METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT

• US 20100217884A2
• Filed: 09/27/2006
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Numedia Ventures
• Original Assignee: Numedia Ventures
• Inventors: Chaney, David, Baiocchi, Albert
• Application Number:
  US11/535,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20070150612A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A method and system of providing multimedia content. There includes: capturing audio data; capturing full motion video data; collecting the data in a single file; chroma-keying and masking the full motion video data; including the mask in the single file; storing the single file; providing a calling module that calls playback of the single file; providing the single file over the network; and playing the single file in a browser layer. Playing the single file includes displaying the full motion video data over a functional webpage. Displaying the full motion video data includes a first mode, obscuring a functional portion of a webpage, and a second mode, not obscuring a functional portion of a webpage. The triggering event includes a browser executing the webpage program module, and user action selected from the group: closing a browser window, moving an indicator over a display, and actuating a display.

Claims

1. A method of providing multimedia content over a network, comprising:

a) capturing audio data;

b) capturing full motion video data;

c) collecting the audio data and the full motion video data together in a single file;

d) storing the single file in a data storage module in communication with a network having a webpage displayed through a first browser layer with information displayed thereon;

e) providing a calling module associated with the webpage that calls playback of the single file, only through a second browser layer and not embedded within the first browser layer, when the calling module is included in a webpage program module in communication with the network and triggered by a triggering event;

f) providing the single file over the network when called by the calling module; and

g) playing the single file through the second browser layer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of playing the single file comprises a step of displaying the full motion video data over a functional webpage.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of displaying the full motion video data comprises an instance of a first mode wherein a functional portion of a webpage is obscured and an instance of a second mode wherein the functional portion of the webpage is not obscured.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of providing a browser layer, wherein the step of playing the single file is performed in the browser layer.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the triggering event comprises a browser executing the webpage program module.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

a) chroma-keying the full motion video data;

b) masking a foreground of the chroma-keyed full motion video data; and

c) including the masked foreground full motion video data in the single file.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the triggering event further comprises a user action selected from the group consisting of:

closing a browser window, moving an indicator over a display region, and actuating a display region.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein:

a) the single file is a streaming video file that plays an alpha key; and

b) the calling module includes;

b1) a layer creation module, configured to create the browser layer,

b2) a video play module, configured to direct playback of the single file, and

b3) a transparency module, configured to cause the browser layer to be transparent.

9. A multimedia presentation system for providing audio and video data through a display connected to a network, comprising:

a) an audio data capture module, configured to capture audio data;

b) a full motion video data capture module, configured to capture full motion video data;

c) a data collection module, in communication with the audio data capture module and the full motion video data capture module, and configured to collect the audio data and full motion video data together in a single file;

d) a data storage module including a data storage device, in communication with the data collection module, and configured to store the single file; and

e) a calling module, in communication with the data storage module over a network, including instructions to call playback of the single file through a content module and display the single file in a second browser layer displayed over a first browser layer on a display when triggered by a triggering event.

10. The multimedia presentation system of claim 9, further comprising:

a) a player module, in communication with the calling module, and configured to play the single file.

11. The multimedia presentation system of claim 10, wherein the player module includes:

a) a first obstruction mode, configured to obstruct a portion of the functional browser content; and

b) a second access mode, configured to provide access to a portion of the functional browser content.

12. The multimedia presentation system of claim 11, further comprising:

a) a browser layer, in communication with the player module, wherein the single file is played in the browser layer.

13. The multimedia presentation system of claim 12, further comprising:

a) a chroma-key module, in communication with the data collection module, and configured to chroma-key the full motion video data.

14. The multimedia presentation system of claim 13, wherein the single file is a streaming video file that plays an alpha key.

15. The multimedia presentation system of claim 14, wherein the calling module includes:

a) a layer creation module, configured to create the browser layer;

b) a video player nodule, configured to direct playback of the single file; and

c) a transparency module, configured to cause the browser layer to be transparent.

16. A method of providing multimedia content, comprising

a) capturing data;

b) capturing full motion video data;

c) collecting the audio data and the full notion video data together in a single file;

d) storing the single file in a data storage module in communication with a network;

e) providing a single file over the network when triggered by a triggering event; and

f) playing the single file by displaying the full motion video data over a functional webpage.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of displaying the full motion video data comprises an instance of a first mode wherein a functional portion of a webpage is obscured and an instance of a second mode wherein the functional portion of the webpage is not obscured.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the step of providing a browser layer, wherein the step of playing the single file is performed in the browser layer.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the triggering event comprises a browser executing a webpage program module.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the triggering event further comprises a user action selected from the group consisting of:

closing a browser window, moving an indicator over a display region, and actuating a display region.