101 results about "Multimedia" patented technology

A promotional device and methods for using such a device are described. The promotional device has indicia of credit associated therewith for effecting operation of a specific gaming application on a gaming machine which is in communication with the promotional device. The promotional device identifies the specific gaming application and limits use of the credit thereto.

Methods and systems for managing messaging are described. An illustrative messaging system includes a processor and a content database storing video content and/or other content, and a user database that stores an identifier corresponding to a telecommunications carrier associated with a user mobile phone, and an indicator indicating the messaging capability of the mobile phone of the user. Code is stored in memory that is configured to provide for display on a terminal a form via which a user can view a plurality of videos from the content database, select a video to be sent as a message, and specify a recipient for the video message. The system is optionally configured to initiate the transmission of an approval request message to a terminal, such as a mobile phone associated with the user, wherein the user can approve the sending of the video message to the recipient by taking an action in response to the approval request.

A game system is provided with a converting means including a voice input member, such as a microphone, for allowing the game player or his/her friend to input voices and for converting the inputted voices into electrical signal data, a sound data storage for storing the electrical signal data obtained by the conversion together with predetermined sound-relating data corresponding to contents of instructions, a sound generator for generating voices from the corresponding electrical signal data when a game player makes a motion in response to the content of instruction, and a device for evaluating a game result based on the content of instruction. Accordingly, a sound output type game system which can provide more interesting and enjoyable games can be realized.

A hardware and software platform for collaboratively reviewing prior group to group interactions while planning, producing and archiving new group to group interactions. The platform may be used to collaboratively create group to group interactions. The system may be used to link two or more stadia, movie theatres or homes so as to provide interaction between the groups at each location simultaneously as a game or other event takes place.

A system and method for sorting music files based on moods are provided. The system includes a portable terminal for sorting stored music files based on moods, for changing mood information of a corresponding music file in response to a request to change mood of at least one of the music files, and for transmitting the mood change information to a mood analyzing server, and a mood analyzing server for receiving the mood change information, for updating mood judgment information that is standard information for determining mood of a music file based on the received mood change information, and for transmitting the updated mood judgment information to the portable terminal.

The invention discloses a video playing method and device, a terminal device, and a storage medium. The method includes the steps: extracting an audio from a video, and generating an audio file; converting the audio file into a file stream, and converting a file stream into a caption text by voice recognition, wherein the caption text includes a plurality of time stamps corresponding to the playing time of the audio; displaying the caption text on a playing interface of the video according to the time stamps; receiving a query instruction including a keyword, and querying the target time stampcorresponding to the keyword in the caption text, wherein the plurality of time stamps include the target time stamp; playing the audio and the video according to the target time stamp. The method can output and display the caption text at a corresponding position on the video efficiently and quickly, and can accurately locate the playing position on the time axis of the video, thereby greatly improving the user experience.

A play list of audio recordings made in the past is searched for, and is displayed in the event that it exists. The contents that have already been recorded in the past are displayed with the word “recorded” affixed thereto in a manner corresponding with the track Nos. of the CD, and are further displayed with a number such as “2” affixed thereto in the event that the contents have been recorded twice in the past, for example. Further, in the event that play lists exist, a dialog box prompting selection of a play list is displayed, so the user can select between audio recording by adding the new contents to an already-existing play list or audio recording by creating a new play list. Thus, the contents recorded in the past are automatically searched, and the user is presented with a display thereof.

A method for communication and for displaying an interactive avatar or hologram corresponding to a remote party.

Disclosed is a method for providing a chat service using a client bot and an apparatus for performing the method. The method for providing a chat service may comprise the steps of: transferring, to a server, input data input into a chat room in which a client bot of a specific group participates; receiving, from the server, group data for the specific group that are processed by the client bot according to the input data; and displaying the received group data.

A computer-implemented method can automatically select a plurality of advertising and/or marketing materials associated with goods and/or services offered for sale via a networked communication system. A networked communication system can be adapted to receive and organize a variety of customer specific, business specific, and general demographic information and can provide a marketing score for each customer known to be present at a commercial establishment. The system can further be adapted to provide a comparison of marketing scores for a plurality of customers and create a video playlist for display in a customer waiting room. The system can include a selectable and adjustable set of marketing parameters that may be adjusted based on one or more relevant considerations. The system can be adapted to determine, based on the marketing scores, advertising and marketing content for display at a commercial establishment.

An online user visiting a social media web page provided on a social media platform and containing a third-party electronic shop application served by a registered social commerce platform is enabled by a shop replication link to embed a copy of the electronic shop application on the user's own social media page. The electronic shop application can provide user interactive buttons for buying or sharing favorable indications for products displayed on the social media web page. A user sharing indication may be captured by the social commerce platform and added to a favorites listing to be displayed on the user's social media web page. The replication link may also be adapted for use on a webpage of any electronic commerce platform to embed it in a webpage of an affiliate website, a blogsite, and/or a social media website.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an online teaching method and device, a storage medium and terminal equipment, and belongs to the field of online education. The method comprises the steps ofreceiving courseware data from a server, and displaying courseware in a first display area based on the courseware data, receiving a target courseware interaction instruction from a server in the courseware display process, and executing a first courseware interaction operation indicated by the target courseware interaction instruction on a courseware interface of the courseware. Interaction between students and courseware can be realized based on the courseware interaction instruction preset in the courseware so that online teaching cost can be reduced and teaching efficiency can be enhanced.

A social content distribution network (SCDN) allows content producers to search over content sponsors to learn about demand in content sponsor sub-networks. Audience tracking tools are provided for the content sponsor to learn about demand for content within different audiences (content consumers) in any of the content destinations and within different audiences in any of the content destinations. Content sponsors are also provided facilities to search over an index of content producers to find relevant content to push. Having discovered content the sponsor wishes to push into a particular audience, the sponsor may use the SCDN platform to create a payload that includes a link to the selected content and a creative that annotates the link, deliver this payload, and track its performance in the content destination.

An improved hierarchical user interface for a handheld media player is disclosed, which classifies media assets that an on-line merchandiser intends to sell to the user as hidden files. The files are invisible to a user without a user's intended and persistent interaction with a user input device of the player. The media assets that an on-line merchandiser intends to sell to the user are stored in the unused storage capacity of the player and are organized in a single structure as those media assets owned by the user. A method includes a means that a user actuates a user input device until the hidden files are displayed. Furthermore, a method is disclosed to utilize a file storage system of a portable media player more effectively and efficiently. The unused storage capacity is then used by the on-line merchandiser to store media assets, which have not been purchased by the user at the moment when they are received by the media player. The capacity occupied by the media assets from the merchandiser is adjusted dynamically based upon the required capacity by the user at a specific time. The media assets stored are managed based on their assigned priorities.

A system for downloading content to a mobile terminal is provided. The system comprises a user interface mechanism for allowing a user to select a content; and a preview mechanism for allowing a user to preview the selected content, wherein a user may select to preview the content without downloading the entire content.

Examples of the present invention provide a method of delivering media, such as a video sequence, to a client device from a server, taking into account the relative importance of different portions of the video sequence. The sequence is divided into temporal segments, with each segment encoded at a plurality of bitrates (and hence qualities). A viewer importance parameter is assigned to each segment, indicating the relative importance of that segment, with the information stored in a manifest file or similar. The client receives this segment and viewer importance data in a manifest file. As soon as the client is aware of a future segment marked as having higher viewer importance than the next segment for download, the client initiates the download of this further segment by making a request (e.g. HTTP request), while making a concurrent request for the delivery of the next segment.