Systems and methods for supplementing content from a server

US9343112B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sonic IP, LLC · US

Inventors

• William David Amidei · San Diego, US
• Francis Yee-Dug Chan · San Diego, US
• Eric William Grab · San Diego, US
• Michael Kiefer · Stuttgart, DE
• Aaron Matthew McDaniel · Louisville, US
• John Mickus · San Marcos, US
• Ronald Mombourquette · San Diego, US
• Nikolai Popov · Munich, DE
• Fred Zuill · Poway, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2013
• Grant date: May 17, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N21/6581
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems to provide supplemental content to a user who is viewing video or other content. The user's device (through which he will access the video) then provides an identifier of that video to a server or other computing facility. Here, the video identifier is used to identify supplemental content that corresponds to the user's video. The supplemental content is then provided to the user device for the user's consumption. The supplemental content may be structured in such a way that pieces of the supplemental content are accessible at particular points in the video. The piece(s) of the supplemental content available at a particular point in the video will be related to one or more objects that are present at this point. This allows a user to access one or more pieces of supplemental content in a context-specific manner, at a point in the video where the piece(s) of supplemental content are relevant.