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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2012
Jason A. Kilar, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Betina J. Chan-martin, Encino, CA (US);
Bradley J. Suter, Santa Monnica, CA (US);
Gavin F. Hewitt, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Damon A. Young, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Arash Nikkar, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Arthur Switalski, San Carlos, CA (US);
Richard W. Tom, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Haisheng Wu, Beijing, CN;
Yingan Wang, Beijing, CN;
Eugene Wei, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason A. Kilar, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Betina J. Chan-Martin, Encino, CA (US);
Bradley J. Suter, Santa Monnica, CA (US);
Gavin F. Hewitt, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Damon A. Young, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Arash Nikkar, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Arthur Switalski, San Carlos, CA (US);
Richard W. Tom, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Haisheng Wu, Beijing, CN;
Yingan Wang, Beijing, CN;
Eugene Wei, San Francisco, CA (US);
HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
Commenting tied to user-selected times during play of audio/video content is enabled by a computer system. An apparatus detects a time that input of user comment data is received during playback of audio/video content on an electronic display device. The apparatus determines a temporal point relative to the playback of the audio/video content correlated to the user comment data, based on the time. The apparatus transmits the user comment data correlated to identifiers for the audio-video content and the temporal point to a computer server. The server may configure the video data for publishing on a website so that the comment data is displayed for a limited period based on the temporal point. Users may thereby conveniently record audio or textual comments that are output during subsequent play of the audio/video content, for sharing with friends and others.