Marking media files

• US 10,424,339 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2017
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tischer, Steven N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Tadesse
• Application Number:
  US15/649,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20170337948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/93 Regeneration of the television signal or of selected parts thereof

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products insert markers into recorded media modules. A pair of reference points is received that marks a position and another position in a recorded media module. A copy of the recorded media module is retrieved from memory. Portions of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position, and occurring after the another position, are discarded. The copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position is then presented to a user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, a request to pause a play associated with a media file;

retrieving, by the server, an electronic copy of the media file;

inserting, by the server, an electronic marker into the electronic copy of the media file, the electronic marker denoting a position within the media file at which the play is paused; and

resuming, by the server, the play from the electronic marker inserted into the electronic copy of the media file.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request to resume the play.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the electronic marker with a date.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the electronic marker with a user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the electronic marker with a device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising sharing the electronic copy of the media file having the electronic marker inserted therein.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the electronic copy of the media file from the electronic marker to a client device.

8. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a request to pause a presentation associated with a media file;

retrieving an electronic copy of the media file;

inserting an electronic marker into the electronic copy of the media file, the electronic marker denoting a position within the media file at which the presentation is paused; and

resuming the presentation from the electronic marker inserted into the electronic copy of the media file.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a request to resume the presentation.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic marker with a date.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic marker with a user.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic marker with a device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic marker with a date and a device.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise sending the electronic copy of the media file from the electronic marker to a client device.

15. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a request sent from a device, the request requesting to pause a presentation associated with a media file;

retrieving an electronic copy of the media file;

inserting electronic markers into the electronic copy of the media file, the electronic markers associated with positions within the media file at which the presentation is paused; and

resuming the presentation from the electronic markers inserted into the electronic copy of the media file.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a request to resume the presentation.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic markers with a date.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic markers with a user.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic markers with the device.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic markers with a date and the device.