VIDEO TAG LAYOUT

• US 20090019487A1
• Filed: 07/13/2007
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TP-Link USA Corporation
• Original Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Kulas, Charles J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,609,260 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/41
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

In one embodiment, a portion of a video sequence is displayed on an interface. A video tag is also displayed in the portion of the video sequence. In one embodiment, the video tag is a placeholder tag that shows where the tag would be displayed in the portion of the video sequence. An input area is then displayed that allows input of tag information for the video tag. For example, the user may specify what kind of tag they would like and also any information that can be displayed for the tag. For example, the user may specify that they would like the tag to be a text tag that includes the logo of the company.

Claims

1. A method for providing a video tag layout, the method comprising:

displaying a portion of a video sequence on an interface, the portion of the video sequence being displayed during a production process of the video sequence;

displaying a video tag in the portion of the video sequence indicating a possible layout for the video tag in the portion of the video sequence; and

receiving tag information for the video tag, the tag information useable to generate the video tag in the portion of the video sequence.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the tag information from a sponsor for the video tag.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising storing the tag information, the tag information being associated with the video tag.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the video tag using the tag information in the interface upon receiving the tag information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an input area in the interface, wherein the input area allows the tag information to be input.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a list of clips for the video sequence, wherein the list of clips include video tags in which tag information can be placed using the interface.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a clip in the list of clips is generated from a production process of the video sequence.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the tag information is received before a DVD authoring stage or video sequence broadcast stage.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a list of items in the portion of the video sequence in which tag information can be specified for video tags for the items.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating a price for the tag based on the inputted tag information; and

displaying the price.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the tag information with the video sequence such that playback of the portion of the video sequence shows that the tag information has been input for the video tag.

12. An apparatus for providing a video tag layout, the method comprising:

a processor;

a machine-readable storage medium including one or more instructions executable by the processor for performing the following;

displaying a portion of a video sequence on an interface;

displaying a video tag in the portion of the video sequence indicating a possible layout for the video tag in the portion of the video sequence; and

receiving tag information for the video tag, the tag information useable to generate the video tag in the portion of the video sequence.

13. A machine-readable storage medium including one or more instructions executable by a processor for performing the following:

displaying a portion of a video sequence on an interface;

displaying a video tag in the portion of the video sequence indicating a possible layout for the video tag in the portion of the video sequence; and

receiving tag information for the video tag, the tag information useable to generate the video tag in the portion of the video sequence.