Creation of a Reference Point to Mark a Media Presentation

• US 20120066597A1
• Filed: 11/18/2011
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tischer, Steven N.
• Granted Patent: US 8,806,342 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/720
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/93 Regeneration of the television signal or of selected parts thereof

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products insert markers into recorded media modules. A pair of reference points is received that marks a position and another position in a recorded media module. A copy of the recorded media module is retrieved from memory. Portions of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position, and occurring after the another position, are discarded. The copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position is then presented to a user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a pair of reference points that marks a position and another position in a recorded media module;

retrieving a copy of the recorded media module from memory;

discarding a portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position;

discarding another portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring after the another position; and

presenting the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising associating the copy of the recorded media module to a creator of the pair of reference points.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising associating the copy of the recorded media module to a date of creation of the pair of reference points.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein retrieving the copy of the recorded media module comprises retrieving a video.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein retrieving the copy of the recorded media module comprises accessing a server storing the copy of the recorded media module.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising displaying a graphical bar indicating the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving inputs that mark the pair of reference points.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor;

computer readable media; and

instructions stored in the computer readable media that when executed cause the processor to;

receive a pair of reference points that mark a position and another position in a recorded media module;

retrieve a copy of the recorded media module from memory;

discard a portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position;

discard another portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring after the another position; and

present the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to associate the copy of the recorded media module to a creator of the pair of reference points.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to associate the copy of the recorded media module to a date of creation of the pair of reference points.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to retrieve a video.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to access a server storing the copy of the recorded media module.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to display a graphical bar indicating the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.

14. The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to receive inputs that mark the pair of reference points.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a computer readable medium storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising;

receiving a pair of reference points that mark a position and another position in a recorded media module;

retrieving a copy of the recorded media module from memory;

discarding a portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position;

discarding another portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring after the another position; and

presenting the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for adding a timestamp to the copy of the recorded media module.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for associating the copy of the recorded media module to a creator of the pair of reference points.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for associating the copy of the recorded media module to a date of creation of the pair of reference points.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for retrieving a video.

20. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for displaying a graphical bar indicating the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.