Method and system for media selection and sharing

• US 10,642,465 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2015
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Twitter Inc (X Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Twitter Inc (X Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Folgner, Michael George, Cunningham, Ryan Brice, Weibel, Stephen Benjamin, Nguyen, Lamthuy Tran
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Hung Q
• Application Number:
  US14/846,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20150378584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,705 Days
• Field of Search: 386200-234, 386239-248
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4545 Input to filtering algorithms, e.g. filtering a region of the image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server

Abstract

A method and system for media selection and sharing is disclosed. According to one embodiment, media content is received from a media source and is stored in a buffer for a first time period. A second time period within the first time period is determined for creating a media clip from the media content stored in the buffer. A media clip is generated as determined by the second time period. A user provides an input, and the user'"'"'s input is associated with the media clip to take one or more effects on the media clip. The media clip enhanced with the one more effects is transmitted over a network to share with other users.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by an application running on a mobile device, user input related to content being broadcast and displayed by a display device, the content being displayed without input from the application, wherein the mobile device and the display device are not simultaneously displaying the content being broadcast at the time the user input is received, the user input including selection of a source of the content being broadcast, the display device being operable to display the content being broadcast without requiring input from the mobile device;

detecting, by the application in response to the user input, information specifying a portion of the content being broadcast based on accelerometer data corresponding to a detected movement of the mobile device;

sending, by the application, the information to a server over a network, the sent information including the selected source;

receiving, by the application over the network, a video clip from the server based on the information sent by the application, and at least one rule for sharing the received video clip, the received video clip having cascading rights assigned by an owner of the content being broadcast, the cascading rights defining;

a level of access for sharing the video clip; and

a level of access for accessing the shared video clip, the level of access including access based on location data from a device requesting access to the video clip; and

triggering display, by the application, of a representation of the video clip on a user interface implemented by the mobile device, the representation being selectable for upload to a social media account on a social media server.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user input also detecting the information specifying the portion of the content being broadcast based on inputs from a user using an audio recognition feature of the application, or a video recognition feature of the application.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, sending the information to the server over the network including providing a location of the mobile device to the server to be used in generating the video clip.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the representation being selectable for preview of the video clip via the application.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the video clip and the source associated with the content of the video clip using a social media application running on the mobile device in accordance with the at least one rule for sharing the video clip.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, receiving user input including:

receiving, by the application, a user generated comment associated with the video clip; and

displaying the user generated comment with the video clip using the social media application running on the mobile device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, receiving user input including:

receiving, by the application, user input corresponding to at least one of;

a change in at least one of a start time marker or an end time marker of the video clip,

an overlay on the video clip, or

a user generated comment;

altering the video clip based on the user input; and

displaying the altered video clip using the social media application running on the mobile device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one rule includes a period of time during which the video clip may be shared by the user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one rule includes a geographic location from which the shared video clip may be viewed.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the cascading rights includes at least one of

global rights, allowing users to access the video clip, without temporal restrictions,

network rights, allowing users having access to a network of the owner of the content being broadcast to access the video clip,

station rights, allowing users having access to a set station to access the video clip,

program rights, allowing users to access the video clip if the video clip is captured from a set broadcast program,

schedule rights, limiting access of users to the video clip for a defined duration, or

broadcast rights, limiting access of users to the video clip for a limited amount of time from broadcast of the content.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the user input including selection of a source of the content being broadcast includes a selection of a user-preferred station.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the user input including selection of a source of the content being broadcast includes a selection of a global default station.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the user input including selection of a source of the content being broadcast includes a selection of a popular station based on analysis of current data.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the user input includes receiving at least a portion of the user input using an audio recognition feature of the application running on the mobile device, the portion of the information received using the audio recognition feature including an audio signature identifying the source of the content being broadcast.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the generating the information in response to the user input also includes generating information specifying a format of the specified portion of the content, the specified format being different from an original format of the specified portion of the content.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein

the sending the information to the server over the network includes sending information including metadata associated with the specified portion of the content, and

the receiving the video clip from the server includes receiving metadata associated with the video clip.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, the sent metadata including at least one of schedule information, duration information, title information, description information, media source information, broadcast station information, genre information, one or more user comments, or one or more user ratings, and the received metadata including information related to the at least one rule.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving, by an application running on a mobile device, user input related to content being broadcast and displayed by a display device, the content being displayed without input from the application, wherein the mobile device and the display device are not simultaneously displaying the content being broadcast at the time the user input is received, the user input including selection of a source of the content being broadcast, the display device being operable to display the content being broadcast without requiring input from the mobile device;

detecting, by the application in response to the user input, information specifying a portion of the content being broadcast based on accelerometer data corresponding to a detected movement of the mobile device;

sending, by the application, the information to a server over a network, the sent information including the selected source;

receiving, by the application over the network, a video clip from the server based on the information sent by the application, and at least one rule for sharing the received video clip, the received video clip having cascading rights assigned by an owner of the content being broadcast, the cascading rights defining;

a level of access to the video clip for sharing the video clip; and

a level of access to the video clip accessing the shared video clip, the level of access including access based on location data from a device requesting access to the video clip; and

triggering display, by the application, of a representation of the video clip on a user interface implemented by the mobile device, the representation being selectable for upload to a social media account on a social media server.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein receiving the user input also includes detecting the information specifying the portion of the content being broadcast based on inputs from a user using an audio recognition feature of the application, or a video recognition feature of the application.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, sending the information to the server over the network including providing a location of the mobile device to the server to be used in generating the video clip.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, the representation being selectable for preview of the video clip via the application.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, the method further comprising displaying the video clip and the source associated with the content of the video clip using a social media application running on the mobile device in accordance with the at least one rule for sharing the video clip.

23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, receiving user input including:

receiving, by the application, a user generated comment associated with the video clip; and

displaying the user generated comment with the video clip using the social media application running on the mobile device.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, receiving user input including:

receiving, by the application, user input corresponding to at least one of;

a change in at least one of a start time marker or an end time marker of the video clip,

an overlay on the video clip, or

a user generated comment;

altering the video clip based on the user input; and

displaying the altered video clip using the social media application running on the mobile device.