Evan M Simpson

US Patent:

20160358627, Dec 8, 2016

Filed:

Jun 5, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/732407

Inventors:

- Burbank CA, US
Ronald Dearing - Windermere FL, US
Gregory Johnson - Clermont FL, US
Alexander Pennock - Melbourne FL, US
Gregory Hale - Orlando FL, US
Evan Simpson - Orangevale CA, US
Victoria L. Coleman - Orlando FL, US

International Classification:

G11B 27/00
G06F 3/0484
H04N 5/265
G06F 3/0482
G11B 27/34
H04N 9/87

Abstract:

Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a method, computer program product, and system to seamlessly integrate a multimedia presentation with triggered content provided using one or more external devices. The method includes processing a presentation script that specifies (i) one or more accessible audiovisual content items and (ii) a sequence of the audiovisual content items for presentation during the multimedia presentation. The method also includes transmitting the one or more audiovisual content items to one or more audiovisual output devices according to the sequence, and transmitting control signals to the one or more external devices to operate the external devices according to timing information included in the presentation script and with reference to at least one of the audiovisual content items, thereby seamlessly integrating content provided using the external devices with the multimedia presentation.