Digital media content management system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9571875-B2
Application number	US-201514624722-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2015
Priority date	Jan 9, 2014
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A system and method is disclosed herein that provides a multi-device, multi-screen experience where original content, other content, and associated data can interact and flow between a primary display device and one or more secondary devices. More particularly, the system and method disclosed herein provides for the delivery and management of digital media content to an end user by providing the multi-device, multi-screen experience where original content, other content, and associated data can interact and flow between devices. The system and method enables an individual to create a virtually universal home commerce and monitoring ecosystem by integrating a device into their home Wi-Fi and content consumption systems.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for locally managing a presentation of data content to a user, the method comprising:
receiving, at a data communication hub located in a premises, source content from a first data source, which is a content provider;
transmitting, by the data communication hub, the source content to a first display device to be displayed thereon;
interpreting, by the data communication hub, the source content to identify data content within the source content;
generating, by the data communication hub, a retrieval command based on the identified data content and at least one of a predesignated search based on the identified data content, closed captioning associated with the identified data content, known search terms associated with the identified data content, historical user search terms associated with the user, and user profile information associated with the user;
automatically accessing, by the data communication hub, a second data source located outside the premises and retrieving electronic information from the second data source using the retrieval command;
transmitting, by the data communication hub, at least a first subset of the electronic information associated with the identified data content to the first display device to be presented thereon;
receiving, at the data communication hub, an input from the user that relates to a data element contained in either the source content or the first subset of the electronic information being displayed on the first display device;
in response to the input, transmitting, by the data communication hub, a second subset of the electronic information associated with the identified data content to a second display device to be displayed thereon; and
receiving by a navigation tool on the second display device at least a portion of the second subset of electronic information to be displayed thereon, wherein the navigation tool generates control instructions transmitted to the first display device to control a display on the first display device of the first subset of electronic information and the source content in order to provide a coordinated presentation of information on the first and second display devices.

2. The method for locally managing a presentation of data content according to claim 1 , wherein the source content is displayed on the second display device concurrently with the second subset of the electronic information being presented on the second display device.

3. The method for locally managing a presentation of data content according to claim 1 , wherein the source content is displayed on the first and second display devices concurrently with the respective subsets of the electronic information being presented on the first and second display devices.

4. The method for locally managing a presentation of data content according to claim 1 , further comprising dynamically storing and updating a plurality of the user profile information in an electronic database that relates to a local environment in the premises of the user of the first display device and the second display device.

5. The method for locally managing a presentation of data content according to claim 4 , wherein the accessing of electronic information from the second data source comprises generating the retrieval command based on the identified data content and basing the predesignated search on at least one search term related to the profile information stored in the electronic database.

6. The method for locally managing a presentation of data content according to claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving item data from an electromagnetic field generated by an RFID tag associated with an item; and
storing the item data as the profile information relating to the local environment.

7. The method for locally managing a presentation of data content according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the first and second subsets of the electronic information comprises locally wirelessly transmitting the electronic information to the second display device.

8. The method for locally managing a presentation of data content according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the source content from the first data source and the transmitting of the source content to the first display device comprises serially receiving the source content and transmitting the source content to the first display device.

9. The method for locally managing a presentation of data content according to claim 1 , wherein the navigation tool generates the control instructions transmitted to the first display device to control the display on the first display device of the first subset of electronic information and the source content in response to a user input on the second display device.

10. A data communication hub for managing a presentation of data content to a user in a premises, the data communication hub comprising:
an input configured to receive source content from a first data source, which is a content provider;
an output serially connected to the input and configured to transmit the source content to a first display device to be displayed thereon; and
at least one processor having software that, when executed on the processor, causes the processor to:
interpret the source content to identify data content within the source content;
generate a retrieval command based on the identified data content and at least one of a predesignated search based on the identified data content, closed captioning associated with the identified data content, known search terms associated with the identified data content, historical user search terms associated with the user, and user profile information associated with the user;
automatically access a second data source located outside the premises and retrieve electronic information from the second data source using the retrieval command;
cause at least a first subset of the electronic information associated with the identified data content to be presented on the first display device;
receive an input from the user that relates to a data element contained in either the source content or the first subset of the electronic information being displayed on the first display device; and
in response to the input, transmit a second subset of the electronic information associated with the identified data content to a second display device to be displayed thereon,
wherein at least a portion of the second subset of electronic information is displayed by a navigation tool on the second display device that generates control instructions transmitted to the first display device to control a display on the first display device of the first subset of electronic information and the source content in order to provide a coordinated presentation of information on the first and second display devices.

11. The data communication hub according to claim 10 , wherein the software, when executed by the processor, further causes the processor to synchronously transmit the source content and the second subset of the electronic information associated with the identified data content to the second display device to be presented thereon.

12. The data communication hub according to claim 11 , wherein the software, when executed by the processor, further causes the processor to display the source content on the second display device concurrently with the second subset of the electronic information being presented on the second display device.

13. The data communication hub according to claim 10 , wherein the software, when executed by the processor, further causes the processor to display the source content on the first display device

Assignees

• Hsni Llc

Inventors

• Mcdevitt John

Classifications

• H04N21/43637

  involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114) · CPC title

• H04N21/43615 Primary

  Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals (home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805) · CPC title

• H04N21/4345

  Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream · CPC title

• H04N21/4316

  for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window · CPC title

• H04N21/4122 Primary

  additional display device, e.g. video projector (digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423) · CPC title