Methods, systems, and media for presenting annotations across multiple videos

• US 10,042,505 B1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Bingham, Aaron Dennis, Bota, Silviu, Vera, Raul Evelio, Shimshowitz, Dror Menachem
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHOWDHURY, RAYEEZ R
• Application Number:
  US13/839,843
• Time in Patent Office: 1,971 Days
• Field of Search: 715719
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/00 Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing

Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for presenting annotations across multiple videos are provided. In some implementations, methods for presenting annotations across multiple videos are provided, the methods comprising: receiving a selection of an annotation from a user; identifying, by a hardware processor, a plurality of videos associated with the user account to be associated with the annotation; and presenting the annotation upon rendering one of the plurality of videos.

Claims

1. A method for presenting annotations across multiple videos, the method comprising:

receiving a selection of a first video for annotation and an indication to place the annotation in a plurality of videos associated with a user account in which the first video is associated;

in response to receiving the selection of the first video for annotation and the indication to place the annotation in the plurality of videos associated with the user account, identifying, by a hardware processor, the user account associated with the selected first video and identifying the plurality of videos associated with the user account;

receiving a selection of a subset of videos from the plurality of videos for the annotation, wherein the subset of videos includes a first video and a second video;

causing an annotation interface for configuring a first annotation in the selected subset of videos to be presented, wherein the annotation interface includes a position selection within each video in the subset for placing the first annotation, a display time selection for the first annotation to begin being presented within each video in the subset, and a time duration selection for the first annotation to be presented within each video in the subset, wherein the position selection, the display time selection, the duration of time selection associated with the first annotation are to be applied to each video in the subset of videos, and a preview of the first annotation within the selected first video at a position corresponding to the position selection and at times corresponding to the display time selection and the time duration selection;

in response to receiving user inputs in the annotation interface that configure the position selection, the display time selection, and the duration of time selection associated with the first annotation, associating the first annotation with the first video of the subset of videos and, associating the first annotation with the second video of the subset of videos, wherein the first video and the second video are both associated with the user account; and

causing the first annotation to be presented during playback of each of the subset of videos, including both the first video and the second video, at the position corresponding to the position selection, starting at a display time corresponding to the display time selection and for a time duration corresponding to the time duration selection inputted using the annotation interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first annotation includes at least one of text, animation, an image, a hyperlink, and a video.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

subsequent to associating the first annotation with the plurality of videos, determining that a new video has been associated with the user account; and

causing the first annotation to be presented during playback of the new video.

4. The method of claim 1,

further comprising inhibiting presentation of the first annotation during playback of videos associated with the user account that are not included in the subset of videos.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting a new annotation to replace the first annotation periodically based on a rule.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

specifying a second annotation to be associated with the subset of videos; and

associating the second annotation with the first video of the subset of videos and associating the second annotation with the second video of the subset of videos;

causing the second annotation to be presented during playback of each of the subset of videos, including both the first video and the second video.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing content associated with the first annotation to be presented in response to selection of the first annotation during playback of one of the subset of videos.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of videos is all videos associated with the user account.

9. A system for presenting annotations across multiple videos, the system comprising:

a hardware processor configured to;

receive a selection of a first video for annotation and an indication to place the annotation in a plurality of videos associated with a user account in which the first video is associated;

in response to receiving the selection of the first video for annotation and the indication to place the annotation in the plurality of videos associated with the user account, identify the user account associated with the selected first video and identifying the plurality of videos associated with the user account;

receive a selection of a subset of videos from the plurality of videos for the annotation, wherein the subset of videos includes a first video and a second video;

cause an annotation interface for configuring a first annotation in the selected subset of videos to be presented, wherein the annotation interface includes a position selection within each video in the subset for placing the first annotation, a display time selection for the first annotation to begin being presented within each video in the subset, and a time duration selection for the first annotation to be presented within each video in the subset, wherein the position selection, the display time selection, the duration of time selection associated with the first annotation are to be applied to each video in the subset of videos, and a preview of the first annotation within the selected first video at a position corresponding to the position selection and at times corresponding to the display time selection and the time duration selection;

