Intellimark customizations for media content streaming and sharing

• US 10,418,065 B1
• Filed: 07/24/2017
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elizabeth T. Guckenberger, Ronald J. Guckenberger, VR Rehab Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Advanced Anti-Terror Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Guckenberger, Elizabeth T., Guckenberger, Ronald J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Maikhanh
• Application Number:
  US15/658,004
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier

Abstract

Improved automated methods of dynamically customizing displayed presentation of media content playback and/or live streams allow users to add, remove, change, and/or fuse displayed information of media content. Specifically, a user or users is able to add, remove, or move IntelliMark (Intelligent Bookmarks) that are separate parallel temporal bookmarks with associated dynamic run-time display manipulations within a separate file(s) that are neither part of the media content nor a live stream, and are stored within media players, enabling customized viewings without violating copyrights or terms of use for the underlying unaltered, un-copied original media content. In addition to an individual user customizing his own viewing experience, by sharing his IntelliMark file(s) with others that have access to the same media content, these others can experience the customized playback as constructed by other users. Further, users can evolve their own interpretations to share back to the original user and/or others.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing a display window on an electronic image display, the display window displays each displayed portion of media content of a media file;

providing, during the display of the displayed portion of the media content of the media file, digitized data representing a value of information associated with a currently displayed portion of the media content of the media file via a non-transitory computer software executed by a processor;

inserting, via the non-transitory computer software executed by the processor, at least one interval index in response to receiving at least one selection of at least one point on a video slider bar for the currently displayed portion and any subsequently displayed portions, each inserted interval index having a time duration included that is a separate date/time-stamp file index to affect subsequent playback of the media content in the media file to customize the presentation of the media content during the time duration associated with each inserted interval index;

providing, via the non-transitory computer software executed by the processor, a context menu associated with the display window after each inserted interval index of the at least one inserted interval index, wherein the context menu provides user selectable commands to selectively insert a selected corresponding command for a corresponding one inserted interval index;

storing, by the non-transitory computer software executed by the processor, the at least one inserted interval index and the inserted selected corresponding command for each corresponding one inserted interval index in a separate index file different from the media file; and

executing the separate index file to cause, based on the at least one inserted interval index, the customized presentation of only those portions of the media content in the media file based on the inserted corresponding command of the corresponding one interval index of each corresponding displayed portion associated with the at least one inserted interval index without illegally altering or copying the media file when the media file is played back.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein prior to the inserting, the method further comprising:

loading, by the non-transitory computer software executed by the processor, the media file for playback;

opening, by the non-transitory computer software executed by the processor, a file name box to associate the separate index file with the media file; and

playing back, by the non-transitory computer software executed by the processor, the media file.

3. The method as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:

sharing the separate index file associated with the media content of the media file with a user at a remote location having a second processor,

wherein the executing of the separate index file, by the second processor, causes only loading of said those portions of the media file associated with the at least one inserted interval index without illegally altering or copying the media content of the media file.

4. The method as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:

providing, at the remote location, non-transitory software instructions executable by the second processor to cause;

selectively deleting the at least one interval index of the separate index file;

selectively modifying the at least one interval index of the separate index file; and

selectively creating a new interval index to enable customization of the media content playback at the remote location without illegally altering or copying the media content of the media file.

5. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the user selectable commands include a loop segment command and further comprising:

generating, by the non-transitory computer software executed by the processor, a loop segment, using a command script in response to receiving a selection of the loop segment command via the context menu, with the at least one interval index having a begin loop point, an end loop point and a repeat number to repeat the loop segment, the loop segment corresponding to a loop portion of the media content; and

storing the loop segment in the separate index file wherein the executing of the separate index file causes the loop portion of the media content from the media file to be repeated the repeat number of times.

6. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the non-transitory computer software is compatible with a web-browser to access the media content.

7. The method as set forth in claim 6, wherein the media content comprises video content.

8. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the inserted corresponding command comprises a command script and further comprising:

adding the command script of the inserted corresponding command to the separate index file, wherein the command script is configured to cause one of upon execution during playback of any one associated portion of said those portions;

modifying a rate of the playback;

annotating the any one associated portion with supplemental content to be superimposed over content of the any one associated portion during the playback;

zooming in on an area of interest in the any one associated portion during the playback;

freezing the any one associated portion during the playback thereof for a designated duration; and

annotating a ghost image to be superimposed over the any one associated portion during the playback.

9. The method as set forth in claim 8, wherein the media content is in a plurality of files and the at least one inserted interval index comprises a plurality of indexes to fuse together one of multiple recordings, streams or portions of the recordings and streams of the plurality of files during the playback.

10. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

storing an advertisement in the separate index file for insertion at a predetermined one inserted interval index; and

sharing the separate index file associated with the media content of the media file with a user at a remote location having a second processor,

wherein the executing of the separate index file, by the second processor, causes loading the media file and modifying during playback said those portions of the media content in the media file based on the inserted corresponding command of the corresponding one interval index associated with the at least one inserted interval index without illegally altering or copying the media content of the media file and presenting the advertisement at the predetermined one inserted interval index.

11. A system, comprising:

an electronic image display configured to display a display window, the display window being used to view each displayed portion of media content in a media file; and

a processor coupled to the electronic image display and having non-transitory computer software executed by the processor, the processor configured to;

provide, during the display of the displayed portion of the media content of the media file, digitized data representing a value of information associated with a currently displayed portion of the media content of the media file;

selectively insert at least one interval index in response to receiving at least one selection of at least one point on a slider bar for the currently displayed portion and any subsequently displayed portions, each interval index having a time duration included that is a separate date/time-stamp file index to affect subsequent playback of the media content in the media file to customize the presentation of the media file during the time duration associated with each inserted interval index;

provide a context menu associated with the display window after each inserted interval index of the at least one inserted interval index, wherein the context menu provides user selectable commands to selectively insert a selected corresponding command for a corresponding one inserted interval index;

store the at least one inserted interval index and the inserted selected corresponding command for each corresponding one inserted interval index in a separate index file different from the media file; and

selectively execute the separate index file to cause, based on the at least one inserted interval index, the customized presentation of only those portions of the media content in the media file based on the inserted corresponding command of the corresponding one interval index of a corresponding portion associated with the at least one inserted interval index without illegally altering or copying the media content of the media file.

12. The system as set forth in claim 11, wherein the processor further configured to:

load the media file for playback, prior to the at least one index being inserted;

open a file name box to associate the separate index file with the media file; and

play back the media file.

13. The system as set forth in claim 12, wherein the processor further configured to:

share the separate index file associated with the media content of the media file with a user at a remote location having a second processor; and

the system further comprising the second processor wherein the second processor configured to execute the separate index file to cause only loading of said those portions of the media file associated with the at least one inserted interval index without illegally altering or copying the media content of the media file.

14. The system as set forth in claim 13, wherein the second processor configured to:

selectively delete the at least one interval index of the separate index file;

selectively modify the at least one interval index of the separate index file; and

selectively create a new interval index to enable customization of the media content playback at the remote location without illegally altering or copying the media content of the media file.

15. The system as set forth in claim 11, wherein the user selectable commands include a loop segment command and the processor further configured to:

generate a loop segment, using a selectable command script in response to receiving a selection of the loop segment command via the context menu, with the at least one interval index having a begin loop point, an end loop point and a repeat number to repeat the loop segment, the loop segment corresponding to a loop portion of the media content; and

store the loop segment in the separate index file wherein when the processor executes the separate index file, the processor to cause the loop portion of the media content from the media file to be repeated the repeat number of times.

16. The system as set forth in claim 11, wherein the non-transitory computer software is compatible with a web-browser to access the media content.

17. The system as set forth in claim 16, wherein the media content comprises video content.

18. The system as set forth in claim 11, wherein the inserted corresponding command comprises a command script and the processor further configured to:

add the command script to the at least one interval index, wherein the command script configured to cause one of upon execution during playback of any one associated portion of said those portions;

modify to a rate of the playback;

annotate supplemental content to be superimposed over content associated with the any one associated portion during the playback thereof;

zoom in on an area of interest in the any one associated portion during the playback thereof;

freeze of the any one associated portion during the playback for a designated duration; and

annotate a ghost image to be superimposed over the any one associated portion during the playback.

19. The system as set forth in claim 18, wherein the media content is in a plurality of files and the at least one interval index comprises a plurality of indexes to fuse together one of multiple recordings, streams or portions of the recordings and streams of the plurality of files during playback.

20. The system as set forth in claim 11, wherein the processor further configured to:

store an advertisement in the separate index file for insertion at a predetermined one inserted interval index; and

share the separate index file associated with the media content of the media file with a user at a remote location having a second processor,

wherein the execution of the separate index file, by the second processor, causes loading the media file and modifying during playback said those portions of the media content in the media file based on the inserted corresponding command of the corresponding one interval index associated with the at least one inserted interval index without illegally altering or copying the media content of the media file and presenting the advertisement at the predetermined one inserted interval index.