Display of presentation elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9386357-B2
Application number	US-201213457520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2012
Priority date	Apr 27, 2012
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for displaying information relating to a portion of a multimedia presentation. A progress bar is provided and displayed. A length of the progress bar is representative of a duration of the multimedia presentation. A user selects a first and a second point in the multimedia presentation, thereby defining a portion of the presentation. Depending on the selection, one or more communications (e.g., comments, online postings, etc.) may be identified. Each of these communications may have been composed in relation to at least a point of the multimedia presentation that is within the defined portion. Information depending on those identified communications may then be displayed to the user.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method of displaying a plurality of presentation elements, the method comprising:
displaying, on a user interface, a progress bar, a length of the progress bar being representative of a duration of a multimedia presentation, a point along the length of the progress bar corresponding to a point within the multimedia presentation;
displaying, on the progress bar, a first point along the length of the progress bar, the first point being distinct from an end of the progress bar;
displaying, on the progress bar, a second point along the length of the progress bar, the second point being different from the first point;
automatically selecting a plurality of communications of secondary content from consumers of the multimedia presentation, each one of the plurality of communications being relevant to a selected time interval defined by the first point and the second point;
automatically generating, for display on the user interface, a time interval summary comprising information relevant to the selected time interval, the information being dependent on one or more selected communications from the plurality of communications, wherein the one or more communications are automatically selected based on a criterion selected from a group consisting of: a user preference for communications of secondary content liked by other users, a user preference for communications of secondary content from a user-specified plurality of other users, and ratings given to communications by other users; and
displaying, on the user interface, the time interval summary;
wherein each communication has been composed in relation to a respective point or range within the multimedia presentation within the selected time interval, and wherein each of the communications comprise one or more content items;
wherein each content item is selected from a group of content items consisting of media items, multimedia items, references to media items, and references to multimedia items;
wherein each content item has been selected depending on at least part of the communication and content information relating to content of the multimedia presentation;
wherein the points or ranges within the multimedia presentation that the communications have been composed in relation to are between points in the multimedia presentation that correspond to the first point and the second point; and
wherein the time interval summary comprises a summary selected from a group consisting of: a filtered selection of communications from the one or more communications, a text summary based on the one or more communications, and a video summary comprising a selection of video clips associated with the one or more communications.

2. A method according to claim 1 :
wherein each communication is displayed in a respective communication box;
wherein each communication box comprises a respective marker; and
wherein the progress bar and the communication boxes are displayed such that, for each communication box, the marker of that communication box is in alignment with a particular position along the length of the progress bar, the particular position corresponding to the point or range in the multimedia presentation in relation to which the communication in that communication box was composed.

3. A method according to claim 1 :
wherein the first point has been selected, by a user, by selecting a first position along the length of the progress bar; and
wherein the second point has been selected, by the user, by selecting a second position along the length of the progress bar.

4. A method according to claim 3 :
wherein the user interface is displayed on a touch-screen display;
wherein the selection of the first point by the user has been made by the user touching the first position along the length of the progress bar on the touch-screen display; and
wherein the selection of the second point by the user has been made by the user touching the second position along the length of the progress bar on the touch-screen display.

5. A method according to claim 1 further comprising:
displaying, for each displayed communication, a date and time at which that communication was composed.

6. A method according to claim 1 :
wherein the user interface is displayed on a display of an end-user device; and
wherein the end-user device is arranged to:
receive a selection, by a user of the end-user device, of the first point;
receive a selection, by the user of the end-user device, of the second point; and
select from a group of one or more communications, those communications that have been composed in relation to points or ranges within the multimedia presentation that are between points in the multimedia presentation that correspond to the first point and the second point.

7. A user interface apparatus comprising:
a processor operatively coupled to a display device, the processor configured to send data to the display device for causing the display device to display a user interface comprising:
a progress bar, a length of the progress bar being representative of a duration of a multimedia presentation, a point along the length of the progress bar corresponding to a point within the multimedia presentation;
a first point along the length of the progress bar, the first point being distinct from an end of the progress bar, the first point being different from a second point;
the second point along the length of the progress bar; and
a time interval summary comprising information relevant to a selected time interval defined by the first point and the second point, the information being dependent on one or more selected communications from a plurality of communications of secondary content from consumers of the multimedia presentation, each one of the plurality of communications being relevant to the selected time interval, wherein the one or more communications are automatically selected based on a criterion selected from a group consisting of: a user preference for communications of secondary content liked by other users, a user preference for communications of secondary content from a user-specified plurality of other users, and ratings given to communications by other users;

wherein each one of the plurality of communications has been composed in relation to a respective point or range within the multimedia presentation, and wherein each of the communications comprise one or more content items;
wherein each content item is selected from a group of: content items consisting of media items, multimedia items, references to media items, and references to multimedia items;
wherein each content item has been selected depending on at least part of the communication and content information relating to content of the multimedia presentation;
wherein the points or ranges within the multimedia presentation that each one of the plurality of communications has been composed in relation to are between points in the multimedia presentation that correspond to the first point and the second point; and
wherein the time interval summary comprises a summary selected from a group consisting of: a filtered selection of communications from the one or more communications, a text summary based on the one or more communications, and a video summary comprising a selection of video clips associated with the one or more communications.

8. A user interface apparatus according to claim 7 :
wherein each communication is displayed in a respective communication box;
wherein each communication box comprises a respective marker; and
wherein the progress bar and the communication boxes are displayed such that, for each communication box, the marker of that communication box is in alignment with a particular position along the leng

Assignees

• Basapur Santosh S
• Lee Young S
• Chaysinh Shirley A
• Mandalia Hiren M
• Novak Ashley B
• Venkitaraman Narayanan
• Arris Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Basapur Santosh S
• Lee Young S
• Chaysinh Shirley A
• Mandalia Hiren M
• Novak Ashley B
• Venkitaraman Narayanan

Classifications

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