Devices, systems and methods for creating and managing media clips

• US 20070226432A1
• Filed: 01/18/2007
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Right Ascension, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Right Ascension, Inc.
• Inventors: Rix, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US11/654,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20070226432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47211 for requesting pay-per-view content payment schemes payment architectures or payment protocols G06Q20/00, G07F
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6334 for authorisation, e.g. by transmitting a key wireless communications network key management H04W12/04; wireless communications network access security H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8193 dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A system for presenting media streams includes: a memory system having stored therein data of a plurality media presentations; a communication network providing for communication between the memory system and at least one computer; and data for a user interface stored on the memory system. The interface includes an input mechanism to permit a user of the at least one computer to select from any of the plurality of media presentations and a clip identification system adapted to receive input regarding a starting point for at least one clip of the media presentation and input regarding a stopping point of the clip of the media presentation. The clip corresponds to a portion of the media presentation stream beginning at the starting point and ending at the stopping point. The clip identification system is adapted to create a clip identifier for the clip including the starting point and the stopping point. Activation of the clip identifier by the user causes the computer to receive a stream of data from the memory system corresponding to the clip.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a memory system having stored therein at least one file executable to output a media presentation that plays over a period of time;

at least one computer comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the memory of the computer having a media program stored therein that is executable by the processor of the computer to receive data of the at least one file stored in the memory to present the media presentation to a user;

a communication system providing communication between the computer and the memory system;

a clip creation system adapted to receive input regarding a starting point for at least one clip of the media presentation and input regarding a stopping point of the clip of the media presentation, the clip corresponding to a portion of the media presentation beginning at the starting point and ending at the stopping point;

the clip creation system adapted to create a clip identifier for the clip so that upon activation of the clip identifier by a user, the media program receives data from the file and presents the clip.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the starting and stopping points may be modified by the user.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising a composite media presentation creation system comprising a mechanism to create a composite identifier for the composite media presentation in which a plurality of clips are grouped and associated with the plurality of clip identifiers, activation of the composite identifier causing presentation of the composite media presentation in which each of the plurality of clips is presented in series.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the plurality of clip identifiers are grouped in the composite identifier in a defined order such that activation of the composite identifier causes presentation of the plurality of clips in the defined order.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the memory system has stored therein a plurality of files, each of the plurality of files comprising data of the media presentation corresponding to that file, each of the media presentations playing over a period of time upon execution of the corresponding file.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein at least two of the plurality of clips correspond to different files.

7. A system of claim 1 wherein the clip creation system comprises a user interface comprising, an output mechanism to present media presentations to a user, an input mechanism to define the starting point of the at least one clip upon activation of the input mechanism at the starting point during output of the media presentation, the media presentation being presented via the output mechanism upon receipt of data of the computer file corresponding to the media presentation by the media program, the user interface further comprising an input mechanism to define the stopping point upon activation of the input mechanism at the stopping point during output of the media presentation.

8. A clip creation system comprising a clip creation program adapted to receive input regarding a starting point for at least one clip of a media presentation that is presentable upon receipt of data from a media file stored in a memory, the clip creation program comprising an input mechanism to define a starting point of the clip of the media presentation and an input mechanism defining a stopping point of the clip of the media presentation, the clip corresponding to a portion of the media presentation beginning at the starting point and ending at the stopping point;

the clip creation system adapted to create a clip designation for the clip so that upon activation of the clip designation by a user, the media program received data from the media file and presents the clip.

9. A method for creating clips comprising:

providing input for a starting point of a clip, the clip corresponding to a portion of at least one media presentation that is presentable upon receipt of data of a computer file corresponding to the media presentation by a media program, the clip beginning at the starting point and ending at a stopping point;

providing input for the stopping point of the clip; and

creating a clip designation comprising the starting point and the stopping point that, when activated by a user, causes the media program received data of the file and present the clip.

10. A clip presentation system comprising:

a user interface comprising, an output mechanism to present media presentations to a user, an input mechanism to define a starting point of a clip upon activation of the input mechanism at the starting point during output of a media presentation, the media presentation being presented via the output mechanism upon receipt of data of a computer file corresponding to the media presentation by a media program, the clip corresponding to a portion of the media presentation that is presentable upon execution of a computer file corresponding to the media presentation by a media program, the clip beginning at the starting point and ending at a stopping point, the user interface further comprising an input mechanism to define the stopping point upon activation of the input mechanism at the stopping point during output of a media presentation.

11. The clip presentation system of claim 10 wherein the clip comprising a designator that when activated causes the media program to access data of the computer file and present the clip.

12. A method for creating a composite media presentation comprising a plurality of clips, the method comprising:

creating a plurality of clip identifiers, each of the clip identifiers comprising a starting point identifier for a corresponding one of the clips and a stopping point identifier for the one of the clips;

storing the clip identifiers; and

creating a composite identifier for the composite media presentation by grouping the plurality of clip identifiers and associating the plurality of clip identifiers with the composite identifier, activation of the composite identifier causes presentation of the composite media presentation in which each of the plurality of clips is presented in series.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the plurality of clip identifiers are grouped in the composite identifier in a defined order such that activation of the composite identifier causes presentation of the plurality of clips in the defined order.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein activation of the composite identifier causes each of the plurality of clip identifiers to access data of a corresponding computer file storing data of a corresponding media presentation.

15. A media system, comprising:

a database comprising a plurality of media presentations that play over a period of time,

a communication portal adapted to provide communicative connection between the database and a computer;

the computer comprising at least one processor and at least one memory in communication with the database, the memory having stored therein a media computer program executable to present at least one of the media presentations upon receiving a stream of data from the database, the computer further comprising a user interface comprising an output mechanism to present media presentations to a user, an input mechanism to define a starting point of a clip upon activation of the input mechanism at the starting point during output of the media presentation, the user interface further comprising an input mechanism to define a stopping point upon activation of the input mechanism at the stopping point during output of the media presentation, the clip corresponding to a portion of the media presentation beginning at the starting point and ending at a stopping point.

