Systems and methods for displaying primary content without any overlaid secondary content, and instead transmitting the secondary content to the viewer as a message through another communication channel. For example, a news banner is removed from display on a viewer's television, and the text of the news banner is encapsulated in a message sent to the viewer's primary social media account. In this manner, the viewer may watch the primary content uninterrupted by the secondary content, and is thus presented with fewer distractions and a potentially more enjoyable viewing experience.

Example systems and methods for automated generation of banner images are disclosed. A program identifier associated with a particular media program may be received by a system, and used for accessing a set of iconic digital images and corresponding metadata associated with the particular media program. The system may select a particular iconic digital image for placing a banner of text associated with the particular media program, by applying an analytical model of banner-placement criteria to the iconic digital images. The system may apply another analytical model for banner generation to the particular iconic image to determine (i) dimensions and placement of a bounding box for containing the text, (ii) segmentation of the text for display within the bounding box, and (iii) selection of font, text size, and font color for display of the text. The system may store the particular iconic digital image and banner metadata specifying the banner.

Example systems and methods for automated generation of banner images are disclosed. A program identifier associated with a particular media program may be received by a system, and used for accessing a set of iconic digital images and corresponding metadata associated with the particular media program. The system may select a particular iconic digital image for placing a banner of text associated with the particular media program, by applying an analytical model of banner-placement criteria to the iconic digital images. The system may apply another analytical model for banner generation to the particular iconic image to determine (i) dimensions and placement of a bounding box for containing the text, (ii) segmentation of the text for display within the bounding box, and (iii) selection of font, text size, and font color for display of the text. The system may store the particular iconic digital image and banner metadata specifying the banner.

A video aggregation system for providing a user personalized video content from videos available on the Internet generates a selective feed by combining a first feed and a second feed. The video aggregation system receives a search request from an Internet service and transmits a search reply containing a separately resolvable link to a video content object from the selective feed.

Described is a social media ticker system. The system may include a social media server having a memory storing various data, a first user computing device coupled to the server and a first TV and a second user computing device coupled to the server and a second TV. The first and second TVs are configured to display a ticker displaying interaction between the first and second user computing devices on a social media platform engaged with a social media server while watching the same particular program on the first and second TVs respectively. Further, the server may be programmed to send a poll request corresponding to what is displayed on the first and second TVs for input from the first and second user computing devices, wherein input responsive to the poll request is anonymous and is collected and aggregated on the social media server.

Disclosed are display apparatus and method. The method includes: a first controller of a display apparatus obtains information of a video image in a first user interface on a first display screen of a display apparatus and sends the information of the video image to a server through a first communicator associated with the first controller, where the server is configured to obtain a search identifier of an object in the video image according to the information of the video image and send the search identifier to a second controller of the display apparatus. A second controller of the display apparatus receives the search identifier through a second communicator associated with the second controller and controls a second display screen of the display apparatus to display a third user interface, where the third user interface includes the search identifier of the object in the video image.

Instructions are received at, or transferred to, a client device that includes a display, to cause the display to render a video relating to a sporting event and also render online gaming information. The instructions cause the client device to: receive, on a first communication channel, first digital content corresponding to a replay video of a recording relating to the sporting event; render the replay video based on the first digital content; receive, on a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, second digital content corresponding to the online gaming information, wherein at least some of the online gaming information relates to at least one bet; and render the online gaming information based on the second digital content, wherein the rendered online gaming information includes at least one interactive display widget that renders display content relating to the at least one bet.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a media server having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate sending a datastream to a display device. The datastream may include an identification thereof. Upon receiving the identification from a user, the media server associates the datastream with the user. The media server may send to the user, a listing of the media services to which the user has subscribed. Upon receiving, from the user, a selection of a selected media service, the media server streams the selected media service to the display device over the datastream. The datastream may be controlled with the user for as long as the media server detects the user in a vicinity of the display device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Example systems and methods for automated generation of banner images are disclosed. A program identifier associated with a particular media program may be received by a system, and used for accessing a set of iconic digital images and corresponding metadata associated with the particular media program. The system may select a particular iconic digital image for placing a banner of text associated with the particular media program, by applying an analytical model of banner-placement criteria to the iconic digital images. The system may apply another analytical model for banner generation to the particular iconic image to determine (i) dimensions and placement of a bounding box for containing the text, (ii) segmentation of the text for display within the bounding box, and (iii) selection of font, text size, and font color for display of the text. The system may store the particular iconic digital image and banner metadata specifying the banner.

A content recording and sharing method is applied to a computing device. The method includes: obtaining a video in real time, the video capturing a physical scene for a time duration; generating supplemental contents synchronized with the video; receiving user information from a first user terminal device; determining first selected supplemental content according to the user information and a first selection rule, and sending the first selected supplemental content to the first user terminal device; determining second selected supplemental content according to a second selection rule; and sharing the video and the second selected supplemental content with one or more second user terminal devices.