Method and System for Meta-Tagging Media Content and Distribution

• US 20120239661A1
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patrick Giblin
• Original Assignee: Patrick Giblin
• Inventors: Giblin, Patrick
• Granted Patent: US 8,543,622 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• 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: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A unique application within Video that allows for user generated Meta-tagging to be delivered in real time to individual clips is provided. This meta-tag creates its own tail based upon the user generated words population, which is searchable via a “spider network” that runs invisible behind the web pages of the site. These same “tagged” words are broadcast over various delivery networks including but not limited to live feeds from SMS, MMS, News Feeds within Community Web Sites, Video Sharing Web Sites, Widget applications any other forms of electronic communication that are dropped in real time to identified users and friends of users.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for sharing media content comprising:

playing a media stream on a display of a local computing device;

receiving a user command via voice recognition or motion to meta-tag a portion of the media stream via a user interface while playing the media stream;

creating meta-tags related to at least a portion of the received media stream via the users input, sorting the frequency of multiple tags from multiple users based upon formulas; and

transmitting the meta-tag data to a remote computing and distribution system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media stream is received from a media system.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising capturing the received media stream in a memory of the local computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a user selection that defines a start point and an end point for the meta-tag within the media stream, the user selection used in meta-tagging.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user selection is received via a graphical interface that allows a review of the media stream.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising delivering information into a clip;

receiving information related to the clip; and

associating the information with the clip, and optionally sorting the relevancy to multiple meta tags similar and unique from multiple users based upon a formula.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the information is received at least in part from a user input.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the information is received at least in part from an automatic process for obtaining information about the clip.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the information is received at least in part by extracting, inputting or searching meta data embedded in the media stream via a live cursor located within.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein any video location, server or website is scrubbed for data obtained from at least one location where a video resides and attached to the video clip and its, wherein the location as meta data relevant to the video is identified.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the meta-data comprises uploading the meta-data to a media content sharing website or network of distribution.

27. A computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein for performing a method of claim 1.

28. Content produced by the method of claim 1.

29. A method of providing content produced by the method of claim 1 to a user, comprising accessing the content;

tracking the content accessed, an associated provider or providers for the accessed content, the number of times the content was accessed, the multiple meta tags associated with the clip via user generated input similar and unique and optionally a fee associated with use of the content.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising determining a service fee or license fee for access to the content.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein the content is selected from text, a symbol, an image, a movie or portion thereof, an audio clip, a video clip, or any combination thereof.

32. The method of claim 29, further comprising obtaining content from one or more of local memory, an internet connection, over air, Radio Frequency (RF), cellular connection, a wireless connection, a remote server, a portable memory device, a compact disk, digital video disk, optical disk, magnetically recorded tape, digitally recorded tape, a computer, or a scanned image.

33. The method of claim 29, wherein accessing content comprises selection by the user of a content category;

searching for content in the content category; and

providing search results to the user.

34. The method of claim 33, further comprising printing a transaction record.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the transaction record comprises one or more of a list of accessed content, the fee for each accessed content, the service fee, copyright information on accessed content, or a federal copyright protection warning.

38. The method of claim 1, 24, or 29 wherein the content is selected from text, a symbol, an image, a movie or portion thereof, an audio clip, a video clip, or any combination thereof.

40. The method of claim 1, 24 or 29, wherein the device is a personal computer, mobile device, or cellular phone.

12. A computer program product for sharing media content, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium containing computer program code for performing a method comprising:

playing a media stream on a display of the local computing device;

receiving a user command via voice recognition or motion to identify a portion of the media stream via a user interface while playing the media stream;

responsive to receiving the user selection, creating a meta-tag associated with a portion of the received media stream; and

responsive to creating the meta-tag, transmitting the meta-tag to a remote computing and distribution system.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the media stream is received from a media delivery system.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising catching the received media stream in a memory of the local computing device.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising receiving a user selection that defines a start point and an end point for the meta-tag within the media stream, the user selection used in creating the meta-tag.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the user selection is received via a graphical interface that allows a review of the media stream.

17. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising receiving information related to the meta-tag;

and associating the information and relevancy with a video associated therewith.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the information is received at least in part from a user input.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the information is received at least in part from an automatic process for obtaining information about the video.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the information is received at least in part by extracting meta-data embedded in the media stream.

21. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the information is aggregated from multiple sources and sorted.

22. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein transmitting the clip comprises uploading the meta-data to a media content sharing website or distribution center or database.

36. The computer program of claim 12, further comprising creating an invisible page of data and words within the pages of the original web site of user generated meta-data for the purpose of search via “

spiders”

or any other means associated with Web Search technology.

37. The method of claim 15, further comprising aggregating and sorting multiple users, words and phrases.

39. The computer product of claim 12 or 26, wherein the content is selected from text, a symbol, an image, a movie or portion thereof, an audio clip, a video clip, or any combination thereof.

41. The computer product of claim 12 or 26, wherein the device is a personal computer, mobile device, or cellular phone.

23. An integrated media system for sharing media content, The Network comprising:

a media player module for playing a media stream, the media stream received by an integrated media stream;

a media editor module for caching the media stream, receiving user selection via voice recognition or motion and relevant meta-tag of the media stream, and creating a clip comprising at least a portion of the media stream based on the user selection; and

a network client module for transmitting the meta-tags to a remote computing or distribution system and optionally to an invisible web page.

42. The system of claim 23, wherein the device is a personal computer, mobile device, or cellular phone.

43. The system of claim 23, wherein the content is selected from text, a symbol, an image, a movie or portion thereof, an audio clip, a video clip, or any combination thereof.

24. A method for sharing media content, the method comprising:

receiving a media stream on a local computing device;

playing the media stream on an integrated user interface;

receiving a user command via voice recognition or motion to meta-tag the media stream via the integrated user interface;

responsive to receiving the user command, displaying a media meta-tag window via the integrated user interface;

receiving a user meta-tags for defining a portion of the media stream via the media edit window;

responsive to receiving the user selection, creating a meta-tag comprising the defined portion of the media stream based on the user input;

transmitting the meta-tag data to a computing system via the integrated user interface; and

responsive to receiving meta-tags, ranking all meta tags via the formula and network capabilities, transmitting the clip to the distribution channel system associating the video with these key words throughout.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

receiving meta-data information related to the video via the integrated user interface; and

associating the received information with the video.

26. A computer program product for sharing media content, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium containing computer program code for performing a method comprising:

receiving a media stream on a local computing device;

playing the media stream on an integrated user interface;

receiving a first user command via voice recognition or motion to meta-tag the media stream via the integrated user interface;

responsive to receiving the user command, displaying a media edit window via the integrated user interface;

receiving a user meta-tag for defining a portion of the media stream via the media edit window;

responsive to receiving the user meta-tag, creating a meta-tag comprising the defined portion of the media stream based on the user entry and optionally a formula ranking to relevance;

transmitting the clip to a computing and distribution system via the integrated user interface; and

responsive to receiving the meta-data command, transmitting the video to the computer, data and distribution system.