US 11,711,556 B2
Time-based content synchronization
David Gang, Oakton, VA (US); and Bryan Morgan, Ramona, CA (US)
Assigned to Perfect Sense, Inc., Reston, VA (US)
Filed by Perfect Sense, Inc., Reston, VA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/460,800.
Application 17/460,800 is a continuation of application No. 16/865,468, filed on May 4, 2020, granted, now 11,109,078.
Application 16/865,468 is a continuation of application No. 16/382,563, filed on Apr. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,645,431, issued on May 5, 2020.
Application 16/382,563 is a continuation of application No. 15/703,428, filed on Sep. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,264,297, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191559 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/235 (2013.01) [H04N 21/234 (2013.01); H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a server system, data indicating that primary content has been accessed by a user on a first computing device included in a set of computing devices known to be associated with the user;
identifying, by the server system, content association data for the primary content, the content association data specifying (i) a designated frame of the primary content, and (ii) secondary content assigned to the designated frame;
determining, by the server system, that a second computing device, from among the set of computing devices known to be associated with the user, is likely to be available to the user for accessing an indication associated with the secondary content;
determining, by the server system, that the first computing device has accessed the designated frame; and
in response to determining that the first computing device has accessed the designated frame, providing, by the server system and for output to second computing device, an instruction to output the indication.