MEDIA ANNOTATIONS IN NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT

• US 20140092127A1
• Filed: 07/11/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Kruglick, Ezekiel
• Application Number:
  US13/980,033
• Publication Number:
  US 20140092127A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for allowing insertion of annotations on media and display of the annotations along with the media. For example, in some embodiments, the described technologies enable a user to insert annotations on media and enable viewers associated with the annotating user to view the annotations when viewing the media. The annotating user may be enabled to define who can view the annotations and/or when the annotations are to be displayed in reference to the media. A content provider hosting the media and/or a communication network intermediating request and transfer of the media may determine whether a requesting viewer has a relationship with the annotating user. If the viewer and annotating user are associated or the viewer has specifically requested the annotations from the annotating user, the annotated media may be provided to the requesting viewer.

Claims

1. A method for displaying annotations on shared media, the method comprising:

receiving a request for media;

determining an available annotation for the requested media;

enabling generation of the available annotation based on a role-based permission, wherein one of an annotator and an annotation source for the available annotation defines the role-based permission to view the annotated media;

determining if a requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation;

if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation, overlaying the available annotation with the media; and

providing the annotated media to the requesting viewer based on the role-based permission.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation includes determining a relationship of the requesting viewer with an annotator.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the relationship of the requesting viewer with the annotator includes one or more of:

a family relationship, a friendship, and a professional relationship.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein determining if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation includes receiving an indication from the requesting viewer specifying one or more annotators.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the available annotation at a communication network;

receiving the media from a content provider; and

overlaying the available annotation with the media at the communication network.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the available annotation and the media at a content provider;

determining if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation based on information received from a communication network; and

overlaying the available annotation with the media at the content provider.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the media at a content provider;

storing the available annotation at a first communication network;

determining if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation at a second communication network;

receiving the media from the content provider and the available annotation from the first communication network; and

overlaying the available annotation with the media at the second communication network.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein screenshots of the available annotation overlaid with the media are automatically posted on a communication network and are arranged to indicate one or more of an availability, an update status, and a number of annotations overlaid with the media.

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18. A system to display annotations on shared media, the system comprising:

a communication network configured to enable users exchange communications and share media;

a data store configured to store media for sharing; and

a media annotation module executed on a server, the media annotation module configured to;

receive a request for media;

determine available annotation for the requested media;

enable generation of the available annotation based on a role-based permission, wherein one of an annotator and an annotation source for the available annotation defines the role-based permission to view the annotated media;

determine if a requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation;

if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation, overlay the available annotation with the media;

provide the annotated media to the requesting viewer based on the role-based permission; and

enable viewing of the media and the available annotation overlaid with the media through two separate devices.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the media annotation module is further configured to:

receive the available annotation from an annotations store at the communication network;

receive the media from a content provider; and

overlay the available annotation with the media.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the communication network is one of a social network, a professional network, and an enterprise network.

24. The system of claim 18, wherein the media annotation module is further configured to:

receive the available annotation from an annotations store at another communication network;

receive the media from a content provider; and

overlay the available annotation with the media.

25. The system of claim 18, wherein the media includes one of a video file, a streaming video, a presentation, or an audio file.

26. The system of claim 18, wherein the available annotation includes one of a textual comment, an audio comment, and a video comment at a selected timeframe of the media.

30. The system of claim 18, wherein the media annotation module is further configured to:

automatically post screenshots of the available annotation overlaid with the media on a communication network disseminating the annotated media.

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47. A computer readable memory device with instructions stored thereon to display annotations on shared media, the instructions comprising:

receiving a request for media at a content server;

determining available annotation for the requested media;

enabling generation of the available annotation based on a role-based permission, wherein one of an annotator and an annotation source for the available annotation defines the role-based permission to view the annotated media;

determining if a requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation;

enabling the requesting viewer to select an annotation source for the available annotation to be overlaid with the media;

if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation, overlaying the available annotation from the selected annotation source with the media; and

providing the annotated media to the requesting viewer based on the role-based permission.

49. The computer readable memory device of claim 47, wherein determining if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation includes determining a relationship of the requesting viewer with an annotator, wherein the relationship of the requesting viewer with the annotator includes one or more of:

a family relationship, a friendship, and a professional relationship.

50. The computer readable memory device of claim 49, wherein determining if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation includes receiving an indication from the requesting viewer specifying one or more annotators.

53. The computer readable memory device of claim 47, wherein the instructions further comprise:

storing the available annotation at a communication network;

receiving the media from a content provider; and

overlaying the available annotation with the media at the communication network.

55. The computer readable memory device of claim 47, wherein the instructions further comprise:

storing the available annotation and the media at a content provider;

determining if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation based on information received from a communication network; and

overlaying the available annotation with the media at the content provider.

56. The computer readable memory device of claim 47, wherein the instructions further comprise:

storing the media at a content provider;

storing the available annotation at a first communication network;

determining if the requesting viewer is allowed to view the available annotation at a second communication network;

receiving the media from the content provider and the available annotation from the first communication network; and

overlaying the available annotation with the media at the second communication network.

60. The computer readable memory device of claim 47, wherein the instructions further comprise:

automatically posting screenshots of the available annotation overlaid with the media on a communication network disseminating the annotated media.

61. The computer readable memory device of claim 60, wherein the screenshots are arranged to indicate one or more of an availability, an update status, and a number of annotations overlaid with the media.

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