System and method for providing interactive multimedia services

摘要

A method for presenting interactive multimedia programs includes selecting a multimedia program for presentation, the program having one or more segments and a plurality of additional content items, where each of the items is associated with at least one of the segments and is responsive to at least one of a plurality of pre-defined queries for the program. The method also includes receiving at least one user query during presentation of the program, identifying one of the pre-defined queries corresponding to the user query, and retrieving one of the items associated with a current segment of the program and responsive to the identified one of the pre-defined queries.

主权项

1. A method for presenting interactive multimedia programs, the method comprising:
configuring a computer system including at least one memory and at least one processor to perform the following steps:
selecting a multimedia program for presentation, the multimedia program having a plurality of segments;classifying the multimedia program and the plurality of segments according to content;generating a plurality of additional content items based on the classification, wherein each of the plurality of additional content items is associated with at least one of the plurality of segments;generating a plurality of pre-defined queries for each segment among the plurality of segments based on a content of the segment and at least one speech recognition grammar based on the plurality of pre-defined queries, wherein the plurality of additional content items are retrievable responsive to the plurality of pre-defined queries;generating a data stream including the at least one speech recognition grammar and all of the plurality of additional content items and the plurality of pre-defined queries arranged according to an order of the plurality of segments, wherein a timing of the data stream is configured to coincide with a timing of the plurality of segments as they are presented to a user;receiving at least one spoken user query during presentation of the multimedia program;identifying one of the plurality of pre-defined queries corresponding to the received at least one spoken user query based on the at least one speech recognition grammar;retrieving one of the plurality of additional content items associated with a current segment among the plurality of segments and responsive to the identified pre-defined query; andpresenting the retrieved additional content item without interfering with presentation of the multimedia program.