IP Library Granted Patent US 11,778,261
Granted Patent B2
US 11,778,261 · App. 17/474,864 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Electronic content glossary

Inventor: Brant Candelore (Poway, CA)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H04N21/42209H04N21/42203H04N21/482H04N21/84
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Patent No.
US 11,778,261
App. No.
17/474,864
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A glossary may be seamless accessed using a content player to provide relevant information about an audio video series or show or movie by using search queries or scrolling an electronic list of terms to help cognitively challenged people.

Claims (25)

1. A method, comprising:

presenting on a display audio video (AV) content;

presenting on the display a list of terms pertaining to the AV content;

receiving selection from the list of terms;

responsive to the selection, presenting on the display information pertaining to the selection; and

generating the list of terms at least in part using a machine learning (ML) model trained by indicating proper nouns and concocted words as candidates for inclusion in the list and not indicating, as candidates for inclusion in the list, terms that are common across both the AV content and other content.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

presenting the list of terms responsive to voice command.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

presenting the list of terms responsive to manipulation of a remote control (RC) key.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

presenting the list of terms responsive to selection from a menu presented on the display.

5. An apparatus comprising:

at least one display;

at least one processor configured to control the display and programmed with instructions to:

present on the display first audio video (AV) content;

receive a first signal to invoke a glossary during play of the first AV content;

send the first signal and an identification of the first AV content to a glossary source;

receive a first glossary from the glossary source;

present on the display the first glossary along with the first AV content, the first glossary not pertaining to the first AV content and pertaining to second AV content different from the first AV content, the first glossary being established by a first list of terms; and

responsive to selection from the first glossary, present information on the display pertaining to the selection.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the AV content is on a currently tuned-to channel.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor is programmed to present the glossary responsive to at least one voice command.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor is programmed to present the glossary responsive to a selection from a menu presented on the display.

9. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor is programmed to present the glossary responsive to a signal from a remote control (RC).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 072901/0440 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2021
From: CANDELORE, BRANT
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057581/0820 →
Continuity (1)
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