VIDEO SEGMENT MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An audio-video recording distribution system for creating, manipulating and distributing video segments in a manner facilitating subsequent video segment searching, organizing and viewing by an end user in order to optimize the viewing experience, the system comprising:
- a video distribution center, including a database server;
at least one search index file stored on the database server and including a series of video content related identifiers;
a length of video containing a continuous stretch of video content partitioned into a series of consecutive individual video segments, each video segment stored on the database server as an individual video segment file;
each said video segment file having associated therewith information/values corresponding to the video content related identifiers of the search index file;
an end user viewing interface remote from, but in two-way communication with, the video distribution center, the viewing interface comprising;
computer operated software including a graphical user interface;
a user interface control unit in communication with the computer operated software, the user interface control unit facilitating end user selection of preferred information/values corresponding to at least some of the video content related identifiers of the search index file;
a search routine facilitating selection by the end user viewer of said preferred information/values corresponding to said video content related identifiers, wherein the preferred information/values are used to determine at least one viewer preferred video segment; and
an output interface for displaying said at least one viewer preferred video segment on a viewer display.
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Abstract
A video and video fragment management and distribution system utilizes a server and a user interface. The server stores a series of videos in the form of video fragments. Each video fragment has associated therewith a host of video fragment data stored in a manner enabling an end user viewer to easily and efficiently perform a Boolean type search, based on desirable video fragment characteristics defined by the data, in order to return a desired set of video fragments. The system provides the viewer with a variety of search criteria options, each having a plurality of identifiers for locating a desirable video fragment. Each search criteria identifier can be set as inclusive or exclusive. The system includes a rating feature allowing the user to submit a rating and view an average of submitted ratings. The viewer creates a playlist or series of playlists for viewing a continuous, user defined series of video fragments.
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18 Claims
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1. An audio-video recording distribution system for creating, manipulating and distributing video segments in a manner facilitating subsequent video segment searching, organizing and viewing by an end user in order to optimize the viewing experience, the system comprising:
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a video distribution center, including a database server; at least one search index file stored on the database server and including a series of video content related identifiers; a length of video containing a continuous stretch of video content partitioned into a series of consecutive individual video segments, each video segment stored on the database server as an individual video segment file; each said video segment file having associated therewith information/values corresponding to the video content related identifiers of the search index file; an end user viewing interface remote from, but in two-way communication with, the video distribution center, the viewing interface comprising; computer operated software including a graphical user interface; a user interface control unit in communication with the computer operated software, the user interface control unit facilitating end user selection of preferred information/values corresponding to at least some of the video content related identifiers of the search index file; a search routine facilitating selection by the end user viewer of said preferred information/values corresponding to said video content related identifiers, wherein the preferred information/values are used to determine at least one viewer preferred video segment; and an output interface for displaying said at least one viewer preferred video segment on a viewer display. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An audio-video recording distribution method for distributing video segments in a manner facilitating subsequent video segment searching, organizing and viewing by an end user in order to optimize the viewing experience, the method comprising steps of:
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obtaining a complete audio-video recording; partitioning said complete audio-video recording into a plurality of consecutive audio-video fragments; storing each of said audio-video fragments on a database server; establishing a search index file comprising a plurality of predetermined video reference and content information categories and storing said search index file on at least one of an index server and a database server, wherein the video content information categories correspond to category data that are identifiable for each of said plurality of audio-video fragments; associating category data for all of the audio-video fragments in a manner enabling the end user to perform a Boolean search to return a listing of audio-video fragments meeting an end user defined set of search criteria; and providing a viewing party with remote access to said search index file and associated data in order to perform a desired search. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An audio-video recording distribution method for distributing video segments in a manner facilitating subsequent video segment searching, organizing and viewing by an end user in order to optimize the viewing experience, the method comprising steps of:
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obtaining a complete audio-video recording; partitioning said complete audio-video recording into a plurality of consecutive audio-video fragments; storing each of said audio-video fragments on a database server; establishing a search index file comprising a plurality of predetermined video reference and content information categories and storing said search index file on at least one of an index server and a database server, wherein the video content information categories correspond to category data that are identifiable for each of said plurality of audio-video fragments; establishing a set of search criteria by selecting at least one of desired and undesired predetermined video reference and content information categories from said search index file; associating category data for all of the audio-video fragments in a manner enabling the end user to perform a Boolean search to return a listing of audio-video fragments meeting set of search criteria; and providing a viewing party with remote access to said search index file and associated data in order to perform a desired search. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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