LOCATING AND SHARING AUDIO/VISUAL CONTENT

• US 20140337761A1
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Social Innovations, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Bhg Ventures, LLC
• Inventors: Glass, Bart H.
• Application Number:
  US13/925,198
• Publication Number:
  US 20140337761A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

A system and method are provided for locating and sharing audio/visual content. The method includes receiving a text-based search request for audio/visual content and searching a storage based on the text-based search request. A list of audio/visual content that is determined to be relevant to the text-based search request is presented. A selection of an original audio/visual content file from the list of audio/visual content is received. Next, a corresponding text file for the original audio/visual content file is retrieved. The text in the text file is time-synced to the original audio/visual file. All or a portion of the corresponding lyrics file is presented and a text selection from the corresponding text file is received. A secondary file is created that comprises a portion of the original audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by at least one processor, a selection of a primary audio/visual content file;

retrieving, by the at least one processor, a text file that has text corresponding to audio in the primary audio/visual content file;

presenting, by the at least one processor, text from the text file for display;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a selection of text from the text file;

creating, by the at least one processor, a secondary file comprising a portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having a start time and a stop time form the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection; and

sharing the portion of the primary audio/visual content file.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processor, a search request for audio/visual content;

searching a storage, by the at least one processor, based on the search request;

presenting, by the at least one processor, a list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the search request; and

receiving, by the at least one processor, the selection of the primary audio/visual content file from the list of audio/visual content.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the search request comprises a text-based search request, the method comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processor, the text-based search request for audio/visual content;

searching the storage, by the at least one processor, based on the text-based search request; and

presenting, by the at least one processor, the list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the text-based search request.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein presenting the list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the search request comprises presenting the list of one or more audio/visual content at a display of a mobile application at a mobile device.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein presenting the list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the search request comprises presenting the list of one or more audio/visual content via a web page comprising HTML-formatted text.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein searching the storage based on the search request comprises determining a best matching audio/visual content file for the text-based search request.

7. The method of claim 3 further comprising presenting a portion of the text file based on the text-based search request.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

after receiving the text selection from the text file, determining the portion of the primary audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text by;

comparing the text selection to the text of the text file and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in the primary audio/visual content file to determine the start time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file and the stop time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file; and

extracting the portion of the primary audio/visual content file from the start time to the stop time; and

creating the secondary file with the extracted portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having the start time and the stop time from the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the text-based search request corresponds with one of a genre, a song title, an artist name, song lyrics, a movie title, a television show title, a television show episode title, dialogue in a television show, dialogue in a movie, dialogue in a speech, dialogue in a documentary, dialogue in a sports event, a mood, and a sentiment.

10. The method of claim 3, the searching further comprising beginning searching the storage using a partially complete text-based search request.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

after receiving the text selection from the text file, determining the portion of the primary audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text by;

comparing the text selection to the text of the text file and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in the primary audio/visual content file to determine the start time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file and the stop time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file; and

extracting the portion of the primary audio/visual content file from the start time to the stop time; and

creating the secondary file with the extracted portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having the start time and the stop time from the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein sharing the portion of the primary audio/visual content file comprises transmitting the secondary file for reception by a device of a user using one of email, short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS), a uniform resource locator (URL), a mobile application, a social media network, an electronic greeting card, an electronic gift card, and a digital photo service.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein sharing the portion of the primary audio/visual content file comprises transmitting a uniform resource locator (URL) for reception by a device of a user that, when selected, causes the at least one processor to stream the portion of the primary audio/visual content file to the device.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising sharing the selected text with the portion of the primary audio/visual content file.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising sharing at least one of a message and a photo with the portion of the primary audio/visual content file.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the secondary file using a link that, when selected, causes the portion of the primary audio/visual content file to be downloaded and played at a device.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising editing the secondary file responsive to input received by an input device.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising editing the secondary file by modifying at least one of the start time and the stop time based on a revised text selection from the text file.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising editing the secondary file by modifying at least one of the start time and the stop time.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the storage comprises a database of audio files for songs and text of song lyrics with timing data that identifies, for each word of lyrics, a time the each word of lyrics in the text file occurs as audio in one of the audio files.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the storage comprises a database of primary audio/visual content files and text files each with text and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in one of the primary audio/visual content files.

22. The method of claim 1 wherein the text file comprises a time-stamped text file that contains the text corresponding to the primary audio/visual file and time stamps to indicate the time the text occurs in the primary audio/visual file.

23. A system, comprising:

at least one processor to;

receive a selection of a primary audio/visual content file;

retrieve a text file that has text corresponding to audio in the primary audio/visual content file;

present text from the text file for display;

receive a text selection from the text file;

create a secondary file comprising a portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having a start time and a stop time that correspond to the text selection; and

share the portion of the primary audio/visual content file with a recipient.

