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Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings

Philippe Schmouker

Lionel Oisel

Marie Guegan

Yvon Legallais

Neus Sabater

Louis Chevallier

Jean-Ronan Vigouroux

Jean-Eudes Marvie

Sébastien Perrot

Francois Le Clerc

Thomas Morin

Sylvain Lelievre

Valerie Allie

Denis Mischler

Hassane Guermoud

James Lanagan

Valérie Allie

Robert Forthofer

Izabela Orlac

A user may want to share segments of content, such as video sequences of news reporting or sports events received from a service provider, SR, or content provider, CP, with the members of his social network using the user's social networking application. Therefore, a method is provided for sharing content that may include receiving a content segment by a Transmitter/Receiver Device, TRD. The TRD may transmit, to the SP/CP, a request for sharing the currently received content segment. The SP/CP may receive the request from the TRD and may prepare the content segment for sharing, for example by uploading it to a replay platform. The TRD may receive, from the SP/CP an indication that the content segment has been stored on the replay platform, including a locator to the content segment. The TRD may publish the locator in the user's social network application.

Method for sharing content and corresponding apparatuses

A virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) system detects through a camera when a user's hand positions match a predefined position and in response thereto renders an overlay including a crown with which the user can interact to lock onto an object or scene. The system then detects and renders a centre indicator of the crown, tracking the user's hands, enables or disables actions depending on the position of the centre indicator relative to a neutral zone, responds to user hand movement to implement actions, and also detects unlock of the object or scene.

Device and method for hand-based user interaction in VR and AR environments

A method and an apparatus for displaying light field video data are described. A receiving unit of the apparatus receives light field video data including a plurality of light field video sequences. Each light field video frames of of the light field video sequences has multiple selectable viewpoints. A light field video frame is provided by an operation unit and displayed on a display device with a first viewpoint. An input unit receives an input indicating a viewpoint different from the first viewpoint. The displayed light field video frame is then displayed with the indicated viewpoint. In one embodiment, two light field video frames of two light field video sequences are displayed respectively in main and side windows on the display device.

Method and apparatus for displaying light field video data

An automated creation of a summary video based on video segments extracted from several videos by using a social network of viewers and a social curve specified by a user in order to select and order the video segments. A social network of viewers (influence scores, experts) may be used to establish metrics for video segments. A social curve may be defined with respect to the video segment metrics to allow for the automatic creation of a summary video.

Method and apparatus for creating a summary video

According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps of:

Method for enriching a multimedia content, and corresponding device

The invention discloses a method of viewing audiovisual documents on a playback device, comprising a step for reading or receiving a document and a display step for viewing the images of this document on a screen. The method further comprises a step for reading or receiving an attribute associated with a time band of the document. A predetermined value of the attribute triggers on the device the enlargement of a part of the image on playback during said time band, because of which this image part occupies a larger area on screen.

Method of viewing audiovisual documents on a receiver, and receiver for viewing such documents

The invention consists of a process for receiving and for screening audiovisual transmissions broadcast by a network. The transmissions consisting of events and of short transmissions possessing a distinctive element, these short transmissions being broadcast by services identifiable by this distinctive element. At a certain moment specified by the broadcaster, a sequence is transmitted on the network, it is replaced at the level of the display of the receiver by another sequence extracted from a service broadcasting short transmissions. The choice of this service is made at the receiver level. To avoid the appearance of a black screen between the network's transmitted sequences and the short transmissions, the receiver dispatches a filler transmission to the screen. The invention also consists of a digital television receiver for implementing the process.

Method for receiving and displaying thematic audio-visual programme sequences, and receiver therefor

The present invention relates to a method for creation of an animated series of photographs. A photograph acquisition device analyzes the images in order to detect an absence of movement. The detection of an absence of movement during a determined period triggers a photograph to be taken and the memorization of image data in the series of photographs. The user introduces a command to end the acquisition of the series of photographs. The data of different photographs taken are assembled to form an animated series. During the reproduction, the series is reproduced by displaying successively each photograph, the time between each photograph reproduction can possibly be introduced by the user. The invention also relates to a photograph acquisition device designed acquire said animated series of photographs.

Method for creation of an animated series of photographs, and device to implement the method

The invention relates to a method and a device for time-shifted playback of audio/video data. The device comprises: According to the invention,

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