Systems and Methods for Sharing Multimedia Editing Projects

• US 20110276881A1
• Filed: 06/23/2011
• Published: 11/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cyberlink Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cyberlink Corporation
• Inventors: Huang, Jau-Hsiung, Keng, Shih-Ling, Hsu, Chao-Liang, Hsieh, Kuo-Chiang
• Granted Patent: US 8,819,559 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2541 Blu-ray discs; Blue laser DVR discs
• 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 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• 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

Abstract

Various embodiments for sharing multimedia editing projects are described. One embodiment is a method performed at a server for sharing video editing techniques by a user. The method comprises receiving a project description file at the server, wherein the project description file is generated during editing of multimedia content by a first editing system, the project description file comprising information relating to special effect objects applied to the edited multimedia content by the first editing system. The method further comprises providing all or a portion of a timeline-based template according to the project description file, wherein the timeline-based template comprises a timeline and object type designators corresponding to the special effect objects specified by the first editing system, wherein representations of the object type designators are displayed along the timeline. The method further comprises transmitting the timeline-based template from the server to a second editing system.

Claims

1. A method performed at a server for sharing video editing techniques, comprising:

receiving a project description file at the server, wherein the project description file is generated during editing of multimedia content by a first editing system, the project description file comprising information relating to special effect objects applied to the edited multimedia content by the first editing system;

providing all or a portion of a timeline-based template according to the project description file, wherein the timeline-based template comprises a timeline and object type designators corresponding to the special effect objects specified by the first editing system, wherein representations of the object type designators are displayed along the timeline; and

transmitting the timeline-based template from the server to a second editing system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the project description file further comprises timing data for each of the object type designators and layout information for each of the object type designators.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the timing data corresponds to application of the special effect objects to the edited multimedia content with respect to time.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the timing data comprises a start time and an end time of each special effects object.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising for each special effects object specified by the project description file, at the second editing system, substituting a corresponding object type designator for each special effects object and arranging the representations of the object type designators along the timeline according to timing data of each multimedia editing object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the project description file comprises an extensible markup language (XML) file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the project description file specifies a relationship between the special effects objects and timing data of each of the special effects objects.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the special effects objects comprise one or more of:

graphics, video, audio, and text.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the object type designators comprise a designator for graphics, a designator for video, a designator for audio, and a designator for text.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a timeline-based template further comprises providing navigation controls for controlling playback and for inserting content according to the object types shown on the timeline.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting a portion of the timeline-based template from the server to a second editing system comprises sending a selected portion of the timeline-based template, wherein the portion of the timeline-based template is selected by the second editing system.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the timeline-based template from the server to a second editing system comprises transmitting the object type designators with the special effect objects specified by the first editing system to the second editing system.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the timeline-based template from the server to a second editing system comprises transmitting the object type designators without the special effect objects to the second editing system.

14. A method performed at a server for sharing video editing techniques, comprising:

receiving, by the server, a project description file generated at a first editing system, the project description file comprising information relating to special effect objects applied to multimedia content by the first editing system;

providing, by the server, all or a portion of a timeline-based template derived from the project description file to a second editing system, wherein the timeline-based template comprises a timeline and object type designators corresponding to the special effect objects specified by the first editing system, wherein representations of the object type designators are displayed along the timeline; and

receiving, by the server, from the second editing system a second multimedia content with special effect objects applied using the timeline-based template.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the representations of the object type designators comprise thumbnails.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the timeline-based template is derived by the first editing system.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the timeline-based template is derived by the server.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the timeline-based template is derived by substituting the special effects objects with object type designators.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein substituting the special effects objects with object type designators is performed at one of:

the server, the second editing system, and the first editing system prior to providing the timeline-based template derived from the project description file to the second editing system.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the special effects objects comprise one or more of:

graphics, video, audio, and text.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the object type designators comprise a designator for graphics, a designator for video, a designator for audio, and a designator for text.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein providing a portion of the timeline-based template to the second editing system comprises providing a selected portion of the timeline-based template, wherein the portion of the timeline-based template is selected by the second editing system.

23. The method of claim 14, further comprising transmitting the object type designators with the special effect objects specified by the first editing system to the second editing system.

24. The method of claim 14, further comprising transmitting the object type designators without the special effect objects to the second editing system.

25. A system for sharing multimedia editing techniques, comprising:

a project sharing application executable in a server configured to receive a project description file from a first editing system, the project description file comprising information relating to application of special effects objects to a multimedia file; and

a template generator configured to derive a timeline-based template based on the project description file, wherein the server is configured to send the timeline-based template to a second editing system.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the template generator derives a timeline-based template by replacing the special effects objects with object type designators.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein replacing the special effects objects with object type designators is performed at one of:

the server, the first editing system, and the second editing system.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the timeline-based template comprises layout information and timing data for each object type designator.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the timing data corresponds to application of the special effect objects to the edited multimedia content with respect to time.