AUTHORING, ARCHIVING, AND DELIVERING INTERACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS

• US 20130311561A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: DWA Investments, Inc. (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: KU, Hans T., LEONARD, Edwin R., KOENIG, David M., RAGAN, Gene Z.
• Granted Patent: US 10,255,227 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/163 Interprocessor communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring

Abstract

A social media video system provides for the authoring, archiving, and/or delivering of interactive social media videos. A social media video includes one or more media assets, which may be images, video clips, music clips, text verbiages, or the like. A social media video may be associated with a style profile that provides visual and/or aural effects that are pleasing, to a social media video viewer. The social media video system maintains social media videos in a template format, and may defer the rendering of a social media video until it is selected for viewing. The maintaining of social media videos in template format allows for efficient transmission and editing of social media videos. A social media video that is created and shared by one user may be modified and be shared again. In this way, users can collaborate to create, critique, and iterate social media videos.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for modifying a social media video, the method comprising:

receiving, from a social media web server, a first social media template, wherein the first social media template comprises;

a first metadata identifying a plurality of media objects, and

a first data representing a first display order in which the plurality of media objects are to be displayed;

obtaining the plurality of media objects identified by the first metadata of the first social media template;

receiving a first input from a user, wherein;

the first input represents removal of a media object from the plurality of media objects, and

the first input further represents a second display order different from the first display order,

creating a second social media template, the second social media template comprising a second metadata and a second data,

wherein the second metadata identifies the remaining media objects in the plurality of media objects, and

wherein the second data represents the second display order; and

transmitting the second social media template to the social media web server, wherein a second social media video is to be displayed based on the second social media template.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a first social media video based on the first social media template, wherein the displaying the first social media video comprises;

displaying a first media object of the plurality of media objects for a first duration; and

transitioning to the display of a second media object of the plurality of media objects for a second duration.

3. The method according to claim 2,

wherein at least one of the plurality of media objects is associated with a social media website account within a social graph of the user, and

wherein the displaying the first social media video further comprises obtaining the at least one media object that is associated with the social media website account.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

during the display of the first social media video, receiving a third input from the user; and

in response to the third input, switch from the display of first portion of the first social media video to a display of a second portion of the first social media video,

wherein the first portion is a display of first media object of the plurality of media objects and the second portion is a display of a second media object of the plurality of media objects, and

wherein, according to the first display order, the second media object is to be displayed immediately after the first media object.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the first social media video based on the first social media template and a first style,

wherein the first input further represents user selection of the first style, and

wherein the selected first style affects a visual appearance of the first social media video.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the selected first style affects a display duration of at least one of the media objects of the selected subset of media objects, when the first social media video is displayed.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the selected first style identifies a special effect overlaid onto the first social media video, when the first social media video is displayed.

8. A mobile computing device for modifying a social media video, the device comprising:

(a) a network interface adapted to;

receive, from a social media web server via the internet, a first social media template, wherein the first social media template comprises;

a first metadata identifying a plurality of media objects, and

a first data representing a first display order in which the plurality of media objects are to be displayed; and

obtain the plurality of media objects identified by the first metadata of the first social media template;

(b) a user input device adapted to receive a first input from a first user, wherein;

the first input represents removal of a media object from the plurality of media objects, and

the first input further represents a second display order different from the first display order; and

(c) a processor connected to the network interface and the user input device, the processor adapted to create a second social media template, the second social media template comprising a second metadata and a second data,

wherein the second metadata identifies the remaining media objects of the plurality of media objects, and

wherein the second data represents the second display order; and

wherein the network interface is further adapted to transmit the second social media template to the social media web server, wherein a second social media video is to be displayed, based on the second social media template.

9. The mobile computing device according to claims 8, further comprising a display screen adapted to:

display a first social media video based on the first social media template, wherein the processor is further adapted to;

cause a display of a first media object of the plurality of media objects for a first duration; and

transition to the display of a second media object of the plurality of media objects for a second duration.

10. The mobile computing device according to claim 9,

wherein at least one of the plurality of media objects is associated with a social media website account within a social graph of the first user, and

wherein the displaying the first social media video further comprises obtaining the at least one media object that is associated with the social media website account.

11. The mobile computing device according to claim 9,

wherein the user input device is further adapted to, during the display of the first social media video, receive a second input;

and

wherein the processor is further adapted to, in response to the second input, switch from the display of first portion of the first social media video to a display of a second portion of the first social media video,

wherein the first portion is a display of first media object of the plurality of media objects and the second portion is a display of a second media object of the plurality of media objects, and

wherein, according to the first display order, the second media object is to be displayed immediately after the first media object.

12. The mobile computing device according to claim 8,

wherein the first input further represents a selection of a first style,

wherein the processor is further adapted to cause the display of the first social media video, on the display screen, based on the selected first style, and

wherein the processor changes a visual appearance of the first social media video based on the selected first style, when the first social media video is displayed.

13. The mobile computing device according to claim 12, wherein the processor changes a display duration of at least one of the media objects of the selected subset of media objects based on the selected first style, when the first social media video is displayed.

14. The mobile computing device according to claim 12, wherein the processor causes a display of a special effect overlaid onto the first media video based on the selected first style, when the first media video is displayed.

15. The mobile computing device according to claim 8, wherein the mobile computing device is a cellular telephone.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for modifying a social media video, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions for:

receiving, from a social media web server, a first social media template, wherein the first social media template comprises;

a first metadata identifying a plurality of media objects, and

a first data representing a first display order in which the plurality of media objects are to be displayed;

obtaining the plurality of media objects identified by the first metadata of the first social media template;

receiving a first input from a user, wherein;

the first input represents removal of a media object from the plurality of media objects, and

the first input further represents a second display order different from the first display order,

creating a second social media template, the second social media template comprising a second metadata and a second data,

wherein the second metadata identifies the remaining media objects in the plurality of media objects, and

wherein the second data represents the second display order; and

transmitting the second social media template to the social media web server, wherein a second social media video is to be displayed based on the second social media template.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16, further comprising instructions for:

displaying a first social media video based on the first social media template, wherein the displaying the first social media video comprises;

displaying a first media object of the plurality of media objects for a first duration; and

transitioning to the display of a second media object of the plurality of media objects for a second duration.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17,

wherein at least one of the plurality of media objects is associated with a social media website account within a social graph of the user, and

wherein the displaying the first social media video further comprises obtaining the at least one media object that is associated with the social media website account.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, further comprising instructions for:

during the display of the first social media video, receiving a third input from the user; and

in response to the third input, switch from the display of first portion of the first social media video to a display of a second portion of the first social media video,

wherein the first portion is a display of first media object of the plurality of media objects and the second portion is a display of a second media object of the plurality of media objects, and

wherein, according to the first display order, the second media object is to be displayed immediately after the first media object.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 20, further comprising instructions for:

displaying the first social media video based on the first social media template and a first style,

wherein the first input further represents user selection of the first style, and

wherein the selected first style affects a visual appearance of the first social media video.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 20, wherein the selected first style affects a visual appearance of the first social media video.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein the selected first style affects a display duration of at least one of the media objects of the selected subset of media objects, when the first social media video is displayed.