METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING PERSONALIZED MEDIA CLIPS
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an insert clip comprising personalized media;
a master clip comprising an insertion point;
a network interface;
a computer coupled with said network interface wherein said computer further comprises a memory device comprising said insert clip and said master clip;
a process executing on said computer wherein said process is configured to combine said insert clip with said master clip at said insertion point to create an output clip with undetectable transitions at said insertion point.
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Abstract
The invention has many different applications and implementations. One or more embodiments of the invention, however, are directed to a software program and/or computer hardware configured to enable users to select one or more master clips having predefined gaps, obtain insert data (e.g., an insert clip), seamlessly merge the insert data into the selected master clip to generate a media clip, and distribute the media clip having the insert data to one or more receiving users for playback. The method of distribution can vary, but in one or more embodiments of the invention the system is configured to obtain user information from a server, assemble personalized media clips (e.g., file(s)) based on that user information, and distribute the personalized media file to one or more users associated with that user information. Embodiments of the invention may utilize scaleable architectures to process any number of users and/or recipients.
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70 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an insert clip comprising personalized media;
a master clip comprising an insertion point;
a network interface;
a computer coupled with said network interface wherein said computer further comprises a memory device comprising said insert clip and said master clip;
a process executing on said computer wherein said process is configured to combine said insert clip with said master clip at said insertion point to create an output clip with undetectable transitions at said insertion point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method comprising:
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recording a master clip;
recording a plurality of insert clips;
saving metadata for said master clip. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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