Associating media using metadata and controlling multiple-device synchronization and rendering
US8978075B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/858
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method comprises determining, at a companion device separate from a television, a current time point of a video program playing at the television, wherein the current time point of the video program is a time point currently being displayed at the television; identifying, based on said determination of the current time point of the video program and based on metadata defining a cue point associated with the determined current time point and an operation associated with the cue point, an operation to be performed; performing, at the companion device, the identified operation; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
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