Annotation Framework For Video

• US 20120166930A1
• Filed: 03/07/2012
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Datar, Mayur, Garg, Ashutosh, Mittal, Vibhu
• Granted Patent: US 8,775,922 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/230
• 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 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier

Abstract

A system and method for transferring annotations associated with a media file. An annotation associated with a media file is indexed to a first instance of that media file. By comparing features of the two instances, a mapping is created between the first instance of the media file and a second instance of the media file. The annotation can be indexed to the second instance using the mapping between the first and second instances. The annotation can be processed (displayed, stored, or modified) based on the index to the second instance.

Claims

1. A method for displaying annotations to a user of a client device, the method comprising:

storing user-defined criteria provided by a user of a client device, the criteria describing properties of annotations the user desires to be displayed on the client device;

receiving, by the client device from a server computer system, a plurality of annotations associated with a media file, the plurality of annotations including matching annotations which have properties matching the user-defined criteria, and at least one non-matching annotation that has properties that do not match the user-defined criteria and which has a priority;

outputting, by the client device, the media file;

displaying, by the client device, at least one of the matching annotations while outputting the media file; and

displaying, by the client device, the non-matching annotation based on the priority while outputting the media file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-matching annotation is an advertisement.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-matching annotation is an emergency broadcast message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-matching annotation is displayed regardless of whether a display of annotations feature is enabled at the client device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-defined criteria includes a specific language for the annotation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-defined criteria includes specific content for the annotation.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-defined criteria includes a specific author for the annotation.

8. A computer system for displaying annotations to a user, the system comprising:

a computer processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions, the computer program instructions to configure the processor to perform operations comprising;

storing user-defined criteria provided by a user, the criteria describing properties of annotations the user desires to be displayed;

receiving, from a server computer system, a plurality of annotations associated with a media file, the plurality of annotations including matching annotations which have properties matching the user-defined criteria, and at least one non-matching annotation that has properties that do not match the user-defined criteria and which has a priority;

outputting the media file;

displaying at least one of the matching annotations while outputting the media file; and

displaying the non-matching annotation based on the priority while outputting the media file.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the non-matching annotation is an advertisement.

10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the non-matching annotation is an emergency broadcast message.

11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the non-matching annotation is displayed regardless of whether a display of annotations feature is enabled.

12. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the user-defined criteria includes a specific language for the annotation.

13. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the user-defined criteria includes specific content for the annotation.

14. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the user-defined criteria includes a specific author for the annotation.

15. A computer program product, comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions for displaying annotations to a user, the computer program instructions to configure a computer processor to perform operations comprising:

storing user-defined criteria provided by a user of a client device, the criteria describing properties of annotations the user desires to be displayed on the client device;

receiving, from a server computer system, a plurality of annotations associated with a media file, the plurality of annotations including matching annotations which have properties matching the user-defined criteria, and at least one non-matching annotation that has properties that do not match the user-defined criteria and which has a priority;

outputting the media file;

displaying at least one of the matching annotations while outputting the media file; and

displaying the non-matching annotation based on the priority while outputting the media file.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the non-matching annotation is an advertisement.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the non-matching annotation is an emergency broadcast message.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the non-matching annotation is displayed regardless of whether a display of annotations feature is enabled at the client device.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the user-defined criteria includes a specific language for the annotation.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the user-defined criteria includes specific content for the annotation.