Method and Apparatus for Providing Script Data

• US 20130124984A1
• Filed: 05/28/2010
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Kuspa, David A.
• Application Number:
  US12/789,749
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124984A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/57 for processing of video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440236 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures, audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/475 for mutually locking different synchronisation sources

Abstract

A method includes receiving script metadata extracted from a script for a program, wherein the script metadata includes clip metadata associated with a particular portion of the program, associating the clip metadata with a clip corresponding to the particular portion of the program, receiving a request to revise the clip metadata, revising the clip metadata in accordance with the request to revise the clip metadata to generate revised clip metadata associated with the clip, and generating a revised script using the revised clip metadata.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving script metadata extracted from a script for a program, wherein the script metadata comprises clip metadata associated with a particular portion of the program;

storing the clip metadata in a clip corresponding to the particular portion of the program;

receiving a request to revise the clip metadata stored in the clip;

revising the clip metadata in accordance with the request to revise the clip metadata to generate revised clip metadata stored in the clip; and

generating a revised script using the revised clip metadata stored in the clip.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating a revised script using the revised clip metadata comprises compiling clip metadata from a sequence of a plurality of clips, wherein the revised script comprises the clip metadata from each of the plurality of clips arranged in accordance with the sequence of plurality of clips.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the clip metadata comprises a segment of the script metadata.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the clip comprises a recording of audio/video that corresponds to the particular portion of the program.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a time-aligned script using metadata contained in the revised script.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein generating a time-aligned script using metadata contained in the revised script comprises time-aligning script words contained in the revised clip metadata with transcript words indicative of dialogue spoken in a corresponding recorded portion of the program based on the script.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the request to revise the script metadata comprises a request to revise the script to reflect changes to the script during production of the program.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions stored thereon, wherein the program instructions are executable to cause a computer system to perform a method, comprising:

receiving script metadata extracted from a script for a program, wherein the script metadata comprises clip metadata associated with a particular portion of the program;

storing the clip metadata in a clip corresponding to the particular portion of the program;

receiving a request to revise the clip metadata stored in the clip;

revising the clip metadata in accordance with the request to revise the clip metadata to generate revised clip metadata stored in the clip; and

generating a revised script using the revised clip metadata stored in the clip.

9. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein generating a revised script using the revised clip metadata comprises compiling clip metadata from a sequence of a plurality of clips, wherein the revised script comprises the clip metadata from each of the plurality of clips arranged in accordance with the sequence of plurality of clips.

10. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein the clip metadata comprises a segment of the script metadata.

11. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein the clip comprises a recording of audio/video that corresponds to the particular portion of the program.

12. The storage medium of claim 8, further comprising generating a time-aligned script using metadata contained in the revised script.

13. The storage medium of claim 12, wherein generating a time-aligned script using metadata contained in the revised script comprises time-aligning script words contained in the revised clip metadata with transcript words indicative of dialogue spoken in a corresponding recorded portion of the program based on the script.

14. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein the request to revise the script metadata comprises a request to revise the script to reflect changes to the script during production of the program.

15. A computer system configured to:

receive script metadata extracted from a script for a program, wherein the script metadata comprises clip metadata associated with a particular portion of the program;

store the clip metadata in a clip corresponding to the particular portion of the program;

receive a request to revise the clip metadata stored in the clip;

revise the clip metadata in accordance with the request to revise the clip metadata to generate revised clip metadata stored in the clip; and

generate a revised script using the revised clip metadata stored in the clip.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein generating a revised script using the revised clip metadata comprises compiling clip metadata from a sequence of a plurality of clips, wherein the revised script comprises the clip metadata from each of the plurality of clips arranged in accordance with the sequence of plurality of clips.

17. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the clip metadata comprises a segment of the script metadata.

18. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the clip comprises a recording of audio/video that corresponds to the particular portion of the program.

19. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising generating a time-aligned script using metadata contained in the revised script.

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein generating a time-aligned script using metadata contained in the revised script comprises time-aligning script words contained in the revised clip metadata with transcript words indicative of dialogue spoken in a corresponding recorded portion of the program based on the script.

21. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the request to revise the script metadata comprises a request to revise the script to reflect changes to the script during production of the program.