METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT SENSITIVE INTERACTIVE OVERLAYS FOR VIDEO

摘要

When children watch videos on a touch screen device, their instincts are to touch the screen while the video is being played and they are disappointed when nothing happens when they do. The present invention provides an interactive graphical overlay responsive to touch input or other sensors. The overlay and various parameters are specified by metadata and synchronized with the video playout so that the interactive graphical overlay is appropriate to the context in which it appears.