Browser enabled video manipulation

• US 20060259588A1
• Filed: 04/20/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VideoEgg, Inc. (theMaven, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VideoEgg, Inc. (theMaven, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sanchez, Matthew Allen, Lerman, David Ross, Sladek, Kevin Walker
• Application Number:
  US11/409,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20060259588A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4431 characterized by the use of Application Program Interface [API] libraries
• 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 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6156 specially adapted to the upstream path of the transmission network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8193 dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 : Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 : Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/1675 : Providing digital key or authorisation information for generation or regeneration of the scrambling sequence pseudo-random number generators in general G06F7/58

Abstract

In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for providing a self contained embeddable software component adapted to be deployed in response to a website video posting interaction, wherein the self contained embeddable software component is adapted to provide video capture and video editing functions.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a self contained embeddable software component adapted to be deployed in response to website video posting interaction, wherein the self contained embeddable software component is adapted to provide video capture and video editing functions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the self contained embeddable software component is further adapted to be embedded in a browser software application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the website video posting interaction involves a request to post a video.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the website video posting interaction involves a request to download the self contained embeddable software component.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the website video posting interaction involves a request to upload a video file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the self contained embeddable software component is further adapted to provide transcoding functions.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the video capture function provides for video capture from a plurality of video file sources.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the video capture function provides a drag and drop user interface to capture a video file from a video file source.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the video file source is a removable video file source.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the video editing function provides for editing of a locally stored video file.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the self contained embeddable software component is further adapted to post a video file associated with an identifier to a content delivery network server.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the self contained embeddable software component is further adapted to facilitate posting of a video file identifier to a website.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the website is associated with a webservices site.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the webservices site comprises an auction site.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the webservice site is comprises an Internet listing service site.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the webservices site comprises an on-line e-commerce site.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the webservices site comprises a real-estate site.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the webservices site comprises a travel site.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the webservices site comprises a journal site.

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33. A method comprising:

receiving a website video posting interaction from a client computing facility; and

providing a self contained embeddable software component in response to the website video posting interaction, wherein the self contained embeddable software component is adapted to provide video capture and video editing functions.

34-66. -66. (canceled)