MULTI-LAYER TIMELINE CONTENT COMPILATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20120251080A1
• Filed: 03/28/2012
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: WeVideo Incorporated
• Original Assignee: WeVideo Incorporated
• Inventors: SVENDSEN, Jostein, Rustberggaard, Bjørn
• Application Number:
  US13/433,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20120251080A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/278
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25435 involving characteristics of content or additional data, e.g. video resolution or the amount of advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording

Abstract

The application discloses systems of creating multi-layer timeline content compilations. The systems can include a layer-scalable editor launch engine receiving a request to launch an editor window for display on a client. A client-remote content placement engine receives an instruction to place content from the content datastore on a multi-layer timeline content compilation represented in the editor window, wherein the content datastore is remote relative to the client. A layer addition engine receives an instruction to superimpose a superimposable layer from the layer datastore onto existing layers of the multi-layer timeline content compilation. A layer superimposing engine superimposes the superimposable layer onto the existing layers of the multi-layer timeline content compilation. A variable-layer content to play engine plays the multi-layer timeline content compilation, including the content, in a superimposed layer. The present application also discloses related methods.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a content datastore;

a layer datastore;

a layer-scalable content editor launch engine;

a client-remote content placement engine coupled to the content datastore, the layer datastore, and the layer-scalable content editor launch engine;

a layer superimposing engine coupled to the client-remote content placement engine;

an variable-layer content playing engine having an arbitrary number of layers coupled to the layer superimposing engine;

wherein, in operation;

the layer-scalable content editor launch engine launches an editor window at a client in response to a request for a client;

the client-remote content placement engine places content from the content datastore on a multi-layer timeline content compilation represented in the editor window, wherein the content datastore is remote relative to the client;

the layer superimposing engine superimposes, in response to an instruction to superimpose, a superimposable layer onto the multi-layer timeline content compilation, thereby creating a superimposed layer;

the variable-layer content playing engine plays the multi-layer timeline content compilation, including the content, in the superimposed layer.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the existing layers comprise first crowdsourcing content and the superimposable layer comprises second crowdsourcing content.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a content account engine that, in operation:

maintains a plurality of user accounts;

associates the content with one of the plurality of user accounts;

limits another of the plurality of user accounts from accessing the content.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a content rights management engine that, in operation, provides a depublication instruction if a user associated with the layer superimposing engine does not have publication rights to the content.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a publication engine that, in operation, provides an instruction to publish the multi-layer timeline content compilation into a streaming media format or a downloadable media format if a user associated with the layer superimposing engine has publication rights to the content.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a royalty estimation engine that, in operation, estimates a cumulative royalty associated with publishing the multi-layer timeline content compilation.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the royalty estimation engine, in operation, suggests a revenue amount for the multi-layer timeline content compilation, the revenue amount based at least in part on the cumulative royalty.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a content rights acquisition engine that, in operation, provides a request to acquire publication rights if a user associated with the layer superimposing engine does not have publication rights to the content.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a content rights crediting engine that, in operation, provides an instruction to acquire publication credits associated with the content, and provides the publication credits for storage in the layer datastore if a user associated with the layer superimposing engine does not have publication rights to the content.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a content crowdsourcing engine that, in operation:

provides an subject-specific content call;

receives, in response to the subject-specific content call, subject-specific content; and

provides the subject-specific content to the content datastore.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a third-party layer-package engine that, in operation, provides a package of proprietary third-party layers to the layer datastore.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a content monetization engine that, in operation, provides an advertising package or a pay-per-view package to the layer datastore.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving a request to launch an editor window for display on a client;

receiving an instruction to place content from a content datastore on a multi-layer timeline content compilation represented in the editor window, wherein the content datastore is remote relative to the client;

superimposing, in response to an instruction to superimpose, a superimposable layer onto the multi-layer timeline content compilation, thereby creating a superimposed layer;

playing the multi-layer timeline content compilation, including the content, in the superimposed layer.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

maintaining a plurality of user accounts;

associating the content with one of the plurality of user accounts;

limiting another of the plurality of user accounts from accessing the content.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing a depublication instruction if a user does not have publication rights to the content.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing an instruction to publish the multi-layer timeline content compilation into a streaming media format or a downloadable media format if a user has publication rights to the content.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising estimating a cumulative royalty associated with publishing the multi-layer timeline content compilation.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising suggesting a revenue amount for the multi-layer timeline content compilation, the revenue amount based at least in part on the cumulative royalty.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing a request to acquire publication rights to the content if the user does not have the publication rights to the content.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

providing an instruction to acquire publication credits associated with the content, if the user does not have publication rights to the content;

provides the publication credits if the user does not have the publication rights to the content.

21. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing a notification if the user does not have publication rights to the content.

22. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

providing a subject-specific content call;

receiving, in response to the subject-specific content call, subject-specific content; and

providing the subject-specific content to the content datastore.

23. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing a package of proprietary layers to the layer datastore.

24. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing an advertising package or a pay-per-view package to the layer datastore.