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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:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Eric Buehl, Studio City, CA (US);
Tienan Ren, Beijing, CN;
Xin Jin, Beijing, CN;
Eric I. Feng, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Eric Buehl, Studio City, CA (US);
Tienan Ren, Beijing, CN;
Xin Jin, Beijing, CN;
Eric I. Feng, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hulu, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G11B 27/34 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/34 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for embedding a media program with a randomly user selected thumbnail is disclosed. The user can scan a media program to identify one of a plurality of media program frames, select the frame of interest, then designate it as the thumbnail to use in connection with the embedded media program.