AUTOMATIC LINK GENERATION FOR VIDEO WATCH STYLE

• US 20140032523A1
• Filed: 08/22/2007
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Goel, Paresh, Sarangi, Ayusman, Duggal, Ashish, Dyvadheenam, T. A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,639,681 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/708
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

In one embodiment, a computer implemented method is illustrated as including receiving selection data generated by a media player application, the selection data being related to digital content. Additionally, generating an instruction set that includes the selection data, the instruction set being formatted based upon a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schema. Inserting the instruction set into a query portion of a URI. A method is also illustrated as including receiving a URI associated with digital content, the URI containing an instruction set in a query portion of the URI. Parsing the instruction set to retrieve selection data relating to the digital content. Further, the method may include retrieving the digital content based upon the selection data. Moreover, the method may include generating a data stream including the digital content. Additionally, the method may include transmitting the data stream including the digital content.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving selection data generated by a media player application, the selection data being related to at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of a single item of digital video content;

generating an instruction set that includes the selection data, the instruction set being formatted based upon a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schema, the instruction set further including a set of markers, the set of markers specifying a range of Temporal Reference (TR) values for each of the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions; and

inserting the instruction set into a query portion of a single URI, the query portion of the single URI, when submitted by a viewing media player to a content store causes the content store to use the set of markers to provide only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content to the viewing media player in a continuous stream, the continuous stream excluding each remaining portion of the single item of digital video content.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selection data includes at least one of a frame value, or a Temporal Reference (TR) value and the instruction set includes a range of values corresponding to at least one of a frame value.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selection data includes a user selection of at least one of-a mute function, a play function;

a fast forward function, a reverse function, or a pause function,

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising converting a portion of the instruction set into an Augmented Backus Naur Form (ABNF).

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising obscuring the instruction set based upon at least one of a hashing algorithm, a symmetric encryption algorithm, or an asymmetric algorithm,

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least non-contiguous digital video portions are not thumbnails.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the providing of only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content to the viewing media player in a continuous stream is an automated operation occurring without intervention by a user.

8. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving a single Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with a single item of digital video content, the single URI containing an instruction set in a query portion of the single URI, the instruction set identifying at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content;

parsing the instruction set to retrieve selection data relating to the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content, the selection data including a set of markers specifying a range of Temporal Reference (TR) values for each of the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions;

retrieving the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content based upon the selection data;

generating, using the set of markers, a data stream including only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content, the data stream excluding each remaining portion of the single item of digital video content; and

transmitting the data stream as a continuous digital video stream including only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content, each of the remaining portions of the single item of digital video content being excluded from the continuous digital video stream.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 8, further comprising de-obscuring the instruction set based upon at least one of a hashing algorithm, a symmetric encryption algorithm, or an asymmetric algorithm.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the each of the TR values of the range of TR values corresponds to a temporal location in the single item of digital video content.

11. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

a memory device;

instructions held in the memory device and executable by the processor, he instructions defining;

a receiver to receive selection data generated by a media player application, the selection data being related to at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of a single item of digital video content;

a generator to generate an instruction set that includes the selection data, the instruction set being formatted based upon a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schema, the instruction set further including a set of markers, the set of markers specifying a range of Temporal Reference (TR) values for each of the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions; and

an insertion engine to insert the instruction set into a query portion of a single URI, the query portion of the single URI, when submitted by a viewing media player to a content store causes the content store to use the set of markers to provide only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single in.mi of digital video content to the viewing media player in a continuous stream, the continuous stream excluding each remaining portion of the single item of digital video content.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the selection data includes a frame value, or a Temporal Reference (TR) value and wherein the instruction set includes a range of values corresponding to at least one of a frame value.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the selection data includes at least one user selection of a mute function, a play function, a fast forward function, a reverse function, or a pause function.

14. The computer system of claim 11, further comprising a conversion engine to convert a portion of the instruction set into an Augmented Backus Naur Form (ABNF).

15. The computer system of claim 11, further comprising an obscuring engine to obscure the instruction set based upon at least one of a hashing algorithm, a symmetric encryption algorithm, or an asymmetric algorithm.

16. The computer system of claim 11, further comprising a transmitter to transmit the URI.

18. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

a memory device;

instructions held in the memory device and executable by the processor, the instructions defining;

a receiver to receive a single Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of a single item of digital video content, the single URI containing an instruction set in a query portion of the single URI;

a parser to parse the instruction set to retrieve selection data relating to the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content, the selection data including a set of markers specifying a range of Temporal Reference (TR) values for each of the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions;

a retriever to retrieve the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content based upon the selection data;

a generator to generate a data stream using the set of marker, the data stream including only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content, the data stream excluding each remaining portion of the single item of digital video content; and

a transmitter to transmit the data stream as a continuous digital video stream including only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content each of the remaining portions of the single item of digital video content being excluded from the continuous digital video stream.

19. The computer system of claim 18, further comprising a de-obscuring engine to de-obscure the instruction set based upon at least one of a hashing algorithm, a symmetric encryption algorithm, or an asymmetric algorithm.

21. (canceled)

22. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more machines cause the one or more machines to perform the following operations:

receiving selection data generated by a media player application, the selection data being related to at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of a single item of digital video content;

generating an instruction set that includes the selection data the instruction set being formatted based upon a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schema, the instruction set including a set of markers, the set of markers identifying a range of Temporal Reference (TR) values for each of the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of a the single item of digital video; and

inserting the instruction set into a query portion of a single URI, the query portion of the single URI, when submitted by a viewing media player to a content store causes the content store to use the set of markers to provide only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content to the viewing media player in a continuous stream, the continuous stream excluding each remaining portion of the single item of digital video content.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the selection signals does not include a bookmark and includes at least one user selection of a mute function, a play function, a fast forward function, a reverse function, or a pause function.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 22, further comprising instructions, which when implemented by the one or more machines cause the one or more machines to-analyze the one or more selection data to determine a start time and an end time for each of the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions.

23. (canceled)

24. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more machines cause the one or more machines to perform the following operations:

receiving a single Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of a single item of digital video content, the single URI containing an instruction set in a query portion of the single URI;

parsing the instruction set to retrieve selection data relating to the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content, the selection data including the set of markers specifying a range of Temporal Reference (TR) values for each of the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions;

retrieving the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content based upon the selection data;

generating a data stream including only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content, the data stream excluding each remaining portion of the single item of digital video content; and

transmitting the data stream as a continuous digital video stream eluding only the at least two non-contiguous digital video portions of the single item of digital video content, each of the remaining portions of the single item of digital video content being excluded from the continuous digital video stream.