System and method for customizable playback of communication device alert media
Granted: May 13, 2010
Application Number:
20100120355
There is provided a device for alerting a user of an occurrence of an event. The device comprises a memory configured to store alert data and a media stream having a beginning and an end, the alert data designating a plurality of points for the media stream, the plurality of points including a start point and an end point after the start point, wherein at least one of the start point and the end point is different from the beginning and the end of the media stream. The device further…
Microtransactional association of physical and virtual accessories
Granted: May 13, 2010
Application Number:
20100116890
There is provided a stored value card comprising a physical accessory being a portion of the stored value card and being detachable from the stored value card, wherein the physical accessory is configured to be attached to a physical primary; and a unique identification code, wherein the unique identification code is associated with the stored value card, the physical accessory and a virtual accessory, and wherein a virtual primary and the virtual accessory are stored in a network server…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT
Granted: May 6, 2010
Application Number:
20100114983
There is presented a system and method for updating digital media content. The system comprises a data structure residing on a media storage, the digital media content being stored in the data structure. The system further comprises a processor coupled to the media storage and configured to access the data structure, and receive an update to one or more modifiable elements of the data structure from an authoritative source external with respect to the data structure. The processor is…
System and method for server-side avatar pre-rendering
Granted: May 6, 2010
Application Number:
20100115022
There is provided a system and method for server-side avatar pre-rendering. There is provided a server for providing pre-rendered avatars, the server comprising a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a request from a client for an avatar distinguished by a unique identifier to be pre-rendered, retrieve avatar render data using the unique identifier, process the avatar render data through an avatar pre-render application to create a pre-rendered avatar in a…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT
Granted: May 6, 2010
Application Number:
20100115051
There is presented a system for managing digital media content, the system comprising a media server accessible over a communications network, the media server including a server processor. The server processor is configured to identify a first container data structure, the first container data structure including the digital media content encoded in a first encoding format. The server processor is also configured to use a digital media profile, and to extract a media file including the…
System and method for providing media content
Granted: May 6, 2010
Application Number:
20100115409
There is presented a system for providing a content stored on a medium, the system comprising a media presentation module including a processor. The processor is configured to retrieve a content payload including a digital content from a data structure residing on the medium, and to retrieve a content-describing metadata stored separately from the digital content, from the data structure. The content-describing metadata provide content information including media encoding information for…
PLAYBACK OF EPISODIC CONTENT
Granted: April 29, 2010
Application Number:
20100104269
A content item having sequential portions, such as episodes, is played back on a packaged media player in a manner that facilitates viewing the sequential portions in sequence. The point at which the user terminated a playback session is marked by storing an indication in memory, so that the user need not remember at what episode or other content portion the user left off. Upon beginning a new playback session, the media player retrieves the marker and navigates to the next content…
System and method for inter-connectable multi-track media-based trading cards
Granted: April 22, 2010
Application Number:
20100097911
There are provided systems and methods for inter-connectable multi-track media-based cards. There is provided a card for media playback, the card comprising a media output, a memory storing at least one of a plurality of media tracks of a media, a communications interface inter-connectable with one or more additional cards storing other media tracks of the plurality of media tracks of the media, and a media processor. The media processor is configured to detect, via the communications…
System and method for unlocking content associated with media
Granted: April 22, 2010
Application Number:
20100100726
There is presented a system and method for unlocking a content associated with media. In one aspect, the method comprises identifying the media, generating an authentication key using at least one key data from a set of key data contained in the media, determining an address in the media of at least one content unit corresponding respectively to each of the at least one key data used to generate the authentication key; requesting the at least one content unit by providing the address;…
Method and system for producing customized content
Granted: April 15, 2010
Application Number:
20100094841
