USER-BASED MEDIA CONTENT CHAPTERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing, by a media content access subsystem, a media content program for presentation to a user;
receiving user input with said media content access subsystem;
capturing, by said media content access subsystem, a snapshot image of said media content program based on said user input;
associating, by said media content access subsystem, metadata with said snapshot image; and
transmitting, by said media content access subsystem, data representative of said snapshot image and said metadata to a media content chaptering subsystem for use by said media content chaptering subsystem in chaptering said media content program.
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Abstract
An exemplary method includes providing, by a media content access subsystem, a media content program for presentation to a user, receiving user input with the media content access subsystem, capturing, by the media content access subsystem, a snapshot image of the media content program based on the user input, associating, by the media content access subsystem, metadata with the snapshot image, and transmitting, by the media content access subsystem, data representative of the snapshot image and the metadata to a media content chaptering subsystem for use by the media content chaptering subsystem in chaptering the media content program. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing, by a media content access subsystem, a media content program for presentation to a user; receiving user input with said media content access subsystem; capturing, by said media content access subsystem, a snapshot image of said media content program based on said user input; associating, by said media content access subsystem, metadata with said snapshot image; and transmitting, by said media content access subsystem, data representative of said snapshot image and said metadata to a media content chaptering subsystem for use by said media content chaptering subsystem in chaptering said media content program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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maintaining, by a media content chaptering subsystem, a library of end-user-provided media content chaptering data; maintaining, by said media content chaptering subsystem, end-user-provided publication settings data for said end-user-provided media content chaptering data; receiving, by said media content chaptering subsystem and from a media content access subsystem, a request for said end-user-provided media content chaptering data; identifying, by said media content chaptering subsystem and based on said end-user-provided publication settings data, at least a subset of said requested end-user-provided media content chaptering data to which a user associated with said media content access subsystem has permission to access; and transmitting, by said media content chaptering subsystem, data representative of said at least a subset of said requested end-user-provided media content chaptering data to said media content access subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a plurality of media content access subsystems configured to provide media content for presentation to a plurality of end users, capture media content chaptering data for said media content based on user input provided by said end users, capture publication settings data associated with said media content chaptering data based on additional user input provided by said end users, and transmit said media content chaptering data and said publication settings data over a network; a media content chaptering subsystem configured to receive said media content chaptering data and said publication settings data from said plurality of media content access subsystems via said network, and selectively publish said media content chaptering data for access by at least a subset of said media content access devices via said network based on said publication settings data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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