SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED AND PARALLEL VIDEO EDITING, TAGGING, AND INDEXING

• US 20090097815A1
• Filed: 06/18/2008
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Synergy Sports Technology, LLC
• Original Assignee: Synergy Sports Technology, LLC
• Inventors: Lahr, Nils B., Barr, Garrick
• Application Number:
  US12/141,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20090097815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/278
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/02 Editing, e.g. varying the order of information signals recorded on, or reproduced from, record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence

Abstract

A system and method for having a media engine, client, workflow engine and server. The media engine takes digital or analog real-time video or video-on-demand as an input. Clients connect to the media engine, workflow engine and server. Depending on the client'"'"'s capabilities, including software features, training and location, the workflow engine will drive required units of work to the client asking them to be fulfilled. This system enables efficient offline, real-time or faster than real-time editing, tagging and indexing of media by one or more clients at the same time. Unlimited numbers of users, tags and indexing functions to take place in parallel on a single video feed at the same time and managed through a rule based workflow engine.

Claims

1. A method for video editing comprising:

importing at least one of an analog and a digital media from a video source;

transcoding the at least one analog and at least one digital media to form a transcoded media;

acquiring an annotation service;

uploading the transcoded media to a server;

reviewing the transcoded media on a client device; and

annotating at least a portion of the transcoded media using the annotation service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein annotating includes posting an annotated portion of the transcoded media on a public accessible website.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein posting the annotated portion is viewable by the public accessing the public accessible website.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the annotation service includes recruiting an on-line labor pool having definable annotation repertoires.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein recruiting includes confirming the availability of the on-line labor pool for assigning annotation duties.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein assigning annotation duties includes partitioning into the definable annotation repertoires.

7. A system for video editing comprising:

a media engine to import at least one of an analog media and a digital media, and to transcode the analog and digital media to form a transcoded media file;

a server for receiving the transcoded media file;

an annotation service available to annotate at least a portion of the transcoded media file; and

a workflow engine utilizable by the annotation service to annotate the portion of the transcoded media file to form an annotated media file.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the annotated media file is stored on the server.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the annotated media file is accessible by the public.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the annotated media file accessible by the public is viewable by the public.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the annotated media file include Windows Media and MPEG 4.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the server matches image segments of the annotated media file with video segments.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the annotation service reviews and configures the transcoded media file to be responsive to commands from a user.

16. The system of claim 7, wherein the digital media include video-on-demand for at least one of a live digital video file and a stored digital video file.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the live digital video file and the stored digital video file are deliverable to the annotation service upon request by the annotation service.

18. The system of claim 7, wherein the workflow engines manages the delivery of the transcoded media file.

14. The system of claim 14, wherein the commands are sent to the media engine to create media elements from a video archive extractable from the server.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the media elements include fast forward, play, pause, stop, and fast reverse keys.