System and method for inserting and integrating streaming video content into a digital medium

• US 20020078454A1
• Filed: 11/29/2001
• Published: 06/20/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Logitech Europe S A (Logitech International SA)
• Original Assignee: Logitech Europe S A (Logitech International SA)
• Inventors: Auberger, Georges
• Application Number:
  US09/998,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20020078454A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/49
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
• 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 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

The invention disclosed herein relates to a system and method for streaming video content over a communication network. The present invention enables computer users to insert and integrate streaming video content to digital medium such as web pages and the like in an efficient manner without requiring expensive networking tools. This is achieved by providing a system having a video enabling service that receives video content from the user and loads it into web pages and emails. In the manner, whenever a web page or email is presented to the user, video content can be inserted and integrated therein to display both textual and video content to the user.

Claims

1. A method of inserting and integrating video data into a streaming digital medium over a communication network, the method comprising:

selecting a transaction for implementing video enabling services;

presenting to a user on a user computing device a digital form;

completing the digital form, wherein the digital form is used to request the video enabling services to load a browser plug-in on the user computing device;

using the browser plug-in to record video data;

uploading the video data to a media vault;

storing a video token into a database; and

loading into the user computing device the digital medium and the video data from the media vault, wherein the video token identifies and requests the video data from the media vault; and

presenting the digital medium and the video data on the user computing device.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the digital medium comprises a web page.

3. A method according to claim 1 further comprising presenting the digital form to the user in HTML format.

4. A method according to claim 1 further comprising using the browser plug-in to record video data.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the video data is recorded with a video camera.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the video token uniquely identifies the video data that is stored in the media vault.

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the video token uniquely identifies the video data that is stored in the media vault.

7. A method of inserting and integrating video data into a streaming digital medium, the method comprising:

presenting a browser plug-in and a digital form to the user, wherein the user is prompted to complete the form;

uploading the video data to a media vault upon the user completing the form;

storing a video token in a database, wherein the video token is associated with the video data; and

presenting the digital medium to the user, wherein the video data from the media vault is inserted and integrated into the digital medium.

8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the digital medium comprises an email.

9. A method according to claim 7 further comprising presenting the digital form to the user in HTML format.

10. A method according to claim 7 further comprising using the browser plug-in to record video data.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein the video data is recorded with a video camera.

12. A method according to claim 7 further comprising importing video data from a memory of a computing device.

15. A system according to claim 14, wherein the digital medium comprises one of a web page or an email.

16. A system according to claim 14, wherein the digital form is presented to the user in HTML format.

17. A system according to claim 14, wherein the browser plug-in is used to record video data.

18. A system according to claim 17, wherein the video data is recorded with a video camera.

19. A system according to claim 14, wherein the video data is imported from a memory of a computing device.

20. A system according to claim 14, wherein the video token uniquely identifies the video data that is stored in the media vault.

14. A system for inserting and integrating video data into a streaming digital medium, the system comprising:

means for presenting a browser plug-in and a digital form to the user, wherein the user is prompted to complete the form;

means for uploading the video data to a media vault upon the user completing the form;

means for storing a video token in a database, wherein the video token is associated with the video data; and

means for presenting the digital medium to the user, wherein the video data from the media vault is inserted and integrated into the digital medium.