said generated one or more control elements, wherein said resumption is based on automatic content recognition parameters comprising time code and content information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said controlling of said interaction with said interactive content utilizing said generated one or more control elements to cause said interactive content displayed by said user interface on said second screen communication device to be concurrently displayed on said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , comprising interacting with additional interactive content, which is displayed by said user interface on said second screen communication device and is associated with said invitation cue, subsequent to said resuming of said display of said IP-based digital stream content on said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device.

4. The method according to claim 1 , comprising receiving a notification on said second screen communication device that indicates that said interactive content is available for display by said user interface on said second screen communication device.

5. The method according to claim 1 , comprising, if said interactive application is not installed on said second screen communication device prior to said launching, downloading and/or installing said interactive application on said second screen communication device.

6. The method according to claim 1 , comprising deferring said interaction with said interactive content utilizing said generated one or more control elements.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said invitation cue is generated based on an advertisement, which comprises a portion of said linear broadcast content that is displayed by said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein said interactive content displayed on said second screen communication device comprises subject matter that is representative of said advertisement.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said invitation cue comprises a visual and/or an audio cue.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
said second screen communication device comprises one of a smart phone and a tablet; and
said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device comprises an automatic content recognition enabled smart television.

11. A system, comprising:
a second screen communication device that is paired with an automatic content recognition enabled display communication device that communicates with an automatic content recognition system that assigns same interactive event identifiers to different sets of video fingerprints that are generated from same video content by different video fingerprint technologies from multiple vendors based on timing of assignment of the interactive event identifiers to multiple sequences of the video fingerprints that are generated from the same video content, said second screen communication device being operable to:
in response to and/or based on an invitation cue generated by and presented on said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device, based on an automatic content recognition event triggered by an interactive event identifier, while said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device is displaying linear broadcast content, launch an interactive application on said second screen communication device, wherein said interactive application enables interaction with interactive content displayed by a user interface on said second screen communication device based on said invitation cue presented on said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device;
generate one or more control elements that enables said interaction with said interactive content displayed by said user interface on said second screen communication device;
control said interaction with said interactive content utilizing said generated one or more control elements; and
resume display of said IP-based digital stream that corresponds to said linear broadcast content on said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device utilizing said generated one or more control elements, wherein said resumption is based on automatic content recognition parameters comprising time code and content information.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein said second screen communication device is operable to control said interaction with said interactive content utilizing said generated one or more control elements to cause said interactive content displayed by said user interface on said second screen communication device to be concurrently displayed on said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device.

13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein said second screen communication device is operable to interact with additional interactive content, which is displayed by said user interface on said second screen communication device and is associated with said invitation cue, subsequent to said resuming of said display of said IP-based digital stream content on said automatic content recognition enabled display communication device.

14. The system according to claim 11 , wherein said second screen communication device is operable to receive a notification that indicates that said interactive content is available for display by said user interface on said second screen communication device.

15. The system according to claim 11 , wherein said second screen communication device is operable to download and/or install said interactive application on said second screen communication device, if said interactive application is not installed on said second screen communication device prior to said

Assignees

• Turner Broadcasting Sys Inc

Inventors

• Sinha Nishith Kumar
• Giles Matthew Paul
• Loheide Donald Jude

Classifications

• H04N21/84

  Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73)} · CPC title

• H04N21/6175

  involving transmission via Internet (broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82) · CPC title

• H04N21/44008

  involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream (arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59) · CPC title

• H04N21/23418

  involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics (television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59) · CPC title

• H04N21/8173

  End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game · CPC title