Method, system and computer program product for distributed video editing

• US 10,504,558 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2018
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Crowdstrike, Inc. (CrowdStrike Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Open Text Sa Ulc (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Gilley, Thomas S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Adams, Eileen M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tekle, Daniel T
• Application Number:
  US15/891,885
• Publication Number:
  US 20180158486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10527 Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10537 Audio or video recording
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
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• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
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• 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 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234309 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440218 : by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 conversion of standards in analogue television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 : for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 : Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/262 : Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 : between a recording apparatus and a television camera
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 : between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/972 : Inserted real-time video in operator interface

Abstract

A network editor comprises a central location with stored videos such as movies that can be edited by editors at remote locations. An editor receives a representation of a video and specifies edits relative to the representation, enabling the editor to use a device lacking sufficient processing capability to edit the video directly, and also reducing the volume of information transmitted between the central location and the remote editor. The central location is able to provide the edited movie in a format suitable to the display capabilities of the viewing device of the viewer requesting the edited video.

Claims

1. A system of distributed non-linear video editing, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by the processor to;

generate, by a transcoder, a texture strip for visually representing a plurality of frames of a video corresponding to moving image data over time, wherein the texture strip comprises a sequence of textured frame representations corresponding to the plurality of frames of the video formatted as a single still image;

send the texture strip to a remote client device;

receive an edit command from the client device, the edit command associated with a selected frame identified by a location of a positioner relative to the texture strip;

apply the edit command based on the selected frame to generate an edited video; and

send a representation of the edited video to the client device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further translatable by the processor to convert the edited video to a format suitable for display on the client device prior to sending the edited video to the client device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the client device is embodied on a phone or a mobile device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to select an ad and place the ad in the video.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to delete the selected frame from the video.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to add a special effect to the video.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to share a segment of the video.

8. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by a processor to:

generate, by a transcoder, a texture strip for visually representing a plurality of frames of a video corresponding to moving image data over time, wherein the texture strip comprises a sequence of textured frame representations corresponding to the plurality of frames of the video formatted as a single still image;

send the texture strip to a remote client device;

receive an edit command from the client device, the edit command associated with a selected frame identified by a location of a positioner relative to the texture strip;

apply the edit command based on the selected frame to generate an edited video; and

send a representation of the edited video to the client device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further translatable to convert the edited video to a format suitable for display on the client device prior to sending the edited video to the client device.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the client device is embodied on a phone or a mobile device.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to select an ad and place the ad in the video.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to delete the selected frame from the video.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to add a special effect to the video.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to share a segment of the video.

15. A method of distributed non-linear video editing, comprising:

generating, by a transcoder at a computer, a texture strip for visually representing a plurality of frames of a video corresponding to moving image data over time, wherein the texture strip comprises a sequence of textured frame representations corresponding to the plurality of frames of the video formatted as a still image;

sending, by the computer, the texture strip to a client device communicatively connected to and remote from the computer;

receiving, by the computer, an edit command from the client device via a user interface displaying the texture strip, the edit command associated with a selected frame identified by a location of a positioner relative to the texture strip;

applying, by the transcoder, the edit command to the selected frame to generate an edited video; and

sending, by the computer, a representation of the edited video to the client device.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising converting the edited video to a format suitable for display on the client device prior to sending the edited video to the client device.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the client device is embodied on a phone or a mobile device.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to select an ad and place the ad in the video.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to delete the selected frame from the video.

20. The method according to claim 15, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises and instruction to add a special effect to the video.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to share a segment of the video.