US 11,678,008 B2
Moving video tags
Charles J. Kulas, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company, Dover, DE (US)
Filed by Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company, Dover, DE (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/229,240.
Application 17/229,240 is a continuation of application No. 16/799,575, filed on Feb. 24, 2020, granted, now 10,979,760.
Application 16/799,575 is a continuation of application No. 16/253,597, filed on Jan. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,575,044, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 16/253,597 is a continuation of application No. 15/907,095, filed on Feb. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,187,688, issued on Jan. 22, 2019.
Application 15/907,095 is a continuation of application No. 15/269,701, filed on Sep. 19, 2016, granted, now 9,906,829, issued on Feb. 28, 2018.
Application 15/269,701 is a continuation of application No. 12/172,185, filed on Jul. 11, 2008, granted, now 9,451,195, issued on Sep. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/949,505, filed on Jul. 12, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235151 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/4782 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01); H04N 7/01 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 21/4316 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/440272 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/4782 (2013.01); H04N 7/0122 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
causing a display device to display a video depicting an item at an item position in a scene;
causing the display deevice to display a tag in a first position on a first frame of the video, the tag being associated with and distinct and separated away from the item depicted in the video, wherein the tag includes text information associated with the item depicted in the video, and wherein the tag is surrounded by a visually perceptible border defining a tag area;
causing the display device to display the tag in a second position on a second frame of the video;
causing the display device to display the tag in intermediate positions between the first and second positions during frames between the first and second frames of the video, wherein each of the first position, the second position, and the intermediate positions is different from the item position;
receiving from an input device a selection of the tag; and
in response to receiving from the input device the selection of the tag, performing a predetermined action to provide additional information relating to the item in the video, wherein the step of performing the predetermined action to provide the additional information relating to the item depicted in the video comprises causing the display device to expand the tag area so that the additional information can be presented within the tag area along with descriptive information describing the item depicted in the video.