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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2008
Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, NC (US);
Richard J. Walsh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kunal Kandekar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gregory M. Evans, Raleigh, NC (US);
Scott Curtis, Durham, NC (US);
Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, NC (US);
Richard J. Walsh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kunal Kandekar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gregory M. Evans, Raleigh, NC (US);
Scott Curtis, Durham, NC (US);
Porto Technology, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for obtaining key frames of video content items being viewed by first users and publishing the key frames of the video content items to second users are provided. In general, either prior to playback of a video content item by a first user or during playback of the video content item by the first user, key frame information providing, referencing, or identifying key frames of the video content item is obtained. Each key frame is representative of a segment of the video content item. The key frame information for the video content item is then published such that each key frame is presented to one or more second users while the first user views the corresponding segment of the video content item.