User control for displaying tags associated with items in a video playback
View Patent ↗A method controls display of one or more visually perceptible tags in association with a video. The method receives a first signal from a user input control device while the video is being presented via a display device without any visually perceptible tags. The first signal is generated by the user input control device in response to activation of a control associated with a function of causing the display device to present the video with the at least one visually perceptible tag. In response to receiving the first signal, the method causes the display device to present the video with at least one visually perceptible tag. After causing the display device to present the video with the at least one visually perceptible tag, the method changes the function associated with the control to thereafter cause the display device to present the video without any visually perceptible tags.
1. A method for controlling display of one or more visually perceptible tags in association with a video, the method comprising:
receiving a first signal from a user input control device while the video is being presented via a display device without any visually perceptible tags, wherein the first signal is generated by the user input control device in response to activation of a control associated with a function of causing the display device to present the video with the at least one visually perceptible tag;
in response to receiving the first signal from the user input control device, causing the display device to present the video with at least one visually perceptible tag; and
after causing the display device to present the video with the at least one visually perceptible tag, changing the function associated with the control to thereafter cause the display device to present the video without any visually perceptible tags.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the first signal from the user input control device, causing the display device to present the video in an alternate play mode.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the alternate play mode includes slow forward play.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the alternate play mode includes a reduced frame rate of play.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after changing the function associated with the control, receiving a second signal from the user input control device, wherein the second signal is generated by the user input control device in response to activation of the control; and
in response to receiving the second signal, causing the display device to present the video without any visually perceptible tags.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while the video is being presented via the display device without any visually perceptible tags, determining whether the at least one visually perceptible tag is available to be presented via the display device; and
in response to determining that the at least one visually perceptible tag is available to be presented via the display device, causing an indicator to be presented, wherein the indicator is configured to make a viewer aware that the at least one visually perceptible tag is available to be presented via the display device and wherein the first signal is received from the user input control device after the indicator is caused to be presented.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indicator comprises an icon presented on the display device.
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the at least one visually perceptible tag is not available to be presented via the display device, preventing the indicator from being presented.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indicator comprises one or more of a light-emitting diode on the input control, a light-emitting diode on the display device, or an audio alert.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein content of each of the at least one visually perceptible tag comprises descriptive information describing a visually perceptible item in the video.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the descriptive information comprises one or more of a brand name associated with the visually perceptible item, a manufacturer of the visually perceptible item, information about a seller of the visually perceptible item, and a price associated with the visually perceptible item.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a visually perceptible tag further comprises a box and wherein content for a visually perceptible tag appears within the box.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the box of a visually perceptible tag has a rectangular shape.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the box has a background color.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein a visually perceptible tag comprises a content area and a lead line between the content area and an item in the video.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control is one of multiple controls associated with a function of causing the display device to present the video with the at least one visually perceptible tag, and wherein each of the multiple controls is associated with a function of causing the display device to present the video with a different category of visually perceptible tags.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the different categories of visually perceptible tags comprise gadget tags, style tags, and scene tags.
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user input control device is a remote control.
19. An apparatus for controlling display of one or more visually perceptible tags in association with a video, the apparatus comprising:
a receiving component configured to receive one or more signals from a user input control device; and
a hardware processor configured to be operatively associated with the receiving component, the hardware processor configured to:
receive from the receiving component a first indication that the receiving component has received a first signal from the user input control device, wherein the first signal is received while the video is being presented via a display device without any visually perceptible tags, and wherein the first signal is generated by the input control in response to activation of a control associated with a function of causing the display device to present the video with the at least one visually perceptible tag; and
in response to receiving from the receiving component the first indication that the receiving component has received the first signal from the user input control device, cause the display device to present the video with at least one visually perceptible tag; and
after causing the display device to present the video with the at least one visually perceptible tag, change the function associated with the control to thereafter cause the display device to present the video without any visually perceptible tags.
20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
instructions for causing a display device to present a video with at least one visually perceptible tag, wherein the display device is caused to present the video with the at least one visually perceptible tag in response to receiving a first signal from a user input control device while the video is being presented via the display device without any visually perceptible tags, wherein the first signal is generated by the user input control device in response to activation of a control associated with a function of causing the display device to present the video with the at least one visually perceptible tag; and
instructions for, after causing the display device to present the video with the at least one visually perceptible tag, changing the function associated with the control to thereafter cause the display device to present the video without any visually perceptible tags.