SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING PORTIONS OF A CONTENT ITEM

• US 20140325552A1
• Filed: 03/03/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GOPOP.TV, Inc.
• Original Assignee: GOPOP.TV, Inc.
• Inventors: Evans, Eugene, Small, Jonathan, Marsh, David
• Application Number:
  US14/195,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20140325552A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/231 Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23109 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. EPG data repository details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43079 of additional data with content streams on multiple devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 on social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/475 End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4784 receiving rewards
• 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 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and/or systems are provided for enabling a time-shifted, on-demand social network for watching, creating, and/or sharing time-shifted annotation datasets (e.g., commentary tracks) synced to any on-demand programming, and for enabling sharing of access to portions of a content item with users across a plurality of content delivery services.

Claims

1. A method of providing access to at least a portion of a content item, the method being implemented by a computer system that includes one or more physical processors executing one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:

receiving, at the computer system, a request from a first user device associated with a first user to provide information that enables access to a first portion of a first content item, wherein the request is based on a first presentation of the first content item via a first content delivery service;

associating, by the computer system, a first reference time with the first portion of the first content item, wherein the first reference time corresponds to a time at which the first portion of the first content item is presented via the first content delivery service;

generating, by the computer system, based on the first reference time, reference information that enables access to the first portion of the first content item in a second presentation of the first content item via a second content delivery service; and

providing, by the computer system, the reference information to a second user device associated with a second user such that the reference information enables the second user to access the first portion of the first content item in the second presentation via the second content delivery service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is received from the first user device during the first presentation of the first content item at the first user device via the first content delivery service.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the computer system, a set of reference times corresponding to portions of the first content item, wherein at least one of the first presentation or the second presentation is associated with another set of reference times such that the other set of reference times corresponds to at least one of portions of the first presentation or portions of the second presentation; and

identifying, by the computer system, based on the set of reference times, the first reference time as a reference time for the first portion of the first content item.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the computer system, the second content delivery service as a content delivery service through which access to the first portion of the first content item is available,

wherein generating the reference information comprises generating the reference information further based on the identification of the second content delivery service.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein identifying the second content delivery service comprises identifying the second content delivery service based on a determination that the second user has an account associated with the second content delivery service.

6. A system of facilitating access to at least a portion of a content item, the system comprising:

one or more physical processors programmed to executed one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more physical processors to;

receive a request from a first user device associated with a first user to provide information that enables access to a first portion of a first content item, wherein the request is based on a first presentation of the first content item via a first content delivery service;

associate a first reference time with the first portion of the first content item, wherein the first reference time corresponds to a time at which the first portion of the first content item is presented via the first content delivery service;

generate, based on the first reference time, reference information that enables access to the first portion of the first content item in a second presentation of the first content item via a second content delivery service; and

provide the reference information to a second user device associated with a second user such that the reference information enables the second user to access the first portion of the first content item in the second presentation via the second content delivery service.

7. The system of claim 7, wherein the request is received from the first user device during the first presentation of the first content item at the first user device via the first content delivery service.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

identify a set of reference times corresponding to portions of the first content item, wherein at least one of the first presentation or the second presentation is associated with another set of reference times such that the other set of reference times corresponds to at least one of portions of the first presentation or portions of the second presentation; and

identify, based on the set of reference times, the first reference time as a reference time for the first portion of the first content item.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

identify the second content delivery service as a content delivery service through which access to the first portion of the first content item is available,

wherein generating the reference information comprises generating the reference information further based on the identification of the second content delivery service.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein identifying the second content delivery service comprises identifying the second content delivery service based on a determination that the second user has an account associated with the second content delivery service.

11. A method of providing access to at least a portion of a content item, the method being implemented by a computer system that includes one or more physical processors executing one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:

receiving, at the computer system, reference information related to a first portion of a first content item, wherein the reference information is generated based on a first presentation of the first content item via a first content delivery service;

identifying, by the computer system, based on the reference information, a second content delivery service through which access to the first portion of the first content item in a second presentation of the first content item is available; and

providing, by the computer system, based on the reference information, the first portion of the first content item in the second presentation via the second content delivery service.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the reference information is generated based on a user input during the first presentation that indicates a reference time of the first presentation.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the reference information is generated based on a user input during the first presentation that indicates an identifier associated with the first portion of the first content item.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein providing the first portion of the first content item in the second presentation comprises providing, via the second content delivery service, the first portion of the first content item in the second presentation based on at least one of the reference time of the first presentation, a reference time of the second presentation that corresponds to the reference time of the first presentation, or an identifier associated with the first portion of the first content item.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

identifying, by the computer system, a set of reference times corresponding to portions of the first content item, wherein at least one of the first presentation or the second presentation is associated with another set of reference times such that the other set of reference times corresponds to at least one of portions of the first presentation or portions of the second presentation; and

identifying, by the computer system, based on the set of reference times and the reference information, a first reference time for the first portion of the first content item,

wherein providing the first portion of the first content item comprises providing, via the second content delivery service, the first portion of the first content item based on the first reference time.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein identifying the second content delivery service comprises identifying the second content delivery service as a content delivery service through which access to the first portion of the first content item in the second presentation of the first content item is available to a user based on a determination that the user has an account associated with the second content delivery service.

17. A system of providing access to at least a portion of a content item, the system comprising:

one or more physical processors programmed to executed one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more physical processors to;

receive reference information related to a first portion of a first content item, wherein the reference information is generated based on a first presentation of the first content item via a first content delivery service;

identify, based on the reference information, a second content delivery service through which access to the first portion of the first content item in a second presentation of the first content item is available; and

provide, based on the reference information, the first portion of the first content item in the second presentation via the second content delivery service.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the reference information is generated based on a user input during the first presentation that indicates a reference time of the first presentation.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the reference information is generated based on a user input during the first presentation that indicates an identifier associated with the first portion of the first content item.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein identifying the second content delivery service comprises identifying the second content delivery service as a content delivery service through which access to the first portion of the first content item in the second presentation of the first content item is available to a user based on a determination that the user has an account associated with the second content delivery service.