Luis A Reyes

US Patent:

8526782, Sep 3, 2013

Filed:

Dec 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/334802

Inventors:

David H. Kaiser - Hillsborough CA, US
Bruce Schwartz - Hillsborough CA, US
Carl Rosenberg - San Francisco CA, US
Luis Reyes - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Coincident.TV, Inc. - Hillsborough CA

International Classification:

H04N 5/92
H04N 5/93

US Classification:

386240, 386241

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a link to a video program; obtaining metadata that relates to the program and that defines, for a specified time point in the program, annotations to be invoked at the specified time point; wherein the annotations comprise: a graphic image; one or more filters, each of the filters comprising a key and one or more matching values; and optionally a reference to a video segment, an electronic document, program code statements, or a programmatic call; during playing the video, detecting that the video program is playing at the specified time point; in response to the detecting: for each particular annotation for the specified time point, retrieving a current value for the key, and causing to display the graphic image associated with that particular annotation only when the current value of the key matches one of the matching values of one of the filters.

US Patent:

20100293190, Nov 18, 2010

Filed:

May 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/779262

Inventors:

DAVID H. KAISER - Hillsborough CA, US
BRUCE SCHWARTZ - Hillsborough CA, US
CARL ROSENBERG - San Francisco CA, US
LUIS REYES - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707769, 715719, 707802, 707E17014

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining metadata that relates to a video program and that defines, for one or more specified time points in the video program, one or more web services to be invoked at those time points; generating and displaying, on a computer, a video window that is configured to play the video program; during playing the video program on a computer, detecting that the video program is playing at one of the time points and determining an identifier of a particular web service associated with that one of the time points; in response to the detecting, causing the computer to invoke the particular web service.