An electronic device and a control method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes controller, multimedia playing apparatus and input apparatus both connected to the controller, the controller includes processor and memory, wherein program instructions stored in the memory are executed by the processor to perform operations including: in response to target operation of user, obtaining input information of user; determining session information on session in which user participates according to the input information, the session information including at least target content in which user participates; determining target playing progress and target playing speed factor for the target content; controlling the multimedia playing apparatus to play the target content according to the target playing progress and the target playing speed factor, the target playing speed factor being greater than 1.

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to identify media sources are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an exclusivity determiner, a unique asset identifier, and a signature matcher. The exclusivity determiner is to determine whether media is exclusive to a provider. The unique asset identifier is to associate a first signature of the media with the provider if the media is exclusive to the provider. The signature matcher is to identify the provider based on a second signature, the second signature matching the first signature, the second signature extracted from media presented at a media presentation location.

A method for managing a live-streaming room comprises displaying a first live-streaming interface of a live-streaming room by a first terminal; detecting a first operation through the first live-streaming interface; and sending a first instruction to a live-streaming server in response to the first operation, wherein the live-streaming server is configured to send the first instruction to a second terminal, the first instruction instructs the second terminal to perform a synchronization operation with the first terminal.

Disclosed are a display device, and an infrared transmission device and a control method therefor. The disclosed infrared transmission device: determines whether a repeat event occurs, on the basis of the amount of request data stored in a buffer; and when a repeat event occurs, generates an infrared signal corresponding to the repeat event and transmits the infrared signal to a display device or an external electronic device.

The present application discloses techniques of interacting with live videos. The techniques comprise obtaining a streaming video of a live streamer and images of a user captured in real time by a user terminal, and displaying the streaming video and the image of the user in a same video play box; obtaining and recognizing a first gesture of a user in the images of the user, and comparing the first gesture with a second gesture included in a preset table, wherein the preset table comprises information indicating corresponding relationships between gestures and special effects; obtaining a first special effect corresponding to the second gesture by querying the preset table when the first gesture matches with the second gesture; and displaying the first special effect in the video play box.

A method is provided for displaying an immersive video content according to eye movement of a viewer includes the steps of detecting, using an eye tracking device, a field of view of at least one eye of the viewer, transmitting eye tracking coordinates from the detected field of view to an eye tracking processor, identifying a region on a video display corresponding to the transmitted eye tracking processor, adapting the immersive video content from a video storage device at a first resolution for a first portion of the immersive video content and a second resolution for a second portion of the immersive video content, the first resolution being higher than the second resolution, displaying the first portion of the immersive video content on the video display within a zone, and displaying the second portion of the immersive video content on the video display outside of the zone.

A device for remote controlling an application on a display device including a user interface for receiving a user input, a transmitter for transmitting a control signal to a display device, a network interface for coupling the control signal to a wireless local area network, and a processor for generating the control signal in response to the user input, determining a destination for the control signal in response to the user input, for coupling the control signal to the transmitter in response to the destination being a display device remote control receiver and for coupling the control signal to the network interface in response to the destination being a display device network interface.

A display device and a method capable of rotating a display based on a type of a user command are provided. The display device according to the disclosure receives a user command while first content is displayed on the display, the display being configured to operate in a first orientation while displaying the first content, maintains the display to operate in the first orientation when the received user command is a command to control a feature corresponding to the first content, determines, based on a type of a second content, to control the display to operate in the first orientation or a second orientation different from the first orientation when the received user command is a command to display the second content on the display, and controls the motor to rotate the display based on the determined first orientation or the second orientation.

A display device and a method capable of rotating a display based on a type of a user command are provided. The display device according to the disclosure receives a user command while first content is displayed on the display, the display being configured to operate in a first orientation while displaying the first content, maintains the display to operate in the first orientation when the received user command is a command to control a feature corresponding to the first content, determines, based on a type of a second content, to control the display to operate in the first orientation or a second orientation different from the first orientation when the received user command is a command to display the second content on the display, and controls the motor to rotate the display based on the determined first orientation or the second orientation.

A method of controlling delivery of video programs from video distribution equipment to video receiver devices includes receiving messages at the video distribution equipment from a mobile terminal operated by a user. The messages contain user defined identifiers that are associated with equipment identifiers of different ones of the video receiver devices. The user defined identifiers are stored associated with the equipment identifiers in a subscriber account. Delivery of video programs from the video distribution equipment to the video receiver devices is controlled in response to commands received from the mobile terminal which request delivery of identified video programs to identified ones of the user defined identifiers. Related video distribution equipment and mobile terminals are disclosed.