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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
John Hinman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ray Derenzo, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Timothy Chan, Union City, CA (US);
Allen Billings, Lafeyette, CA (US);
Stephen Coney, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Brubeck, Pleasanton, CA (US);
John Hinman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ray DeRenzo, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Timothy Chan, Union City, CA (US);
Allen Billings, Lafeyette, CA (US);
Stephen Coney, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Brubeck, Pleasanton, CA (US);
MobiTV, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
Mechanisms are provided for character-based and image-based media content search and discovery. Character images or entity images are mapped to corresponding media content. Selection of an image or a portion of an image may trigger or search for corresponding media content or begin playback of relevant media content. Character images or entity images need not correspond to a primary program character or object but may correspond to minor characters or tangential entities depicted periodically on particular programs.