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

• US 10,061,482 B1
• Filed: 06/27/2013
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• 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): Barrett, Ryan
• Application Number:
  US13/929,592
• Time in Patent Office: 1,888 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/00 Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4753 for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

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: presenting a user interface to a user, wherein the user interface prompts the user to select an annotation to be associated with a plurality of videos associated with a user account; receiving a selection of an annotation to associate with the plurality of videos associated with the user account; transmitting data to a server identifying the selected annotation; and causing the server to associate the annotation with the plurality of videos. In some implementations, the methods further comprise: communicating with the server to set placement and timing information of the annotation; and causing the annotation to be presented upon rendering one of the plurality of videos based on the placement information of the annotation and the timing information of the annotation.

Claims

1. A method for specifying an annotation to present across multiple videos, the method comprising:

receiving, from a first user device, user credentials that correspond to a user account of a video sharing service;

causing a user interface to be presented on the first user device, wherein the user interface prompts a user to select an annotation to become associated with the user account of the video sharing service and configure the annotation such that the annotation is to be presented upon presentation of each of a plurality of videos shared by the user account of the video sharing service at a particular location and at a particular time within each of the plurality of videos, wherein the annotation is selectable during the presentation of each of the plurality of videos;

receiving, via the user interface, a selection of the annotation to associate with the user account of the video sharing service and a configuration of the annotation such that the annotation is presented at the particular location and at the particular time within each of the plurality of videos shared by the user account of the video sharing service;

subsequent to receiving the selection of the annotation and the configuration of the annotation, receiving, in connection with the user account of the video sharing service, a request to share a video;

receiving, from a second user device, a request for the video;

in response to determining that the video was shared in connection with the user account of the video sharing service, causing the selected annotation to be presented as an overlay on the video at the particular location and at the particular time within the video;

in response to detecting a hover event over the annotation that is being presented as the overlay during the presentation of the video at the particular location and at the particular time within the video, presenting a subscribe option that causes a viewer user account associated with the second user device to subscribe to videos associated with the user account of the video sharing service; and

in response to receiving an indication of a user selection of the annotation that is being presented as the overlay during the presentation of the video at the particular location and at the particular time within the video from the second user device, directing the second user device to launch a web page associated with the user account of the video sharing service to be presented by the second user device, wherein one or more of the plurality of videos associated with the user account of the video sharing service are accessible via the web page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is presented as a portion of the web page.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is presented as a portion of an application for a mobile computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the annotation is a static advertisement associated with the user account of the video sharing service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the annotation is an interstitial advertisement associated with the user account of the video sharing service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the annotation is an overlay advertisement associated with the user account of the video sharing service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user device is associated with the user account.

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

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a selection of a second annotation to be associated with one or more of the plurality of videos.

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

a hardware processor configured to;

receive, from a first user device, user credentials that correspond to a user account of a video sharing service;

cause a user interface to be presented on the first user device, wherein the user interface prompts a user to select an annotation to become associated with the user account of the video sharing service and configure the annotation such that the annotation is to be presented upon presentation of each of a plurality of videos shared by the user account of the video sharing service at a particular location and at a particular time within each of the plurality of videos, wherein the annotation is selectable during the presentation of each of the plurality of videos;

receive, via the user interface, a selection of the annotation to associate with the user account of the video sharing service and a configuration of the annotation such that the annotation is presented at the particular location and at the particular time within each of the plurality of videos shared by the user account of the video sharing service;

subsequent to receiving the selection of the annotation and the configuration of the annotation, receive, in connection with the user account of the video sharing service, a request to share a video;

receive, from a second user device, a request for the video;

in response to determining that the video was shared in connection with the user account of the video sharing service, cause the selected annotation to be presented as an overlay on the video at the particular location and at the particular time within the video;

in response to detecting a hover event over the annotation that is being presented as the overlay during the presentation of the video at the particular location and at the particular time within the video, present a subscribe option that causes a viewer user account associated with the second user device to subscribe to videos associated with the user account of the video sharing service; and

in response to receiving an indication of a user selection of the annotation that is being presented as the overlay during the presentation of the video at the particular location and at the particular time within the video from the second user device, direct the second user device to launch a web page associated with the user account of the video sharing service to be presented by the second user device, wherein one or more of the plurality of videos associated with the user account of the video sharing service are accessible via the web page.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the user interface is presented as a portion of the web page.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the user interface is presented as a portion of an application for a mobile computing device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the annotation is a static advertisement associated with the user account of the video sharing service.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the annotation is an interstitial advertisement associated with the user account of the video sharing service.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the annotation is an overlay advertisement associated with the user account of the video sharing service.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the first user device is associated with the user account.

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

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a selection of a second annotation to be associated with one or more of the plurality of videos.

19. 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, from a first user device, user credentials that correspond to a user account of a video sharing service;

causing a user interface to be presented on the first user device, wherein the user interface prompts a user to select an annotation to become associated with the user account of the video sharing service and configure the annotation such that the annotation is to be presented upon presentation of each of a plurality of videos shared by the user account of the video sharing service at a particular location and at a particular time within each of the plurality of videos, wherein the annotation is selectable during the presentation of each of the plurality of videos;

receiving, via the user interface, a selection of the annotation to associate with the user account of the video sharing service and a configuration of the annotation such that the annotation is presented at the particular location and at the particular time within each of the plurality of videos shared by the user account of the video sharing service;

subsequent to receiving the selection of the annotation and the configuration of the annotation, receiving, in connection with the user account of the video sharing service, a request to share a video;

receiving, from a second user device, a request for the video;

in response to determining that the video was shared in connection with the user account of the video sharing service, causing the selected annotation to be presented as an overlay on the video at the particular location and at the particular time within the video;

in response to detecting a hover event over the annotation that is being presented as the overlay during the presentation of the video at the particular location and at the particular time within the video, presenting a subscribe option that causes a viewer user account associated with the second user device to subscribe to videos associated with the user account of the video sharing service; and

in response to receiving an indication of a user selection of the annotation that is being presented as the overlay during the presentation of the video at the particular location and at the particular time within the video from the second user device, directing the second user device to launch a web page associated with the user account of the video sharing service to be presented by the second user device, wherein one or more of the plurality of videos associated with the user account of the video sharing service are accessible via the web page.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the user interface is presented as a portion of the web page.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the user interface is presented as a portion of an application for a mobile computing device.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the annotation is a static advertisement associated with the user account of the video sharing service.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the annotation is an interstitial advertisement associated with the user account of the video sharing service.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the annotation is an overlay advertisement associated with the user account of the video sharing service.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising receiving a selection of a second annotation to be associated with one or more of the plurality of videos.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first user device is associated with the user account.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the annotation includes at least one of text, animation, an image, and a video.