Repurposing system

• US 20070136651A1
• Filed: 12/09/2005
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Softstudy Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Softstudy Incorporated
• Inventors: Probst, Glen
• Application Number:
  US11/298,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20070136651A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence

Abstract

In one of many possible embodiments, a repurposing system is provided which includes an author mode configured to repurpose a plurality of media elements by partnering at least one media element with at least one repurposing element to form repurposed media content; and a player mode configured to display the repurposed media content; the system being configured to allow an authorized user to toggle between the author mode and the player mode while the author is partnering the media element.

Claims

1. A repurposing system, comprising:

an author mode configured to repurpose a plurality of media elements by partnering at least one repurposing element with at least one media element to form repurposed media content; and

a player mode configured to display said repurposed media content;

said system being configured to allow an authorized user to toggle between said author mode and said player mode while said author is partnering said media element.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said media elements comprise a portion of a media work.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said media work comprises at least one of a motion picture, video work, audio work, jpeg, or html content.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said repurposing element comprises a textual element.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said textual element comprises at least one of a script, a vocabulary element, a game, commonly used verbs, a translation, a pronunciation, and an exercise.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said vocabulary element is associated with a selected portion of said script.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein a selecting of said selected portion comprises displaying additional information associated with said vocabulary element.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein said system is configured to generate a vocabulary list based on selected vocabulary elements.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said repurposing system is configured to send and receive information over a network.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said network comprises the Internet.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said system is configured to selectively capture audio.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said media element comprises a DVD scene.

13. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions to a cause a computer to perform a method comprising:

selectively allowing access to an author mode allowing for selecting at least one media element,

partnering at least one repurposing element with at least one media element to form repurposed content;

selectively viewing said repurposed content in a viewer mode; and

selectively toggling between said viewer mode and said author mode.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein said partnering said repurposing element to said media element comprises partnering a textual repurposing element with a media element.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein said textual element comprises at least one of a script, a vocabulary element, a game, commonly used verbs, a translation, a pronunciation, and an exercise.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein at least one vocabulary element is associated with a selected portion of said script.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein selecting said selected portion comprises displaying additional information associated with said vocabulary element.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein said system is configured to generate a vocabulary list based on selected vocabulary elements.

19. A system, comprising:

an author mode, including means for selecting at least one media element and means for selecting at least one repurposing element to produce repurposed media content;

a viewer mode for displaying said repurposed media content; and

means for toggling between said author mode and said viewer mode.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising means for generating a vocabulary list from said repurposing element.