Video production system with DVE feature

• US 10,305,957 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2016
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tribune Broadcasting Company Incorporated (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Tribune Broadcasting Company Incorporated (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hundemer, Hank J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mendoza, Junior O
• Application Number:
  US15/212,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20170019687A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,044 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/00 Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 : involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 : Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 : involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 : involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/262 : Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 : Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 : for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 : Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 : Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 : Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 : for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 : End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 : involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 : involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 : involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 : specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• 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 21/854 : Content authoring

Abstract

In one aspect, an example method is disclosed. The method includes (i) receiving, by a first computing system, from a second computing system, video content transmitted from the second computing system; (ii) determining, by the first computing system, a live/non-live characteristic of the transmission; (iii) using, by the first computing system, the determined live/non-live characteristic of the transmission, as a basis for selecting a digital-video effect (DVE); and (iv) executing, by the first computing system, the selected DVE, wherein executing the selected DVE causes the first computing system to generate video content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a reception time, by a first computing system, from a second computing system, a transmission comprising video content transmitted from the second computing system;

receiving, by the first computing system, from the second computing system, data indicating a capture time of the received video content, wherein the capture time represents a time at which the video content was captured by a camera;

comparing the reception time to the indicated capture time of the received video content;

determining, based on the comparison, by the first computing system, that the reception time and the capture time have a sufficient degree of similarity, wherein determining that the reception time and the capture time have a sufficient degree of similarity comprises comparing a difference between the reception time and the capture time to a threshold time difference, and wherein the threshold time difference is an expected time delay associated with a communication link between the first computing system and the second computing system;

determining, based on the determination that the reception time and the capture time have a sufficient degree of similarity, by the first computing system, a live/non-live characteristic of the transmission, wherein determining the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission comprises determining that the transmission is a live transmission;

using, by the first computing system, the determined live/non-live characteristic of the transmission, as a basis for selecting a digital-video effect (DVE); and

executing, by the first computing system, the selected DVE, wherein executing the selected DVE causes the first computing system to generate video content, wherein executing the selected DVE causes the first computing system to generate the video content by overlaying on the received video content as the received video content is being played out, content indicating that the received video content is being transmitted live.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first computing system is a video production system.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the first computing system, from the second computing system, an indication of the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission,

wherein determining the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission further comprises determining the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission based on the received indication.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, by the first computing system, the generated video content to a third computing system for presentation of the generated video content on the third computing system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the threshold time difference is five seconds or less.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that upon execution by a processor, cause performance of a set of acts comprising:

receiving, at a reception time, by a first computing system, from a second computing system, a transmission comprising video content transmitted from the second computing system;

receiving, by the first computing system, from the second computing system, data indicating a capture time of the received video content, wherein the capture time represents a time at which the video content was captured by a camera;

comparing the reception time to the indicated capture time of the received video content;

determining, based on the comparison, by the first computing system, that the reception time and the capture time have a sufficient degree of similarity, wherein determining that the reception time and the capture time have a sufficient degree of similarity comprises comparing a difference between the reception time and the capture time to a threshold time difference, and wherein the threshold time difference is an expected time delay associated with a communication link between the first computing system and the second computing system;

determining, based on the determination that the reception time and the capture time have a sufficient degree of similarity, by the first computing system, a live/non-live characteristic of the transmission, wherein determining the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission comprises determining that the transmission is a live transmission;

using, by the first computing system, the determined live/non-live characteristic of the transmission, as a basis for selecting a digital-video effect (DVE); and

executing, by the first computing system, the selected DVE, wherein executing the selected DVE causes the first computing system to generate video content, wherein executing the selected DVE causes the first computing system to generate the video content by overlaying on the received video content as the received video content is being played out, content indicating that the received video content is being transmitted live.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the first computing system is a video production system.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, the set of acts further comprising:

receiving, by the first computing system, from the second computing system, an indication of the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission,

wherein determining the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission further comprises determining the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission based on the received indication.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, the set of acts further comprising:

transmitting, by the first computing system, the generated video content to a third computing system for presentation of the generated video content on the third computing system.

10. A first computing system configured for performing a set of acts comprising:

receiving, at a reception time, by the first computing system, from a second computing system, a transmission comprising video content transmitted from the second computing system;

receiving, by the first computing system, from the second computing system, data indicating a capture time of the received video content, wherein the capture time represents a time at which the video content was captured by a camera;

comparing the reception time to the indicated capture time of the received video content;

determining, based on the comparison, by the first computing system, that the reception time and the capture time have a sufficient degree of similarity, wherein determining that the reception time and the capture time have a sufficient degree of similarity comprises comparing a difference between the reception time and the capture time to a threshold time difference, and wherein the threshold time difference is an expected time delay associated with a communication link between the first computing system and the second computing system;

determining, based on the determination that the reception time and the capture time have a sufficient degree of similarity, by the first computing system, a live/non-live characteristic of the transmission, wherein determining the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission comprises determining that the transmission is a live transmission;

using, by the first computing system, the determined live/non-live characteristic of the transmission, as a basis for selecting a digital-video effect (DVE); and

executing, by the first computing system, the selected DVE, wherein executing the selected DVE causes the first computing system to generate video content, wherein executing the selected DVE causes the first computing system to generate the video content by overlaying on the received video content as the received video content is being played out, content indicating that the received video content is being transmitted live.

11. The first computing system of claim 10, wherein the first computing system is a video production system.

12. The first computing system of claim 10, the set of acts further comprising:

receiving, by the first computing system, from the second computing system, an indication of the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission,

wherein determining the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission further comprises determining the live/non-live characteristic of the transmission based on the received indication.