in response to receiving user inputs in the annotation interface that configure the position selection, the display time selection, and the duration of time selection associated with the first annotation, associate the first annotation with the first video of the subset of videos and, associating the first annotation with the second video of the subset of videos, wherein the first video and the second video are both associated with the user account; and

cause the first annotation to be presented during playback of each of the subset of videos, including both the first video and the second video, at the position corresponding to the position selection, starting at a display time corresponding to the display time selection and for a time duration corresponding to the time duration selection inputted using the annotation interface.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first annotation includes at least one of text, animation, an image, a hyperlink, and a video.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

determine, subsequent to associating the first annotation with the plurality of videos, that a new video has been associated with the user account; and

cause the first annotation to be presented during playback of the new video.

12. The system of claim 9,

wherein the hardware processor is further configured to inhibit presentation of the first annotation during playback of videos associated with the user account that are not included in the subset of videos.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to select a new annotation to replace the first annotation periodically based on a rule.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

specify a second annotation to be associated with the subset of videos; and

associate the second annotation with the first video of the subset of videos and associate the second annotation with the second video of the subset of videos

cause the second annotation to be presented during playback of each of the subset of videos, including both the first video and the second video.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to cause content associated with the annotation to be presented in response to selection of the first annotation during playback of one of the subset of videos.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the plurality of videos is all videos associated with the user account.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for presenting annotations across multiple videos, the method comprising:

receiving a selection of a first video for annotation and an indication to place the annotation in a plurality of videos associated with a user account in which the first video is associated;

in response to receiving the selection of the first video for annotation and the indication to place the annotation in the plurality of videos associated with the user account, identifying the user account associated with the selected first video and identifying the plurality of videos associated with the user account;

receiving a selection of a subset of videos from the plurality of videos for the annotation, wherein the subset of videos includes a first video and a second video;

causing an annotation interface for configuring a first annotation in the selected subset of videos to be presented, wherein the annotation interface includes a position selection within each video in the subset for placing the first annotation, a display time selection for the first annotation to begin being presented within each video in the subset, and a time duration selection for the first annotation to be presented within each video in the subset, wherein the position selection, the display time selection, the duration of time selection associated with the first annotation are to be applied to each video in the subset of videos, and a preview of the first annotation within the selected first video at a position corresponding to the position selection and at times corresponding to the display time selection and the time duration selection;

in response to receiving user inputs in the annotation interface that configure the position selection, the display time selection, and the duration of time selection associated with the first annotation, associating the first annotation with the first video of the subset of videos and, associating the first annotation with the second video of the subset of videos, wherein the first video and the second video are both associated with the user account; and

causing the first annotation to be presented during playback of each of the subset of videos, including both the first video and the second video, at the position corresponding to the position selection, starting at a display time corresponding to the display time selection and for a time duration corresponding to the time duration selection inputted using the annotation interface.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first annotation includes at least one of text, animation, an image, a hyperlink, and a video.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

subsequent to associating the first annotation with the plurality of videos, determining that a new video has been associated with the user account; and

causing the first annotation to be presented during playback of the new video.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17,

wherein the method further comprises inhibiting presentation of the first annotation during playback of videos associated with the user account that are not included in the subset of videos.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises selecting a new annotation to replace the first annotation periodically based on a rule.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

specifying a second annotation to be associated with the subset of videos; and

associating the second annotation with the first video of the subset of videos and associating the second annotation with the second video of the subset of videos;

causing the second annotation to be presented during playback of each of the subset of videos, including both the first video and the second video.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises causing content associated with the first annotation to be presented in response to selection of the first annotation during playback of one of the subset of videos.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the plurality of videos is all videos associated with the user account.