Method and system for transferring the display of content from a first device to a second device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9594482-B2
Application number	US-201414246835-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2014
Priority date	Apr 7, 2014
Publication date	Mar 14, 2017
Grant date	Mar 14, 2017

Abstract

A system and method for moving displayed content between a first device and a second device includes a first display displaying video content having a first content identifier. A first device forms a transfer signal by a gesture or a user interface. The first device communicates a query command signal comprising the first content identifier to a separate web service. The first device receives an asset data signal comprising at least a second content identifier from the web service in response to the query command signal. The second content identifier relates to the first content identifier. One of the first device and the second device requests the video content based on the second identifier and a resume point. The resume point corresponds to a playback position of the video content being displayed at about a time of generating the transfer signal and a second display displays the video content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
displaying first video content on a first display associated with a set top box, said first video content having a first content identifier associated therewith, said first content identifier corresponding to a non-streamable broadcast format;
forming a transfer signal at a first device by generating a gesture or selecting a selector at a user interface at the first device;
determining, at the set top box, a resume point, said resume point corresponding to a playback position of the first video content being displayed at about a time of generating the transfer signal;
communicating the resume point from the set top box to the first device;
forming, at the first device, a query command signal comprising the first content identifier in response to the transfer signal;
communicating the query command signal from the first device to a program guide web service separate from the first device and the set top box;
receiving, at the first device, an asset data signal comprising at least a second content identifier of a second video content corresponding to a streamable format of the first video content from the program guide web service in response to the query command signal, said second content identifier related to the first content identifier;
requesting the second video content based on the second content identifier and the resume point; and
displaying the second video content on a second display.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein requesting the second video content comprises:
requesting a manifest from the program guide web service using a manifest request signal;
receiving a manifest at the first device comprising a segment path for a plurality of segments;
determining a resume segment based on the resume point based on the manifest; and
requesting the resume segment from the first device.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein displaying second video content comprises displaying the second video content beginning at the beginning of the resume segment and displaying subsequent segments.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein determining the resume point comprises communicating a get data signal to the set top box, and receiving a tuned data signal at the first device comprising the resume point.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein requesting the second video content comprises requesting a manifest from the web service using a manifest request signal;
receiving the manifest at the first device comprising a segment path for a plurality of segments;
determining a resume segment based on the resume point using the manifest; and
requesting the resume segment.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 wherein displaying comprises displaying the second video content beginning at the beginning of the resume segment and displaying subsequent segments.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein displaying comprises displaying the second video content on the second display associated with the first device.

8. A system comprising:
a set top box;
a first display associated with the set top box displaying first video content, said first video content having a first content identifier associated therewith, said first content identifier corresponding to a non-streamable broadcast format;
a first device forming a transfer signal by generating a gesture or selecting a selector at a user interface and communicating the transfer signal to the set top box;
said set top box determining a resume point in response to the transfer signal and communicating the resume point to the first device;
said first device communicating a query command signal comprising the first content identifier in response to the transfer signal to a program guide web service separate from the first device;
said first device receiving an asset data signal comprising at least a second content identifier of a second video content corresponding to a streamable format of the first video content from the program guide web service in response to the query command signal;
the first device requesting second video content corresponding to the video content based on the second identifier and a resume point, said resume point corresponding to a playback position of the video content being displayed at about a time of generating the transfer signal; and
a second display associated with the first device displaying the second video content.

9. The system as recited in claim 8 wherein the first device requests a manifest from the program guide web service using a manifest request signal, said first device receives the manifest comprising a segment path for a plurality of segments;
wherein said first device determines a resume segment based on the resume point using the manifest and requests the resume segment.

10. The system as recited in claim 9 wherein the first device displays the second video content beginning at the beginning of the resume segment and displays subsequent segments.

11. The system as recited in claim 8 wherein the first device communicates a get data signal to the set top box, and receives a tuned data signal at the first device comprising the resume point.

12. The system as recited in claim 8 wherein the set top box communicates the first content identifier to the first device.

13. The system as recited in claim 8 wherein the first device requests a manifest from the web service using a manifest request signal and receives the manifest comprising a segment path for a plurality of segments;
said first device determines a resume segment based on the resume point using the manifest and requests the resume segment.

14. The system as recited in claim 13 wherein the second display displays the second video content beginning at the beginning of the resume segment and displays subsequent segments.

Assignees

• Directv Group Inc

Inventors

• Pontual Romulo Cruz
• Bonovich Earl J
• Crook Luke J
• Frech Timothy W
• Huang Bo
• Loh Eileen

Classifications

• H04N21/6587

  Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection · CPC title

• H04N21/8456

  by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments · CPC title

• H04N21/8455

  involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream · CPC title

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N21/6581

  Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application · CPC title