Creation of a marked media module

• US 10,567,817 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2015
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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:
  US14/744,044
• Publication Number:
  US 20150288991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,705 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• 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: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2387 Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the presentation and marking of media modules. In different aspects, the systems and methods may allow a user to present and consume a media module, particularly a media module containing data that is typically presented in a serial manner such as audio, visual, or video media, and to create a marked media module for quickly and easily returning to a marked point of interest in the media module at a later time or on a different device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

sending, by a server, a video content via a network for a play by a first device;

receiving, by the server, a time stamp sent via the network from a second device different from the first device;

correlating, by the server, the time stamp sent from the second device to an electronic reference point marking a point at which the play of the video content by the first device is paused;

pausing, by the server, the sending of the video content at the electronic reference point that correlates to the time stamp sent from the second device;

storing, by the server, the electronic reference point in the video content to mark the point at which the play of the video content is paused;

receiving, by the server, an electronic resumption request sent from the second device, the electronic resumption request requesting to resume the play of the video content at the second device;

identifying, by the server, the electronic reference point stored in the video content; and

resuming the sending, by the server, of the video content via the network to the second device from electronic reference point that correlates to the time stamp sent from the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a user of the first device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising querying for an identifier of the video content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising marking a time at which the play of the video content is paused.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising marking a position at which the play of the video content is paused.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising discarding a portion of the video content occurring prior to the electronic reference point.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising inserting the electronic reference point into the video content to mark the point at which the play of the video content is paused.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving an electronic request sent from a cellular device, the electronic request requesting to pause a play of a video content sent to a presentation device, the electronic request specifying a time stamp;

correlating the time stamp specified by the electronic request sent from the cellular device to an electronic reference point in the video content that marks a point at which the play of the video content is paused;

receiving an electronic resumption request sent from a different presentation device, the electronic resumption request requesting to resume the play of the video content at the different presentation device;

identifying the electronic reference point in the video content marking the point at which the play of the video content was paused; and

resuming a sending of the video content to the different presentation device from the electronic reference point that correlates to the time stamp specified by the electronic request sent from the cellular device.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise identifying a user.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise querying for an identifier of the video content.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise marking a time at which the play of the video content is paused.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise marking a position at which the play of the video content is paused.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise discarding a portion of the video content occurring before the electronic reference point.

14. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise inserting the electronic reference point into the video content to mark the point at which the play of the video content is paused.

15. A non-transitory computer readable media device storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving an electronic request sent via a network from a first device, the electronic request comprising a time stamp and requesting to pause a play of a video content sent to a second device different from the first device;

correlating the time stamp sent from the first device to an electronic reference point within the video content marking a point at which the play of the video content is paused;

discarding portions of the video content occurring before the electronic reference point and occurring after the electronic reference point;

storing a remaining portion of the video content that remains after the discarding of the portions occurring before and occurring after the electronic reference point;

receiving an electronic resumption request sent from a third device, the electronic resumption request requesting to resume the play of the video content at the third device; and

in response to the electronic resumption request, sending the remaining portion of the video content to the third device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable media device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise identifying a user.

17. The non-transitory computer readable media device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise querying for an identifier of the video content.

18. The non-transitory computer readable media device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise marking a time at which the play of the video content is paused.

19. The non-transitory computer readable media device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise marking a position at which the play of the video content is paused.