SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING VIDEO PLAYBACK AND NOTATION RECORDING

• US 20120272150A1
• Filed: 04/23/2012
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Benjamin Insler
• Original Assignee: Benjamin Insler
• Inventors: Insler, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US13/454,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20120272150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42218 for mapping a matrix of displayed objects on the screen to the numerical key-matrix of the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content

Abstract

A system and method for associating notations with multimedia elements is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of displaying a multimedia element on a display of a computer device, receiving a notation element from a user of the computer device, determining, by a processor, at the time of receiving the notation element, a related portion of the multimedia element, and storing, on a storage medium, the notation element in association with a reference to the related portion of the multimedia event.

Claims

1. A method for associating notations with multimedia elements, comprising:

providing, a user interface to a user on a display of a computer device, the user interface including an input component configured to receive input from the user and a multimedia display component;

displaying, by the multimedia display component, a multimedia element on the display of the computer device;

receiving, by the input component, a notation element from the user of the computer device;

determining, by a processor, at the time of receiving the notation element, a related portion of the multimedia element; and

storing, on a storage medium, the notation element in association with a reference to the related portion of the multimedia event.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising

responsive to receiving, by the input component, a control command from the user, changing a playback status of the multimedia element.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference to the related portion of the multimedia event comprises time code information.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving an input from one of;

an external input device coupled to the computer device, and the display of the computer device; and

determining, by the processor, the control command associated with the input.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the input from the display of the computer device comprises receiving a gesture input by the user in the display of the computer device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the notation element from the user of the computer device further comprises receiving the notation element from one of:

the display of the computer device and the external input device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the input from the display of the computer device;

relating the input to an area of the display; and

associating the notation element with the area of the display.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing, on the storage medium, a plurality of notation elements in association with a plurality of references to the related portion of the multimedia event.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying, as a list, the plurality of notation elements in association with the plurality of references on the display of the computer device.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising exporting the plurality of notation elements in association with the plurality of references from the computer device.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting the plurality of notation elements in association with the plurality of references from the computer device to another computer device.

12. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed on a processor of a server, perform a method for associating notations with multimedia elements, comprising acts of:

displaying a multimedia element on a display of a computer device;

receiving a notation element from a user of the computer device;

determining, by a processor, at the time of receiving the notation element, a related portion of the multimedia element; and

storing, on a storage medium, the notation element in association with a reference to the related portion of the multimedia event.

13. A multimedia notation system comprising:

a multimedia interface configured to display a multimedia element;

a user interface configured to receive a notation element from a user of the user interface;

an associating element configured to determine a notation time at which the notation element is received, and further configured to identify a portion of the multimedia element related to the notation time; and

a storage element configured to store the notation element in association with a reference to the notation time.

14. The multimedia notation system of claim 13, wherein the user interface is configured to receive an input from one of:

a touch-sensitive display, and an external input device, and to determine a control command associated with the input.

15. The multimedia notation system of claim 13, wherein the user interface is configured to receive the notation element from one of:

a touch-sensitive display and an external input device.

16. The multimedia notation system of claim 14, wherein the user interface is configured to receive a gesture input from the user input on the touch-sensitive display.

17. The multimedia notation system of claim 14, wherein the user interface is configured to receive the input from the touch-sensitive display, and the association element is further configured to:

relate the input to an area of the touch-sensitive display; and

associate the notation element with the area of the touch-sensitive display.

18. The multimedia notation system of claim 13, wherein the storage element is further configured to store a plurality of notation elements in association with a plurality of references to the notation time.

19. The multimedia notation system of claim 18, wherein the multimedia interface is further configured to display, as a list, the plurality of notation elements in association with the plurality of references to the notation time.

20. The multimedia notation system of claim 18, further comprising a communication interface configured to transmit the plurality of notation elements in association with the plurality of references from the multimedia notation system.