Digital Rights Management for Music Video Soundtracks

• US 20100042682A1
• Filed: 08/14/2009
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Evan John Kaye
• Original Assignee: Evan John Kaye
• Inventors: Kaye, Evan John
• Application Number:
  US12/541,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20100042682A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• 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 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/835 Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mechanism for sharing user generated music videos in an online community. User generated visual content that can be synchronized with a soundtrack is shared independent of the soundtrack. In this way the copyrighted material is not shared and digital rights can be respected and enforced. Members of the online community that own the soundtrack can view the shared visual content automatically synchronized to the soundtrack they are listening to on their local machine.

Claims

1. A system to facilitate authoring and sharing of music videos, comprising:

a first client machine which transmits video without its corresponding audio to at least one server;

a second client machine that displays said transmitted video while synchronized to corresponding audio that is present on said second client machine.