Media markup for user-activated content alteration

• US 20100154065A1
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander J., Rinaldo, John D. JR., Tegreene, Clarence T., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Mangione-Smith, William H.
• Application Number:
  US12/384,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20100154065A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• 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 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440245 the reformatting operation being performed only on part of the stream, e.g. a region of the image or a time segment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 Rights management associated to the content 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 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8402 involving a version number, e.g. version number of EPG data arrangements for version control in computers G06F8/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/1675 Providing digital key or authorisation information for generation or regeneration of the scrambling sequence pseudo-random number generators in general G06F7/58

Abstract

A classification method and system for possible content alteration of a media work may include criteria regarding content that is feasible for alteration. Such criteria may be maintained in records that are accessible to an interested party. Some embodiments may include a record of primary authorization rights applicable to a possible content alteration. A further embodiment feature may include a record of secondary authorization rights applicable to substitute altered content incorporated in a derivative version. Various exemplary identifier markup schemes indicative of a location or topic or category of an alterable media content component may be implemented to enable selective audio, visual, and audio/video content alteration.

Claims

1. A markup method for selective alteration of a segment in a media work, comprising:

determining an authorization status for alterable promotional content including one or more alterable promotional audio and/or visual elements of a particular derivative version of the media work;

providing an identifier scheme that includes a markup identifier incorporated in the particular derivative version, which markup identifier is associated with the alterable promotional content, and wherein the markup identifier is accessible to a user or recipient of the particular derivative version;

enabling the user or recipient to make a selection that includes a deletion or addition or modification or replacement of the one or more alterable promotional audio and/or visual elements; and

implementing the selection made by the user or recipient in a revised derivative version of the media work in accordance with an authorization status for the alterable promotional content.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the alterable promotional content includes a particular topic or category related to a real-world entity or real-world person.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said providing the identifier scheme includes:

providing the markup identifier to indicate a particular location of a group of alterable promotional audio and/or visual elements capable of alteration by deletion or addition or modification or replacement.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the identifier scheme includes:

providing the markup identifier to indicate a particular topic of promotional audio and/or visual elements capable of alteration by deletion or addition or modification or replacement.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said providing the identifier scheme includes:

providing the markup identifier to indicate a particular category of promotional audio and/or visual elements capable of alteration by deletion or addition or modification or replacement.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

making a determination of the authorization status based on one or more of the following types of approval techniques;

confirmation by designated approval entity, pre-approval of altered element(s), rating of altered content, acquiescence during review procedure, non-objection by primary authorization rights owner, permission by owner of substituted content, payment of required fee, barter-type arrangement, mutual alteration permissions, content exchange, temporal precondition, temporal selection, recipient selection, distributor consent, compliance with applicable alteration criteria, altering required group set of elements.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

correlating an alterable promotional object element with its determined authorization status.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

correlating a group set of alterable promotional object elements with their determined authorization status, which group set includes related alterable promotional object elements in different media segments or scenes of the particular derivative version of the media work.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

correlating one or more two-dimensional object element areas with their determined authorization status.

10. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

correlating one or more three-dimensional object element regions with their determined authorization status.

11. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

correlating an alterable promotional media frame with its determined authorization status.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said correlating the alterable promotional media frame includes:

correlating one or more related sequences of alterable promotional media frames with their determined authorization status, which alterable promotional media frames include one or more static object elements.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein said correlating the alterable promotional media frame includes:

correlating one or more related sequences of alterable promotional media frames with their determined authorization status, which alterable promotional media frames include one or more of the following type of active object elements;

moving object, dynamic object, interactive object, interactive graphical element, interactive icon, content place-holder, exchangeable element, interactive application.

14. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

correlating an alterable promotional media scene with the determined authorization status.

15. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

correlating an alterable promotional media segment with its determined authorization status.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said correlating the alterable promotional media segment includes:

correlating alterable promotional content of at least two synchronized media tracks with their determined authorization status.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein said correlating the alterable promotional media segment includes:

correlating alterable promotional content of at least two synchronized media streams with their determined authorization status.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein said correlating the alterable promotional media segment includes:

correlating an alterable promotional media stream or alterable promotional media track with their determined authorization status.

19. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing authorization data regarding the alterable promotional content, which authorization data is incorporated in the particular derivative version or is stored externally relative to the particular derivative version of the media work.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

providing a link between the alterable promotional content and the authorization data.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein said providing the identifier scheme includes:

providing metadata associated with the alterable promotional content.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein said providing metadata associated with the alterable promotional content includes:

providing metadata incorporated in the particular derivative version of the media work.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein said providing metadata incorporated in the particular derivative version includes:

providing metadata incorporated in one or more media frames of the particular derivative version of the media work.

24. The method of claim 22 wherein said providing metadata incorporated in the particular derivative version includes:

providing metadata incorporated in one or more media segments or scenes or elements of the particular derivative version of the media work.

25. The method of claim 22 wherein said providing metadata incorporated in the particular derivative version includes:

providing metadata incorporated with one or more object elements of the particular derivative version of the media work.

26. The method of claim 22 wherein said providing metadata incorporated in the particular derivative version includes:

providing metadata incorporated in one or more alterable media tracks or alterable media streams of the particular derivative version of the media work.

27. The method of claim 22 wherein said providing metadata incorporated in the particular derivative version includes:

providing metadata incorporated in a synchronized media stream or synchronized media track of the particular derivative version of the media work.

28. The method of claim 1 wherein said providing the identifier scheme includes:

providing a lookup table associated with the alterable promotional content.

29. The method of claim 28 wherein said providing the lookup table associated with the alterable promotional content includes:

providing one or more of the following types of identifier parameters regarding the particular topic or category or location for the alterable promotional content;

temporal reference, run-time location, relationship, audio signature, attribute(s), element description, static aspect, active aspect, dynamic aspect, interactive aspect, pixel area, pixel grid coordinates, radial coordinates, two-dimensional area, pixel region, three-dimensional region, associated real-world entity, associated real-world person, group set of objects.

30. The method of claim 28 wherein said providing the lookup table associated with the alterable promotional content includes:

providing a link to primary authorization rights data regarding the alterable promotional content in the particular derivative version of the media work.

31. The method of claim 28 wherein said providing the lookup table associated with the alterable promotional content includes:

providing a link to content modification guidelines data regarding the alterable promotional content in the particular derivative version of the media work.

32. The method of claim 28 wherein said providing the lookup table associated with the alterable promotional content includes:

providing a link to secondary authorization rights data regarding the one or more altered elements to be included in another derivative version.

33. The method of claim 1 wherein said providing the identifier scheme includes:

providing metadata associated with the alterable promotional content, which metadata is stored externally from the particular derivative version of the media work.

34. The method of claim 1 wherein said providing the identifier scheme includes:

providing metadata associated with one or more fixed content portions of the particular derivative version of the media work, which fixed content portions are not available for alteration.

35. A computer program product comprising computer readable media bearing encoded instructions for executing the following selective alteration process for audio and/or visual media works:

determining an authorization status for alterable promotional content of a particular derivative version of a media work, wherein the alterable promotional content includes a particular topic or category related to a real-world entity or real-world person;

providing a communication link to a markup identifier incorporated with the particular derivative version of the media work, which markup identifier is accessible to a user or recipient of the particular derivative version, and wherein the markup identifier is associated with the alterable promotional content; and

enabling the user or recipient to make a selected revision of one or more alterable audio and/or visual elements for incorporation in another derivative version in accordance with the determined authorization status.

36. The computer program product of claim 35, wherein said process further includes:

enabling access to metadata associated with the alterable promotional content.

37. The computer program product of claim 36, wherein said enabling access to metadata includes:

enabling access to the metadata that is embedded in the particular derivative version of the media work.

