SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EDITING OF NETWORKED TIME-BASED MEDIA
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1. An electronic system, for interactive editing of at least a first time-based media by a plurality of users including at least a first user, said electronic system comprising:
- at least one user computerized electronic memory device enabling a manipulation of said time-based media;
user interface means for uploading said time-based media from said computerized electronic memory device to means for encoding and for storing said at least first time-based media in at least a first initial encoded state in a networked electronic system environment;
metadata system means for creating, storing, and managing a plurality of layers of metadata each in a manner associated with said at least first initial encoded state of said encoded time-based media without modifying said at least first initial encoded state of said encoded time-based media, and in a manner associated with each respective said user;
electronic interaction system means for enabling said plurality of users to interact respectively with said metadata system means for creating, storing, and managing said plurality of layers of metadata according to stored respective playback decision lists of ones of said plurality of users; and
said electronic interaction system means including means for enabling a plurality of display control modes and a plurality of play modes of said encoded time-based media according to respective said playback decision lists of respective ones of said plurality of users;
thereby enabling an electronic system for individual and group user editing of encoded time-based media without re-encoding said first initial encoded state of respective said time-based media.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an easy to use web-based editing tool for time-based video content and media. The proposed system operates with metadata drivers for controlling a playing device without changing underlying encoded video data by tracking and recording playback decision actions by an operator/editor/user. Multiple user edits and multiple edit levels are enabled by tracking each step of the playback decision action and linking each to the underlying time-based video media.
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1. An electronic system, for interactive editing of at least a first time-based media by a plurality of users including at least a first user, said electronic system comprising:
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at least one user computerized electronic memory device enabling a manipulation of said time-based media; user interface means for uploading said time-based media from said computerized electronic memory device to means for encoding and for storing said at least first time-based media in at least a first initial encoded state in a networked electronic system environment; metadata system means for creating, storing, and managing a plurality of layers of metadata each in a manner associated with said at least first initial encoded state of said encoded time-based media without modifying said at least first initial encoded state of said encoded time-based media, and in a manner associated with each respective said user; electronic interaction system means for enabling said plurality of users to interact respectively with said metadata system means for creating, storing, and managing said plurality of layers of metadata according to stored respective playback decision lists of ones of said plurality of users; and said electronic interaction system means including means for enabling a plurality of display control modes and a plurality of play modes of said encoded time-based media according to respective said playback decision lists of respective ones of said plurality of users;
thereby enabling an electronic system for individual and group user editing of encoded time-based media without re-encoding said first initial encoded state of respective said time-based media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An operational system for editing a plurality of time-based media by a plurality of users, comprising:
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a computer system receiving at least a first of a plurality of user uploads of said time-based media in a networked operational environment through at least one user interface system; means for encoding and storing respective ones of said plurality of user uploads in respective an initial state separate from subsequent user uploads; a metadata system for establishing metadata associated with said first of said user time-based media separate from said subsequent encodings by said means for encoding; said computer memory means storing said metadata associated with said time-based media separate from said encoded time-based media in said initial state; and means interacting with said metadata system for creating and storing a plurality of individual user metadata as distinct individual playback decision lists separately from said respective initial state time-based media and said respective initially established and encoded time-based metadata, thereby enabling individual user playback decision lists associated with said initially established metadata without a modification of said initial state encoded of time-based media. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for individual and group editing of time-based media, comprising the steps of:
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providing a networked computer system receiving at least a first of a plurality of user uploads of said time-based media in an operational environment through one of a plurality of user interface systems; enabling means for encoding said at least first of said user uploads of said time-based media in an initial state separately from subsequent user uploads; supplying and operating computer memory means for storing said encoded first time-based media in said initial state separate from said subsequent user uploads; operating a metadata system for initially encoding metadata associated with said first of said user time-based media separate from said subsequent user uploads during an encoding by said means for encoding; providing computer memory means storing said metadata associated with said time-based media separate from said encoded time-based media in said initial state; providing means for individual and group editing of said metadata as individually tracked playback decision lists and for individually storing said respective said playback decision lists separately from said respective initial state time-based media and said respective initially encoded metadata and subsequently tracked playback decision lists, thereby enabling said individual and group editing of said initial metadata without a modification of said initial state encoded time-based media. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An operational system for enabling individual and group editing of time-based media with a minimized memory requirement, comprising:
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at least one operational means for uploading individualized-user time-based media into a networked computer operational environment through at least a first user interface and for encoding said time-based media into a first encoding standard; a metadata system for establishing metadata associated with said time-based media during said encoding by said means for encoding said time-based media into said first encoding standard; storage system means for separately storing said encoded time-based media in said first encoding standard and said associated established metadata; means for displaying at least selected portions of said uploaded and encoded time-based media according to said metadata, wherein a plurality of thumbnail frame images are displayed in a time-related sequence; said time-related sequence representing selected images along a time path of said encoded video media; slider means for interacting with and selecting at least one of preferred ones of said thumbnail frame images and a preferred range of said thumbnail frame images of said video media and for storing said at least one as a respective user defined playback decision list without modifying said stored and encoded time-based media in said first encoding standard, whereby said selected at least one playback decision list is separately tracked by said operational means linked to said individualized encoded time-based media, with a minimized memory storage impact. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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