System and method for authoring interactive media assets

• US 10,191,624 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2013
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Ku, Hans T., Koenig, David M., Leonard, Edwin R., Moore, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Anil N
• Application Number:
  US13/867,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20140317510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,108 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals

Abstract

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for creating social media videos based on media assets. A computing device displays a graphical user interface (“GUI”) for creating the social media video. The GUI includes a first region for selecting a media asset and a second region for displaying selected media assets. The device receives a user selection of the first media asset for use in a social media video. The device obtains a first metadata information associated with the first media asset, obtains a second media asset based at least in part on the first metadata information, and displays, in the first region, a thumbnail image of the second media asset. The second media asset is obtained based on first metadata information. In this way, related media assets are retrieved and display to optimize the creation of social media videos.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

causing to be displayed, on one or more display screens, a user interface having functionality for creating a social media video, the user interface comprising a first region for selecting a media asset and a second region for displaying selected media assets, the first region including a displayable first icon representing a first media asset;

receiving, from a user input device, a user selection of the first media asset, the user selection comprising information representing detection of a swipe of the first icon in a direction from the first region towards the second region;

obtaining a first metadata information associated with the first media asset from the first region in accordance with the swipe represented by the received user selection;

obtaining a second icon representing a second media asset based at least in part on the first metadata information of the first media asset;

causing to be displayed, in the first region of the user interface, the second icon representing the second media asset;

obtaining information indicating a physical location of the user input device; and

causing to be displayed, the first icon representing the first media asset when the first metadata information indicates a first location within a predetermined distance of the physical location of the user input device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said physical location information is obtained from a

global positioning system (GPS).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first metadata information comprises the first location information, wherein the first location information indicates the location at which the first media asset was created, and wherein the second media asset was created at a location within a predetermined distance of the first location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first metadata information comprises a first timestamp indicating a date and/or time at which the first media asset was created, and wherein the second media asset was created within a timespan before or after the first timestamp.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first metadata information comprises a first social graph information, wherein the social graph information identifies a first node of a social graph, and wherein the second media asset is associated with a second node of the social graph, and the first node and the second node are connected on the social graph.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the social graph is a social graph of a social networking website.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein when metadata of the first media asset indicates that the first media asset was created within a predetermined distance of a business, the second media asset represents the business.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second media asset is an advertisement for the business.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the second media asset includes a picture of the business.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first metadata information comprises an image recognition information generated by an image recognition algorithm based on the first media asset, and wherein the second media asset is obtained based on the image recognition information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the generated recognition information is selected from the group consisting of facial information, object information, and color matching information.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first media asset includes audio, and the method further comprises:

analyzing the audio, and obtaining the second media asset based on the audio analysis.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is caused to be displayed on a cellular phone.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is caused to be displayed on a tablet computer.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:

causing to be displayed, on one or more display screens, a user interface having functionality for creating a social media video, the user interface comprising a first region for selecting a media asset and a second region for displaying selected media assets, the first region including a displayable first icon representing a first media asset;

receiving, from a user input device, a user selection of the first media asset, the user selection comprising information representing detection of a swipe of the first icon in a direction from the first region towards the second region;

obtaining a first metadata information associated with the first media asset from the first region in accordance with the swipe represented by the received user selection;

obtaining a second icon representing a second media asset based at least in part on the first metadata information of the first media asset;

causing to be displayed, in the first region of the user interface, the second icon representing the second media asset;

obtaining information indicating a physical location of the user input device; and

causing to be displayed, the first icon representing the first media asset when the first metadata information indicates a first location within a predetermined distance of the physical location of the user input device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said physical location information is obtained from

a global positioning system (GPS).

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first metadata information comprises the first location information, wherein the first location information indicates the location at which the first media asset was created, and wherein the second media asset was created at a location within a predetermined distance of the first location.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first metadata information comprises a first timestamp indicating a date and/or time at which the first media asset was created, and wherein the second media asset was created within a timespan before or after the first timestamp.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first metadata information comprises a first social graph information, wherein the social graph information identifies a first node of a social graph, and wherein the second media asset is associated with a second node of the social graph, and the first node and the second node are connected on the social graph.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the social graph is a social graph of a social networking website.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein when metadata of the first media asset indicates that the first media asset was created within a predetermined distance of a business, the second media asset represents the business.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the second media asset is an advertisement for the business.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the second media asset includes a picture of the business.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first metadata information comprises an image recognition information generated by an image recognition algorithm based on the first media asset, and wherein the second media asset is obtained based on the image recognition information.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the generated recognition information is selected from the group consisting of facial information, object information, and color matching information.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first media asset includes audio, and the computer-executable instructions further comprise:

analyzing the audio, and obtaining the second media asset based on the audio analysis.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the user interface is caused to be displayed on a cellular phone.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the user interface is caused to be displayed on a tablet computer.

29. A computing device comprising:

one or more processors operatively coupled to one or more display screens, a user input device, and a network interface, wherein the network interface is configured to connect with a network, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to;

cause to be displayed, on the one or more display screens, a user interface having functionality for creating a social media video, the user interface comprising a first region for selecting a media asset and a second region for displaying selected media assets, the first region including a displayable first icon representing a first media asset;

receive, from the user input device, a user selection of the first media asset, the user selection comprising information representing detection of a swipe of the first icon in a direction from the first region towards the second region;

obtain a first metadata information associated with the first media asset from the first region in accordance with the swipe represented by the received user selection;

obtain a second icon representing a second media asset based at least in part on the first metadata information of the first media asset; and

cause to be displayed, in the first region of the user interface, the second icon representing the second media asset; and

a location sensor operatively coupled to the one or more processors, the location sensor is configured to obtain information indicating a physical location of the user input device, and the one or more processors is further configured to cause to be displayed the first icon representing the first media asset when the first metadata information indicates a first location within a predetermined distance of the physical location of the user input device.

30. The computing device of claim 29, wherein said physical location information is obtained from

a global positioning system (GPS) sensor operatively coupled to the one or more processors.

31. The computing device of claim 29, wherein the first metadata information comprises the first location information, wherein the first location information indicates the location at which the first media asset was created, and wherein the second media asset was created at a location within a predetermined distance of the first location.

32. The computing device of claim 29, wherein the first metadata information comprises a first timestamp indicating a date and/or time at which the first media asset was created, and wherein the second media asset was created within a timespan before or after the first timestamp.

33. The computing device of claim 29, wherein the first metadata information comprises a first social graph information, wherein the social graph information identifies a first node of a social graph, and wherein the second media asset is associated with a second node of the social graph, and the first node and the second node are connected on the social graph.

34. The computing device of claim 33, wherein the social graph is a social graph of a social networking web site.

35. The computing device of claim 29, wherein when metadata of the first media asset indicates that the first media asset was created within a predetermined distance of a business, the second media asset represents the business.

36. The computing device of claim 35, wherein the second media asset is an advertisement for the business.

37. The computing device of claim 35, wherein the second media asset includes a picture of the business.

38. The computing device of claim 29, wherein the first metadata information comprises an image recognition information generated by an image recognition algorithm based on the first media asset, and wherein the second media asset is obtained based on the image recognition information.

39. The computing device of claim 38, wherein the generated recognition information is selected from the group consisting of facial information, object information, and color matching information.

40. The computing device of claim 29, wherein the first media asset includes audio, and the one or more processors are further configured to:

analyze the audio, and obtain the second media asset based on the audio analysis.

41. The computing device of claim 29, wherein the computing device is a cellular phone.

42. The computing device of claim 29, wherein the computing device is a tablet computer.