Method, system and computer program product for editing movies in distributed scalable media environment

• US 10,510,376 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2018
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• 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:
  US15/918,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20180204598A1
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 386278
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2225 Local VOD servers
• 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 21/2547 Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/272 : Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/7605 : on discs or drums H04N5/781, H04N5/805, H04N5/83, H04N5/85 take precedence
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 : the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 : between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/93 : Regeneration of the television signal or of selected parts thereof
• 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 movie editor converts a received movie into a proxy format, and creates a texture strip representing the frames of the movie. An editor can use the texture strip to edit the movie, rather than editing the movie directly. Deep tags and/or special effects can be defined for the texture strip using a graphical interface. The graphical interface enables movies to be combined into a playback product according to a control structure graphically presented in the graphical interface.

Claims

1. A method for non-linear editing of a video, comprising:

at a computer, obtaining a plurality of frames of a video, the plurality of frames comprising moving image data over a period of time;

sequencing textured frame representations for each of the plurality of frames in the order of appearance in time of the plurality of frames in the video to form a single still image comprised of the sequence of textured frame representations representing the plurality of frames in the video;

providing a texture strip to a client device for display in a user interface in conjunction with a positioner that is movable relative to the texture strip, the texture strip comprising the single still image;

receiving from the client device, by the computer, a selected location of the positioner relative to the texture strip, the selected location corresponding to a frame represented in the texture strip;

utilizing the selected location to locate a temporal position of the frame corresponding to the selected location; and

the computer providing the frame corresponding to the selected location to the client device for displaying the frame corresponding to the selected location on the client device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

at the client device, providing the user interface, the user interface allowing repositioning the positioner to a current location relative to the texture strip to enable display of the video at the current location.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

causing an image to display in frame corresponding to the selected location when the frame corresponding to the selected location is viewed on the client device.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, receiving an indication of an editing operation to perform on the frame corresponding to the selected location.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

causing an ad video, an ad audio, or both to play in the frame corresponding to the selected location when the frame corresponding to the selected location is viewed on the client device.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

executing one or more commands associated with the video when the frame corresponding to the selected location is viewed on the client device.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein executing the one or more commands associated with the video comprises displaying a hyperlink to a web site on the client device, sending an email address of a viewer of the video to an entity associated with the web site, requesting a file download from the entity to the client device, or a combination thereof.

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

obtaining a plurality of frames of a video, the plurality of frames comprising moving image data over a period of time;

sequencing textured frame representations for each of the plurality of frames in the order of appearance in time of the plurality of frames in the video to form a single still image comprised of the sequence of textured frame representations representing the plurality of frames in the video;

providing a texture strip to a client device for display in a user interface in conjunction with a positioner that is movable relative to the texture strip, the texture strip comprising the single still image;

receiving from the client device, by the computer, a selected location of the positioner relative to the texture strip, the selected location corresponding to a frame represented in the texture strip;

utilizing the selected location to locate a temporal position of the frame corresponding to the selected location; and

the computer providing the frame corresponding to the selected location to the client device for displaying the frame corresponding to the selected location on the client device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

providing the user interface at the client device, the user interface allowing repositioning the positioner to a current location relative to the texture strip to enable display of the video at the current location.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform receiving an indication of an editing operation to perform on the frame corresponding to the selected location.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

causing an image to display in the frame corresponding to the selected location when the frame corresponding to the selected location is viewed on the client device.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

causing an ad video, an ad audio, or both to play in the frame corresponding to the selected location when the frame corresponding to the selected location is viewed on the client device.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

executing one or more commands associated with the video when the frame corresponding to the selected location is viewed on the client device.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein executing the one or more commands associated with the video comprises displaying a hyperlink to a web site on the client device, sending an email address of a viewer of the video to an entity associated with the web site, requesting a file download from the entity to the client device, or a combination thereof.

15. A system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by the at least one processor to provide a transcoder and to perform;

obtaining a plurality of frames of a video, the plurality of frames comprising moving image data over a period of time;

sequencing textured frame representations for each of the plurality of frames in the order of appearance in time of the plurality of frames in the video to form a single still image comprised of the sequence of textured frame representations representing the plurality of frames in the video;

providing a texture strip to a client device for display in a user interface in conjunction with a positioner that is movable relative to the texture strip, the texture strip comprising the single still image;

receiving a selected location of the positioner relative to the texture strip from the client device, the selected location corresponding to a frame represented in the texture strip;

utilizing the selected location to locate a temporal position of the frame corresponding to the selected location; and

providing the frame corresponding to the selected location to the client device for displaying the frame corresponding to the selected location on the client device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

providing the user interface at the client device, the user interface allowing repositioning the positioner to a current location relative to the texture strip to enable display of the video at the current location.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform receiving an indication of an editing operation to perform on the frame corresponding to the selected location.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

causing an image to display in the frame when the frame is viewed on the client device.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

causing an ad video, an ad audio, or both to play in the frame when the frame is viewed on the client device.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

executing one or more commands associated with the video when the frame is viewed on the client device.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein executing the one or more commands associated with the video comprises displaying a hyperlink to a web site on the client device, sending an email address of a viewer of the video to an entity associated with the web site, requesting a file download from the entity to the client device, or a combination thereof.