There is provided a method for producing a customized content, comprising identifying a customizable content from which to produce the customized content, identifying a base content in the customizable content, and receiving at least one customizing criterion as input. The method further comprises determining a plurality of content modifiers for harmonizing the base content and the customizing criterion, extracting the plurality of content modifiers from a modification library, and…
System and method for ontology and rules based segmentation engine for networked content delivery
Granted: April 8, 2010
Application Number:
20100088344
There is provided a system and method for an ontological and rules based segmentation engine for networked content delivery. There is provided a segmentation engine for use by a network accessible computing device providing customized content for a user on the network, comprising a user context regarding the user, a content management system for storing content, a controlled vocabulary categorizing content, an ontology using the controlled vocabulary for referencing the content of the…
DYNAMIC LOADING SYSTEM FOR A RIDE VEHICLE
Granted: April 1, 2010
Application Number:
20100078291
A ride vehicle loading interface system to allow guests in wheelchairs to access a ride vehicle and enjoy a ride attraction. The loading interface system includes a plurality of associated ride vehicles moving on a track. At least one ride vehicle including a tray extendable from and retractable into the ride vehicle through an opening, the tray for receiving a wheelchair and for allowing the wheelchair to be positioned in the ride vehicle. The ride vehicle loading interface system…
COMPUTER MODELLED ENVIRONMENT
Granted: April 1, 2010
Application Number:
20100079447
A computer-readable storage medium that includes a computer program and corresponding method, the program comprising code which will: generate a computer-modelled environment comprising a three-dimensional computer-modelled space and one or more three-dimensional computer-modelled objects within that space; and generate a map of values of a kinetic parameter over the object's surface, the kinetic parameter parameterizing a kinetic activity to be modelled to occur within the…
INTERACTIVE THEATER WITH AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Granted: April 1, 2010
Application Number:
20100079585
A method for providing differing image streams to audience members in an interactive theater setting. The method includes positioning optical filters such as shuttered glasses between audience members and a display surface. During a display period, two or more image streams are provided on the display surface with the optical filters operating to transmit a first image stream. The method includes modifying an operating state of a subset of the optical filters during the display period to…
KINETIC FLAME DEVICE
Granted: April 1, 2010
Application Number:
20100079999
An apparatus creating a flickering flame effect. The apparatus includes a housing with an interior space with first and second stages. A drive mechanism generates a time varying electromagnetic field extending into the first stage. A first pendulum member is pivotally mounted in the interior space of the first stage and includes first and second magnets on first and second ends, with the first end proximate to the drive mechanism such that the first magnet interacts with the varying…
System and method for visual search in a video media player
Granted: April 1, 2010
Application Number:
20100082585
There is provided a system and method for visual search in a video media player. There is provided a computing device for performing a visual search in video files comprising a display, a memory, a video media player application in the memory, and a processor configured to store into the memory search terms by allowing a user to visually select objects as search terms using a user interface on the display, initiate a search using the search terms, obtain search results comprising time…
System and method for providing a secure content with revocable access
Granted: March 25, 2010
Application Number:
20100077463
There is provided a method for use by a media player to provide access to a media content. The method comprises receiving a request from a user for playing the media content, prompting a user for an authorization code, receiving the authorization code from the user, transmitting the authorization code to an authentication server over a network, receiving a valid authentication message from the authentication server over the network if the authorization code is confirmed to be valid,…
WHEELCHAIR RAMP FOR A RIDE VEHICLE
Granted: March 18, 2010
Application Number:
20100066111
A curved wheelchair ramp for ride vehicles of an amusement park attraction, ride, or other environment is provided. In one embodiment, the wheelchair ramp is maneuverable between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position, the wheelchair ramp may form a door to the ride vehicle. In the extended position, the wheelchair ramp extends, in a curve, between an access opening of the ride vehicle to a station platform. In various embodiments, the ramp may have a…
FLOATING IMAGE PROJECTION
Granted: March 18, 2010
Application Number:
20100066977
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems and methods for providing image projection and entertainment.
SPATIAL PROJECTION
Granted: March 18, 2010
Application Number:
20100066978
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems and methods for providing image projection and entertainment.
