Systems and methods for sharing video with advertisements over a network

• US 10,362,341 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2019
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Videoshare, LLC
• Original Assignee: Videoshare, LLC
• Inventors: Liwerant, Gad, Dodge, Christopher, Boissiere, Guillaume
• Primary Examiner(s): Saltarelli, Dominic D
• Application Number:
  US16/254,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20190158896A1
• Time in Patent Office: 181 Days
• Field of Search: 725 86, 725 87, 725 91, 725105, 725114, 725115
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2181 comprising remotely distributed storage units, e.g. when movies are replicated over a plurality of video servers distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097
• 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 21/23439 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

A user can create a video segment or employ an existing video segment, upload the segment to a server, indicate an advertisement to be associated with the video, and then send it to a recipient over a computer network. The user provides an indication that one or more particular video segments and advertisements are to be shared over the network. An identifier for the video segment is automatically created and the segment and the identifier are automatically uploaded to a host computer over the network such as the Internet. The video segment, the identifier (optionally with other identifying material such as an identity of the sender, and an advertisement selected by the sender can be stored at the direction of the host computer.

Claims

1. A method for sharing video over a structured hierarchical network comprising:

a first server system receiving a first video file in a first format from a first client via the structured hierarchical network;

the first server system creating a second video file in a second format by converting at least a portion of the first video file from the first format to the second format, independent from receiving a command from the first client to perform such conversion;

the first server system storing the first video file and the second video file;

the first server system generating an identifier for video content corresponding to the first video file and the second video file;

the first server system receiving a request to stream the identified video content to a second server system or a second client via the structured hierarchical network;

the first server system sending the stored first video file or the stored second video file corresponding to the identified video content to the second server system or the second client via the structured hierarchical network depending on a compatibility of the second server system or a compatibility of the second client with the first format or the second format; and

the first server system sending an advertisement for display with the identified video content sent in the stored first video file or the stored second video file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement is a static image.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement is a non-static image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement is selected based on the second client.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement is stored in a third video file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement is sent to the second client concurrent with the sending of the stored first video file or the stored second video file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement includes an Internet link.