Patent ID: 7503059
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of enhancing existing media content comprising: a) generating and storing an enhancement registry for a media selection from said media content, said enhancement registry including at least one time data associated with a corresponding time point during the play of said media selection, at least one frame location data associated with a specific location on at least one frame of said media selection and at least one communicative link to additional materials, wherein each of said at least one communicative links is associated with a different time data and frame location data associated with said media selection; b) associating a media storage medium containing said media selection with a corresponding media player; c) associating said media selection with time markers related to the stages of said media selection and to at least one of said time data; d) playing the media selection on said corresponding media player for delivery to a user; e) receiving a user input and identifying the time of receipt; f) identifying the time marker of said media selection that corresponds to the time of receipt of said user input and a location marker of said media selection that corresponds to said user input; g) correlating said identified time marker with at least one of said time data and said identified location marker with at least one of said frame location data of said enhancement registry to determine a communicative link associated with the at least one of said time data and the at least one of said frame location data; and h) activating said determined communicative link associated with the at least one of said time data and said frame location data in response thereto, to deliver additional material related to a stage of said media selection to a user in accordance with the receipt of a user input.