Google Inc.

Joseph Hughes

Benedict Davies

Michael Siliski

Systems, methods and devices described herein enable acquiring, selecting and sharing content elements, extracted from media content playing on a first device, using one or more second devices. For example, while a video stream is playing on a first client device, a second client device acquires and sends content information derived from the video stream to a server system. The server system identifies the video stream, generates a set of instructions and extracts content elements associated with the media content. The content elements may include, without limitation, individually selectable portions of text, images, suggested ratings, video clips, audio clips, etc. In some implementations, the set of instructions includes instructions to display the one or more content items using non-intersecting overlay regions that enable each respective content element to be individually selectable.

Acquiring and sharing content extracted from media content

A method and system for improving route finding are described. Aspects of the disclosure determine a bearing for a client device using a compass. The determined bearing is used to optimize route finding operations performed by the client device. The bearing may be mapped to a road graph and used in conjunction with a location of the client device to determine an efficient route to a destination. For example, aspects of the method and system may identify a nearest turn in the direction the client device is traveling without the need to obtain multiple location readings to identify a direction of travel.

System and method for improving route finding

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for summarizing contents of video data are disclosed. The method includes identifying at least one utterance in the video data, generating text for each utterance identified, associating a plurality of source frames with each utterance identified, identifying one or more candidate frames in the plurality of source frames, selecting a summary frame from the one or more candidate frames, and associating the text with the summary frame. In a preferred embodiment, the method also includes generating a bubble including the text generated and positioning the bubble on the summary frame.

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Joseph Hughes