Video preview creation with audio

• US 10,643,660 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ALC Holdings, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ALC Holdings, Inc.
• Inventors: McIntosh, David, Pennello, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): Chowdhury, Nigar
• Application Number:
  US15/882,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20180218756A1
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• Field of Search: 386278, 386248
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/47 Detecting features for summarising video content
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00007 Time or data compression or expansion audio compression based on psychoacoustics G10L19/00; data processing for reproducing audio data at different playback speeds G10L21/04; video compression H04N19/00; data compression per se H03M7/30
• 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 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/04 Synchronising for television systems using pulse code modulation H04N7/56

Abstract

Providing a method for creating and displaying portions of videos called video previews. The video previews may be associated with audio, such that when the video previews are activated, the audio may play with the video preview. When multiple video previews are organized to play as a playable group or composite of video previews, a corresponding composite audio file can play in response to an activation of the composite.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an audio file by a computing device, wherein the audio file comprises an audio start and an audio stop;

receiving a video preview file by the computing device, wherein the video preview file comprises a video start and a video stop, wherein the video preview file is generated from a portion of a full video;

analyzing an audio rule, wherein the audio rule specifies one or more criteria for how the audio file is to be played when the video preview file is played in response to an audio-video object being activated; and

generating the audio-video object that combines the audio file and the video preview file, wherein the audio file and the video preview file are played according to the audio rule when the audio-video object is activated, and

wherein when the audio-video object is activated, the audio file is played according to the audio rule such that the audio start is not synchronized with the video start for at least a portion of a duration of playing the audio-video object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio rule also specifies fading the audio file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the audio-video object is activated at a screen of a playback device, and wherein the audio rule fades audio of the audio file based on movement of the audio-video object on the screen of the playback device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio start and the video start are synchronized to play the audio file and the video preview file simultaneously when the audio-video object is activated.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a first duration of the audio file is shorter than a second duration of the video preview file and greater than zero.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio rule specifies looping audio of the audio file to correlate the audio stop with the video stop and looping the audio plays the audio file continuously while the video preview file is played.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein an updated audio rule specifies looping audio of the audio file to correlate the audio stop with the video stop.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the video preview file plays continuously one or more times with the audio-video object.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein when the audio-video object is activated, the audio file is not played for at least the portion of the duration when the video preview file is played.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an activation of the audio-video object; and

playing the audio-video object in response to receiving the activation.

11. A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions that when executed control a playback device to play a video preview file with audio, the instructions comprising:

receiving an audio file, wherein the audio file comprises an audio start and an audio stop;

receiving the video preview file, wherein the video preview file comprises a video start and a video stop, wherein the video preview file is generated from a portion of a full video; and

analyzing an audio rule, wherein the audio rule specifies one or more criteria for how the audio file is to be played when the video preview file is played in response to an audio-video object being activated;

generating the audio-video object that combines the audio file and the video preview file, wherein the audio file and the video preview file are played according to the audio rule when the audio-video object is activated; and

wherein when the audio-video object is activated, the audio file is played according to the audio rule such that the audio start is not synchronized with the video start for at least a portion of a duration of playing the audio-video object.

12. The computer product of claim 11, wherein the audio rule also specifies fading the audio file.

13. The computer product of claim 12, wherein the audio-video object is activated at a screen of the playback device, and wherein the audio rule fades audio of the audio file based on movement of the audio-video object on the screen of the playback device.

14. The computer product of claim 11, wherein the audio start and the video start are synchronized to play the audio file and the video preview file simultaneously when the audio-video object is activated.

15. The computer product of claim 11, wherein a first duration of the audio file is shorter than a second duration of the video preview file and greater than zero.

16. The computer product of claim 11, wherein the audio rule specifies looping audio of the audio file to correlate the audio stop with the video stop and looping the audio plays the audio file continuously while the video preview file is played.

17. A system comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive an audio file, wherein the audio file comprises an audio start and an audio stop;

receive a video preview file, wherein the video preview file comprises a video start and a video stop, wherein the video preview file is generated from a portion of a full video;

analyze an audio rule, wherein the audio rule specifies one or more criteria for how the audio file is to be played when the video preview file is played in response to an audio-video object being activated; and

generate the audio-video object that combines the audio file and the video preview file, wherein the audio file and the video preview file are played according to the audio rule when the audio-video object is activated, and

wherein when the audio-video object is activated, the audio file is played according to the audio rule such that the audio start is not synchronized with the video start for at least a portion of a duration of playing the audio-video object.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the audio rule also specifies fading the audio file.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the audio-video object is activated at a screen of a playback device, and wherein the audio rule fades audio of the audio file based on movement of the audio-video object on the screen of the playback device.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the audio start and the video start are synchronized to play the audio file and the video preview file simultaneously when the audio-video object is activated.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein a first duration of the audio file is shorter than a second duration of the video preview file and greater than zero.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the audio rule specifies looping audio of the audio file to correlate the audio stop with the video stop and looping the audio plays the audio file continuously while the video preview file is played.