38. The computer program product of claim 36, wherein said enabling access to metadata includes:

enabling access to the metadata that is external to the particular derivative version of the media work.

39. The computer program product of claim 35, wherein said process further includes:

enabling access to content modification guidelines data regarding the alterable promotional content.

40. The computer program product of claim 35, wherein said process further includes:

enabling access to primary authorization rights regarding the group of alterable audio and/or visual elements.

41. The computer program product of claim 35, wherein said process further includes:

enabling access to secondary authorization rights regarding altered promotional content to be included in another derivative version.

42. The computer program product of claim 35, wherein said process further includes:

activating an editing module to incorporate the selected revision into the another derivative version.

43. A markup system for content alteration of a selected segment in a media work, comprising:

a derivative version of the media work having a markup scheme configured to include a markup indicator to identify alterable promotional content included in a derivative version of the media work;

a data record of applicable authorization data regarding a possible incorporation in another derivative work of a deletion or addition or modification or replacement of the identified alterable promotional content;

a correlation link between the identified alterable promotional content and applicable authorization data associated with the alterable promotional content; and

computerized apparatus operably coupled to the derivative version and to the data record to enable a user or recipient to make a selected revision of the identified alterable promotional content for incorporation in another derivative work in accordance with the applicable authorization data.

44. The system of claim 43 further comprising:

an editor module operably coupled to said computerized apparatus and configured to incorporate the selected revision in the another derivative work.

45. The system of claim 43 further comprising:

a metadata record associated with the alterable promotional content, including embedded metadata in the derivative version or metadata stored externally from the derivative version.

46. The system of claim 45 wherein said metadata record includes:

metadata embedded in one or more of the following segments of the media work;

frame, scene, segment, region, object, video stream, audio stream, audio/visual stream, metadata stream, video track, audio track, audio/visual track, metadata track.

47. The system of claim 43 wherein said data record includes:

a record of one or more of the following;

content modification guidelines, primary authorization rights, secondary authorization rights.

48. The system of claim 43 further comprising:

an activation component linked to a selected alterable segment and configured to enable control of a type and/or extent of a revision of the alterable promotional content by a user or recipient of the derivative version.

52. The system of claim 43 further comprising:

an authorization module including a truth table matrix to determine an authorization status for alteration implementation of an addition or deletion or modification or replacement of the alterable promotional content.

53. The system of claim 52 wherein the truth table matrix includes one or more of the following types of authorization parameters:

payment of required fee, barter-type arrangement, mutual alteration permissions, content exchange, temporal precondition, temporal selection, recipient selection, recipient consent, distributor consent.

54. The system of claim 52 wherein the truth table matrix includes one or more of the following types of authorization parameters:

targeted device, targeted audience, recipient group, purchased version, rented version, media format, distribution channel.

55. The system of claim 52 further comprising:

a search application program operably coupled to the authorization module to determine one or more applicable authorization parameters associated with a particular identified alterable promotional content component.

56. The system of claim 52 further comprising:

a search application program operably coupled to the authorization module to determine one or more applicable authorization parameters associated with a particular group of related alterable promotional content components.

57. The system of claim 52 further comprising:

a management application program operably coupled to the markup indicator to facilitate the alteration implementation in accordance with the truth table matrix.

49. The system of claim 49 further comprising:

an editor unit operably coupled with the activation component to achieve the alteration implementation of the addition or deletion or modification or replacement.

50. The system of claim 49 wherein the editor unit is configured to incorporate one or more of the following types of element into the alterable promotional content:

original, adapted, preapproved, default, recorded, stored, live, animated, reenactment, simulation, single source, multiple source.

51. The system of claim 49 wherein the editor unit is configured to incorporate one or more of the following types of element into the alterable promotional content:

public domain, copyright, trademark, brand, proprietary, licensed, exclusive, non-exclusive.