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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Charles J. Kulas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles J. Kulas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company, Dover, DE (US);
Abstract
A user control, such as a television remote control device, allows a user to selectively display tags during a video program. The tags provide information about items that are visible in scenes in the video. The tags can identify the brand name, item name, location where the item can be purchased, additional information about the item, etc. The tags can be turned on or off by a viewer or user during playback. In a particular embodiment, a single button press on a remote control can cause switching from a play mode without tags to a tag mode that shows tags in the video; skipping back in time a short interval; and putting the video in a slow-forward play mode, or other alternate mode of play.