Google, Sony, and Intel’s Smart TV, Patent Application Images Tweet

There have not been much talk about the new Sony Smart TV, but here is something NewTeevee found while searching the Google Patent data base. The new Television that is said to be Android powered, and come with a special Android app store with its own TV application might have talked to the FCC over a year ago. This patent application was filled by Sony for a “network media player with user-generated playback control.” That name sounds a little similar to their latest Android powered TV that should be announced soon. The information provided in the patent is plentiful, and I got a lot out of it.

From what I read, the Android powered TV is planned to be able to bring all your media players into one and allow you to play your movies from cable, satellite, online, and more all in one place.

“(A) user may create a Cliff note version of the recent Super Bowl game footage to tailor such footage… For example, one user may tailor the footage so that only the “snaps” for the entire game are included within the Cliff note version. In this way, the user can view the entire series of plays within the game without all the extraneous material unrelated to such plays. Thereafter, other users can access this version or Cliff note of the media and amend it to their needs or desires.”

They even talk of a way users could add their own graphics on top of a recorded videos.

“User-generated overlays can be used to create custom playback of content. For example, a user could overlay a frame image, add a ticket bar, place a logo in the corner of the screen, add a sound track, or perform any other overlay function.”

This information is great, but still leaves us wondering what Google and their friends have in under Eric’s sleeves.


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