- Number
- 9813667
- Published
- 2017-11-07
- Filed
- 2016-04-20
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Patel; Mehul et al.
- CPC
- H04N21/41265; H04N21/6379; H04N7/147; H04N7/14; H04N21/4424; H04N21/2668; H04N21/44227; H04N21/43637; H04N21/44209; H04N21/43079; H04N21/4122; H04N21/2662; H04N21/47217; H04N21/4788
- Verdict
- Set aside co-delivery of content - streaming plumbing (granted)
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for providing co-deliver of primary and secondary content, including, video and video chat content. A first electronic device includes a transceiver that receives the secondary content from a second electronic device. The first electronic device also includes components capable of outputting aspects of the primary and secondary content in a synchronized fashion. Further, the first electronic device includes circuitrycoupled to the transceiver and components, and the circuitry executes instructions in order to perform functions. One such function is to synchronize local primary content to be output by the components, with delivered primary content to be provided by the second electronic device. Another such function is to signal the components to output aspects of the local primary or the secondary content.
Background
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS(1) Further aspects of the present disclosure will be more readily appreciated upon review of the detailed description of the various disclosed embodiments, described below, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying figures.(2) FIG. 1 illustrates an example communications environment in which embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented.(3)FIG. 2A illustrates another aspect of an example communications environment in which embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented.(4) FIG. 2B illustrates another aspect of an example communications environment in which embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented.(5) FIG. 2C illustrates another aspect of an example communications environment in which embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented.(6) FIG. 3 is an operational flow diagram illustrating various operations that may be performed in accordance with embodiments ofthe disclosure.(7) FIG. 4A is an operational flow diagram illustrating various operationsthat may be performed in accordance with additional embodiments of the disclosure.(8) FIG. 4B is an operational flow diagram illustrating various operations that may be performed in accordance with additional embodiments of the disclosure.(9) FIG. 5A is an operational flow diagram illustrating various operations that may be performed in accordance with additional embodiments of the disclosure.(10) FIG. 5B illustrates an example conceptual formatfor a temporal profile that may be
Claims
1. A first electronic device for providing primary content and secondary content, the first electronic device comprising: a transceiver that receives the secondary content from a second electronic device, wherein the secondary content comprises a live video stream captured by the second electronic device; a display and an audio component, each capable of outputting aspects of the primary content and the secondary content, wherein the primary content comprises a video program; circuitrycoupled to the transceiver, the display, and the audio component; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the circuitry and storing instructions that,when executed, cause the circuitry to: synchronize local primary content with delivered primary content, wherein the local primary content comprises a version of the video programto be provided by the first electronic device to a first user, and wherein the delivered primary content comprises a version of the video program to be provided by the second electronic device to a second user; and signal one or more of the display and the audio component to output aspects of the local primary content and the secondary content.
5. A method for providing co-delivery of primary content and secondary content to a plurality of electronic devices, the method comprising: a first electronic device providing the local primary content to a first user, wherein the primary content comprises a video program, wherein the local primary content comprises a version of the video program provided by the first electronic device to a first user; the first electronic device receiving the secondary content from a second electronic device, wherein the secondary content comprises a live video stream captured by the second electronic device; the first electronic device providing thereceived secondary content to the first user; and synchronizing, at the first electronic device, the local primary content with delivered primary content, wherein the delivered primary content comprises a version of the video program provided by the second electronic device to a second user.
16. A system for co-delivery of pre-recorded video programming content and streaming video chat content, the streaming video chat content comprising inboundvideo chat content and outbound video chat content, the system comprising: a host device that provides a plurality of electronic devices with access to the pre-recorded video programming content, the host device comprising a transceiver that receives the inbound video chat content from at least one of the plurality of electronic devices and transmits the outbound video chat content to the at least one of the plurality of electronic devices; multimedia components capable of outputting aspects of the pre-recorded video programming content and the streaming video chat content; circuitry coupled to the transceiver and the multimedia components; a non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the circuitry and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the circuitry to: initiate, via the transceiver of the host device sending a message to at least one of the plurality of electronic devices, a session for the co-delivery of the pre-recorded video programming content and streaming video chat content; synchronize the pre-recorded video programming content across the host device and the at least one of the plurality of electronic devices;and signal the multimedia components to concurrently output the pre-recorded video programming content and the inbound video chat content.