Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for transmitting media content
- Patent Title (中): 用于传输媒体内容的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12615870Application Date: 2009-11-10
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Publication No.: US09031379B2Publication Date: 2015-05-12
- Inventor: Linda Roberts , E-Lee Chang , Ja-Young Sung , Natasha Barrett Schultz , Robert Arthur King
- Applicant: Linda Roberts , E-Lee Chang , Ja-Young Sung , Natasha Barrett Schultz , Robert Arthur King
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Joseph P. Hrutka
- Main IPC: H04N9/80
- IPC: H04N9/80 ; H04N7/173 ; H04H60/33 ; H04H60/80 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N21/475

Abstract:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device operative in an interactive television (iTV) network, including a controller to: receive a signal from a first communication device to start a first media evaluation session of media content and associate a first user-generated comment with the media content; receive, at a different time, a signal from at least a second communication device to start a second media evaluation session of the media content and associate a second user-generated comment with the media content; synchronize the first user-generated comment and the second user-generated comment into a single commentary timeline; and insert the synchronized user-generated comments in a temporal vicinity of the media content as an overlay for playback by a media device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110113440A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA CONTENT Public/Granted day:2011-05-12
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