Unscripted digital media message generation

• US 10,038,657 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2015
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nightlight Systems LLC
• Original Assignee: Nightlight Systems LLC
• Inventors: Weil, Joseph, Jarecki, Andrew, Martinez, William Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Dragoescu, Claudia
• Application Number:
  US14/684,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20160048306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information

Abstract

A method of generating a digital media message includes receiving a digital video segment providing a plurality of images via a display of the electronic device, each image of the plurality of images being indicative of a respective digital content segment, and receiving, via the electronic device, a first input indicating selection of a first digital content segment associated with a corresponding image of the plurality of images. The method also includes associating the digital video segment and the first digital content segment with a play sequence of the digital media message such that the first digital content segment will be presented simultaneously with at least part of the digital video segment when the digital media message is played. The method further includes providing the digital media message for sharing with a remote electronic device, wherein the digital media message comprises at least the digital video segment and the first, digital content segment.

Claims

1. A method of generating a digital media message, executed on an electronic device, comprising:

receiving a digital video segment with the electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes at least one processor;

providing a plurality of images via a display of the electronic device, each image of the plurality of images being indicative of a respective digital content segment different from the digital video segment;

receiving, via the electronic device, a first input indicating selection of a first digital content segment associated with a corresponding image of the plurality of images;

associating the digital video segment and the first digital content segment with a play sequence of the digital media message such that the first digital content segment will be presented simultaneously with at least part of the digital video segment when the digital media message is played, wherein associating the digital video segment and the first digital content segment with the play sequence comprises replacing a plurality of frames of the digital video segment with a single frame corresponding to an image of the first digital content segment; and

providing the digital media message for sharing with a remote electronic device, wherein the digital media message comprises at least the digital video segment and the first, digital content segment.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a plurality of thumbnails via the display, each thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails being representative of a respective digital content source, and the first digital content segment being received from one of the respective digital content sources;

receiving, via the electronic device, a second input indicating selection of a first thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the one of the respective sources; and

providing the plurality of images at least partly in response to the second input.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing visual indicia identifying the one of the respective sources, via the display, at least partly in response to the second input, the visual indicia being displayed simultaneously with the plurality of images.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a progress bar via the display, the progress bar including a portion having a length that changes, in real time, as the digital video segment is captured.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the digital video segment and the first digital content segment with the play sequence comprises replacing at least one of video or an image of a portion of the digital video segment with an image of the first digital content segment.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second input via the electronic device;

adding a first portion of the digital video segment to the play sequence at a first location at least partly in response to the second input;

receiving a third input via the electronic device; and

adding the first digital content segment to the play sequence, at a second location after the first location, at least partly in response to the third input.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

playing the first portion of the digital video segment via the display at least partly in response to the second input; and

providing the image corresponding to the first digital content segment via the display while the first portion of the digital video segment is playing such that the image and the first portion are visible simultaneously.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising adding, at least partly in response to the third input, at least part of a second portion of the digital video segment different from the first portion of the digital video segment to the play sequence at the second location.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the part of the second portion of the digital video segment comprises audio of the second portion.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the digital content segment comprises a particular image, and wherein the particular image is added to the play sequence at the second location such that when the digital media message is played, the particular image is displayed while audio of the digital video segment is provided.

11. The method of claim 6, further comprising providing a progress bar via the display, wherein the progress bar comprises first visual indicia of the first location, second visual indicia of the second location separate from the first visual indicia, and a movable marker.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first visual indicia of the first location is provided at least partly in response to the second input, and the second visual indicia of the second location is provided at least partly in response to the third input.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein the second input comprises a first touch and hold input received at a location on the display at which the digital video segment is provided, and the third input comprises a second touch and hold input received at a location on the display at which the image corresponding to the first digital content segment is provided.

14. One or more computer readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of an electronic device to perform acts comprising:

causing a digital video segment to be captured by a first component of the electronic device;

causing the digital video segment to be stored in memory accessible by the device;

receiving a first input indicating selection of a digital content source;

causing a plurality of images to be displayed on a display of the electronic device in response to the first input, wherein each image of the plurality of images corresponds to a respective digital content segment of a plurality of digital content segments stored in either the one or more computer readable media or in additional memory;

receiving a second input via the display indicating selection of a first digital content segment of the plurality of digital content segments, wherein the first digital content segment was captured by a second component of the electronic device different from the first component;

receiving a third input at a first location on the display;

adding a first portion of the digital video segment to a play sequence of a digital media message in response to the third input;

receiving a fourth input at a second location on the display different from the first location on the display; and

adding the first digital content segment to the play sequence in response to the fourth input such that the first digital content segment will be provided simultaneously with at least part of a second portion of the digital video segment different from the first portion when the digital media message is played, wherein adding the first digital content segment to the play sequence in response to the fourth input comprises replacing a plurality of frames of the second portion of the digital video segment with a single frame corresponding to an image of the first digital content segment.

15. The computer-readable media of claim 14, the acts further comprising providing, via the electronic device, a plurality of controls operable to modify at least one of the digital video segment or the first digital content segment.

16. The computer-readable media of claim 14, the acts further comprising directing the digital media message, via the electronic device, to a network such that the digital media message can be transferred over the network in at least one of a text message, an email, or a website.

17. The computer-readable media of claim 14, the acts further comprising:

causing the first portion of the digital video segment to be played via the display at least partly in response to the third input; and

causing an image of the plurality of images corresponding to the first digital content segment to be displayed via the display while the first portion of the digital video segment is playing such that the image and the first portion are visible simultaneously.

18. The computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the first digital content segment comprises a particular image, the acts further comprising adding the particular image to the play sequence at the second location such that when the digital media message is played, the particular image is displayed while audio of the second portion of the digital video segment is provided.

19. The computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the first and second inputs comprises respective touch inputs received via the display, and the third and fourth inputs comprise respective touch and hold inputs received via the display.

20. The computer-readable media of claim 14, the acts further comprising causing a progress bar associated with the play sequence to be provided via the display, the progress bar comprising a first visual indicia indicative of a length of time during which the first portion of the digital video segment will be provided when the digital media message is played, and a second visual indicia separate from the first visual indicia indicative of a length of time during which the first digital content segment will be provided when the digital media message is played.

21. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a processor; and

memory connected to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform one or more acts including;

causing a digital video segment to be captured by a video camera of the electronic device;

receiving a first input indicating selection of a digital content source;

causing a plurality of images to be displayed on the display in response to the first input, wherein each image of the plurality of images corresponds to a respective digital content segment of a plurality of digital content segments stored in the memory;

receiving a second input via the display indicating selection of a first digital content segment of the plurality of digital content segments, wherein the first digital content segment was captured by a component of the electronic device other than the video camera;

adding a first portion of the digital video segment to a play sequence of a digital media message in response to a third input; and

adding the first digital content segment to the play sequence in response to a fourth input such that the first digital content segment will be provided simultaneously with at least part of a second portion of the digital video segment different from the first portion when the digital media message is played, wherein adding the first digital content segment to the play sequence in response to the fourth input comprises replacing a plurality of frames of the second portion of the digital video segment with a single frame of an image of the first digital content segment.

22. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the first digital content segment comprises one of a photo, an audio segment, or a video segment.

23. The electronic device of claim 21, the acts further comprising causing a plurality of controls to be provided via the display, at least one control of the plurality of controls being configured to modify at least one of the digital video segment or the first digital content segment when active.

24. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein adding the first digital content segment to the play sequence in response to the fourth input comprises replacing at least one of video or an image of the second portion of the digital video segment with an image of the first digital content segment.