VIDEO SHARING PLATFORM PROVIDING FOR POSTING CONTENT TO OTHER WEBSITES

• US 20080178234A1
• Filed: 12/04/2007
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Crackle Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Crackle Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Haken, Piers, Hazel, Steven, Hodgson, David Charles Alexander, Eyal, Aviv
• Granted Patent: US 9,729,829 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/91
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• 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 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method for use in providing content includes hosting a network site on a computer network, displaying on the network site links to one or more videos, and displaying on the network site at least an on-demand preview of a first video in response to a corresponding one of the links being selected. A storage medium stores a computer program for use on a client computer. Several other methods, systems and programs are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for use in providing content, comprising:

hosting a network site on a computer network;

providing means to upload video over the network;

creating one or more thumbnail still images from the uploaded video;

creating an on-demand video clip based on the uploaded video data;

displaying on the network site links to one or more videos uploaded over the network;

providing an option to initiate a download of a selected one of the videos in pieces from two or more computers on the network;

displaying on the network site a tool for searching through the one or more videos;

displaying on the network site a result of a search through the one or more videos;

displaying on the network site an option to create a film strip widget that is representative of the result of the search, wherein the film strip widget includes display of the still images for the corresponding videos and a command to start an on-demand playback of the created on-demand video clip for any video included in the film strip; and

posting the film strip widget that is representative of the result of the search to a different network site in response to the option being selected.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

updating the film strip.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the different network site comprises a social networking site.

4. A method for use in providing content, comprising:

hosting a network site on a computer network;

providing means to upload video over the network;

creating one or more thumbnail still images from the uploaded video;

creating an on-demand video clip based on the uploaded video data;

displaying on the network site links to one or more videos uploaded over the network;

providing an option to initiate a download of a selected one of the videos in pieces from two or more computers on the network;

displaying on the network site a tool for searching through the one or more videos;

displaying on the network site a result of a search through the one or more videos;

displaying on the network site an option to create a feed that will provide notifications of updates to the result of a search; and

providing notifications of updates to the result of a search to users who are subscribers to the feed.

5. A method in accordance with claim 4, wherein an update to the result of a search comprises a new video being shared that matches a criteria specified by the search.