16. A system for presenting media streams comprising:

a memory system having stored therein data of at least one media presentation that is presentable over a period of time;

at least one computer comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the memory of the computer having a media program stored therein that is executable by the processor of the computer to receive a stream of data of the media presentation to present the media presentation to a user;

a communication system providing communication between the computer and the memory system;

a clip identification system adapted to receive input regarding a starting point for at least one clip of the media presentation and input regarding a stopping point of the clip of the media presentation, the clip corresponding to a portion of the media presentation stream beginning at the starting point and ending at the stopping point;

the clip identification system adapted to create a clip identifier for the clip comprising the starting point and the stopping point, activation of the clip identifier by a user causing the computer to receive a stream of data corresponding to the clip.

17. A system for presenting media streams comprising:

a memory system having stored therein data of a plurality media presentations;

at least one computer comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the memory of the computer having a media program stored therein that is executable by the processor of the computer to received data from the memory and to present the media presentations;

a communication system providing communication between the computer and the memory;

a user interface comprising, an input mechanism to permit the user to select from any of the plurality of media presentations, an output mechanism to present the selected media presentation to the user as data arrives to the computer from the memory system via the communication system; and

a clip identification system adapted to receive input regarding a starting point for at least one clip of the media presentation and input regarding a stopping point of the clip of the media presentation, the clip corresponding to a portion of the media presentation stream beginning at the starting point and ending at the stopping point;

the clip identification system adapted to create a clip identifier for the clip comprising the starting point and the stopping point, activation of the clip identifier by a user causing the computer to receive a stream of data from the memory system corresponding to the clip.

18. A method for presenting media streams, the method comprising:

providing data of a plurality of media presentations, each of which is presentable over a period of time, in a memory system accessible by at least one computer in communicative connection with the memory system;

transmitting a stream of data of at least one of the media presentations to the at least one computer;

a media program stored in at least one memory of the computer presenting the media presentations to a user as the stream of data is received;

providing an input mechanism for identifying a starting point of at least one clip,

providing an input mechanism for identifying a stopping point of the at least one clip, the at least one clip corresponding to a portion of the at least one media presentation, the at least one clip beginning at the starting point and ending at the stopping point;

creating a clip identifier comprising the starting point and the stopping point of the at least one clip, activation of the clip identifier causing transmittal of a stream of data to the computer from the memory system corresponding to the at least one clip so that the at least one clip is presented via the media program; and

storing the clip identifier on the memory system.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising

creating a plurality of clip identifiers, each clip identifier comprising the starting point and the stopping point for a corresponding clip, activation of one of the plurality of clip identifiers causing transmittal of a stream of data to the computer from the memory system corresponding to the corresponding clip so that the corresponding clip is presented via the media program;

and

storing the plurality of clip identifiers on the memory system.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising

creating a composite clip identifier for a composite media presentation by grouping at least two of the plurality of clip identifiers and associating the plurality of clip identifiers with the composite clip identifier, activation of the composite clip identifier causes presentation of the composite media presentation in which each of the plurality of clips is presented in series;

and

storing the composite clip identifiers on the memory system.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising

creating a list of all clip identifiers created by the user and stored on the memory system;

and

saving the list on the memory system.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising

permitting access to at least a portion of the list by another user so that the another user can activate at least one of the clip identifiers created by the user, causing transmittal of a stream of data to a computer of the another user from the memory system so that the corresponding clip is presented via the media program stored on the computer of the another user.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising

permitting the user to choose whether each of the clip identifiers created by the user is available to the another user.

24. The method of claim 22 further comprising

creating a plurality of clip identifiers of the user, each clip identifier comprising the starting point and the stopping point for a corresponding clip, activation of one of the plurality of clip identifiers causing transmittal of a stream of data from the memory system corresponding to the corresponding clip so that the corresponding clip is presentable via the media program;

storing the plurality of clip identifiers on the memory system; and

listing the plurality of clip identifiers on the list.

25. The method of claim 20, further comprising

creating at least one composite clip identifier of the user for a composite media presentation by the user grouping at least two of the plurality of clip identifiers and thereby associating the plurality of clip identifiers with the composite clip identifier, activation of the at least one composite clip identifier causing transmittal of a stream of data from the memory system corresponding to a presentation of the composite media presentation in which each of the plurality of clips is presented in series;

storing the at least one composite clip identifier on the memory system;

listing the at least one composite clip identifier on the list; and

permitting access to at least a portion of the list by another user so that the another user can activate at least one of the clip identifiers and the at least one composite clip identifier created by the user, causing transmittal of a stream of data to a computer of the another user from the memory system so that the corresponding clip or the corresponding composite presentation is presented via a media program stored on the computer of the another user.

26. A system for presenting media streams comprising:

a memory system having stored therein data of a plurality media presentations;

a communication network providing for communication between the memory system and at least one computer;

data for a user interface stored on the memory system, the interface comprising, an input mechanism to permit a user of the at least one computer to select from any of the plurality of media presentations and a clip identification system adapted to receive input regarding a starting point for at least one clip of the media presentation and input regarding a stopping point of the clip of the media presentation, the clip corresponding to a portion of the media presentation stream beginning at the starting point and ending at the stopping point;

the clip identification system adapted to create a clip identifier for the clip comprising the starting point and the stopping point, activation of the clip identifier by the user causing the computer to receive a stream of data from the memory system corresponding to the clip.