Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Blackberry Corporation

Research in Motion Corporation

Nikhil Deshpande

Ximin Gong

Chris Lira

Peter A Von Kaenel

James W Appleby, Ii

Randy W Sills, Sr

Gregory House

Smadar Gefen

Yuecheng Zhang

Ilke Levent Akin

Blair Cooper

Cen Rao

One embodiment provides a method for rendering a virtual mark on a video frame, including: receiving the video frame, captured by a camera, comprising a scene; obtaining a three-dimensional model of a mark in the scene; obtaining a foreground mask of the video frame; denoting a predetermined region corresponding to a mark mask, wherein the mark mask is an image projection of the mark on the video frame; updating the mark mask to exclude foreground regions, wherein the updating comprises: partitioning the predetermined region into a plurality of segments; and filtering out, from the mark mask, foreground pixels based on the plurality of segments and the foreground mask; and rendering, on the video frame, the virtual mark using the updated mark mask. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Rendering a virtual mark on a video frame

A system and method for automatically repositioning virtual and physical elements in a scene. The system and method being configured to receive a video frame, receive data, including position data, describing a first element to be imaged in the video frame, receive data, including position data, describing a second element to be imaged in the video frame, assign a dynamic status to the first element and automatically reposition at least the first element to create a modified video frame.

Automatic repositioning of video elements

A system and method for delaying a first version of a video feed from a video camera according to a first delay to generate a second version of the feed, supplying the first version to an insertion system, wherein the insertion system inserts an indicia into the first version to create an enhanced version with a second delay substantially matching the first delay and supplying the enhanced version and the second version to a production switcher, wherein the enhanced version and the second version supplied to the production switcher are synchronized with one another.

Multiple-input configuration and playback video enhancement

Described herein are methods and systems for video event detection for contextual annotation and synchronization. Exemplary embodiments relate to a method comprising receiving a video stream, extracting a first event from the video stream, determining an index value identifying a location within the video stream corresponding to the first event, and inserting content based on the first event at a location identified by the index value. Further exemplary embodiments relate to a system comprising an event-based data extractor that receives a video stream and extracts a first event from the video stream, a processor that determines an index value identifying a location within the video stream corresponding to the first event, and a video insertion module inserts content based on the first event at a location identified by the index value.

Method and system for video event detection for contextual annotation and synchronization

A wireless communications system may include a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices to permit users to send and receive wireless electronic mail (email) messages. Each device may be enabled for email communication based upon user acceptance of terms and conditions (T&Cs) in a corresponding user selected language and in a corresponding version at a time of acceptance. The system may further include a resource deployment server which may include a database module for storing the corresponding user selected language and version for the accepted T&Cs for each user. The resource deployment server may also include a service module cooperating with the database module for enabling user review of the accepted T&Cs in the corresponding user selected language and version thereof, and independent of any subsequent change in the user selected language of a given mobile wireless communications device and independent of any subsequent change in version of the T&Cs.

Wireless email communications system providing resource update tracking features and related methods

A method for video insertion using backpropagation may include determining a first camera model from a first frame of the sequence. The method may also include determining a transition location. The method may further include generating a transform model based on an analysis of the first frame and a second frame that occurs earlier in the video sequence and applying the transform model to the first camera model to generate a second camera model for the second frame. The method then includes inserting an insertion into one or more frames earlier in the sequence between the second frame and the transition location based on the second camera model, wherein the inserting is performed before displaying the frames. A system for video insertion using backpropagation includes search, transition, track and insertion subsystems.

Backpropagating a virtual camera to prevent delayed virtual insertion

A communication system may include a mobile wireless communications device, and a server having an email source interface module configured to communicate with an email source, and a proxy module cooperating with the email source interface module. The proxy module may be configured to communicate with the mobile wireless communications device using a first communications protocol and a second different communications protocol, authenticate the mobile wireless communications device by at least retrieving identification information therefrom using an initial display screen based upon the first communications protocol, and transmit a selectable settings interface to the mobile wireless communications device for accessing the email source and being based upon the second different communications protocol.

Communication system with server for identification information retrieval and related methods

An email communications system may include a plurality of wireless communications devices each supporting at least one markup language from among a plurality of different markup languages, and an electronic mail (email) server. The email server may include an account provisioning module for determining the at least one markup language supported by a given wireless communications device, providing at least one respective markup language provisioning template to the given wireless communications device based upon the supported at least one markup language, and generating a provisioned email account for the given wireless communications device based upon at least one provisioning parameter returned via the at least one markup language provisioning template. The email server may further include a mail-user agent module for forwarding emails to the given wireless communications device based upon the provisioned email account therefor.

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Nikhil Deshpande