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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2010
Applicants:

Donald Gordon, Mountain View, CA (US);

Hsuehmin LI, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ellen Rose Fratzke, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Donald Gordon, Mountain View, CA (US);

Hsuehmin Li, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ellen Rose Fratzke, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

ActiveVideo Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/20 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Metadata are provided to video generators using a syndication protocol, so that the video generators may produce interactive video content for television subscribers. Metadata relating to source media content are transformed in a computer process from a storage format into a syndication format. Relevant metadata to transform are chosen to reflect the type of interactivity desired by a television service provider and the demands of the video generation process. The transformed metadata are published according to a syndication protocol, so that another computer process that participates in the protocol may generate the interactive video content using the metadata, the source media content, and subscriber commands.


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