24. The system of claim 23, the at least one processor further to:

receive a search request for audio/visual content;

search a storage based on the search request;

present a list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the search request; and

receive the selection of the primary audio/visual content file from the list of audio/visual content.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the search request comprises a text-based search request, the at least one processor further to:

receive the text-based search request for audio/visual content;

search the storage based on the text-based search request; and

present the list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the text-based search request.

26. The system of claim 25, the at least one processor further to present the list of one or more audio/visual content at a display of a mobile application at a mobile device.

27. The system of claim 25, the at least one processor further to present the list of one or more audio/visual content via a web page comprising HTML-formatted text.

28. The system of claim 25, the at least one processor further to determine a best matching audio/visual content file for the text-based search request.

29. The system of claim 25, the at least one processor further to present a portion of the text file based on the text-based search request.

30. The system of claim 29, the at least one processor further to:

after receiving the text selection from the text file, determine the portion of the primary audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text by;

comparing the text selection to the text of the text file and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in the primary audio/visual content file to determine the start time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file and the stop time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file; and

extracting the portion of the primary audio/visual content file from the start time to the stop time; and

create the secondary file with the extracted portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having the start time and the stop time from the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection.

31. The system of claim 25, wherein the text-based search request corresponds with one of a genre, a song title, an artist name, song lyrics, a movie title, a television show title, a television show episode title, dialogue in a television show, dialogue in a movie, dialogue in a speech, dialogue in a documentary, dialogue in a sports event, a mood, and a sentiment.

32. The system of claim 25, the at least one processor further to begin searching the storage using a partially complete text-based search request.

33. The system of claim 23, the at least one processor further to:

after receiving the text selection from the text file, determine the portion of the primary audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text by;

comparing the text selection to the text of the text file and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in the primary audio/visual content file to determine the start time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file and the stop time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file; and

extracting the portion of the primary audio/visual content file from the start time to the stop time; and

create the secondary file with the extracted portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having the start time and the stop time from the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection.

34. The system of claim 23, the at least one processor further to transmit the secondary file for reception by a device of a user using one of email, short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS), a uniform resource locator (URL), a mobile application, a social media network, an electronic greeting card, an electronic gift card, and a digital photo service.

35. The system of claim 23, the at least one processor further to transmit a uniform resource locator (URL) for reception by a device of a user that, when selected, causes the at least one processor to stream the portion of the primary audio/visual content file to the device.

36. The system of claim 23, the at least one processor further to share the selected text with the portion of the primary audio/visual content file.

37. The system of claim 23, the at least one processor further to share at least one of a message and a photo with the portion of the primary audio/visual content file.

38. The system of claim 23, the at least one processor further to transmit the secondary file using a link that, when selected, causes the portion of the primary audio/visual content file to be downloaded and played at a device.

39. The system of claim 23, the at least one processor further to edit the secondary file responsive to input received by an input device.

40. The system of claim 23, the at least one processor further to edit the secondary file by modifying at least one of the start time and the stop time based on a revised text selection from the text file.

41. The system of claim 23, the at least one processor further to edit the secondary file by modifying at least one of the start time and the stop time.

42. The system of claim 23, wherein the storage comprises a database of audio files for songs and text of song lyrics with timing data that identifies, for each word of lyrics, a time the each word of lyrics in the text file occurs as audio in one of the audio files.

43. The system of claim 23, wherein the storage comprises a database of primary audio/visual content files and text files each with text and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in one of the primary audio/visual content files.

44. The system of claim 23 wherein the text file comprises a time-stamped text file that contains the text corresponding to the primary audio/visual file and time stamps to indicate the time the text occurs in the primary audio/visual file.

45. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a selection of a primary audio/visual content file;

retrieving a text file that has text corresponding to audio in the primary audio/visual content file;

presenting text from the text file for display;

receiving a text selection from the text file;

creating a secondary file comprising a portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having a start time and a stop time from the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection; and

sharing the portion of the primary audio/visual content file.

46. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, the operations further comprising:

receiving a search request for audio/visual content;

searching a storage based on the search request;

presenting a list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the search request; and

receiving the selection of the primary audio/visual content file from the list of audio/visual content.

47. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein the search request comprises a text-based search request, the operations further comprising:

receiving the text-based search request for audio/visual content;

searching the storage based on the text-based search request; and

presenting the list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the text-based search request.

48. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, wherein presenting the list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the search request comprises presenting the list of one or more audio/visual content at a display of a mobile application at a mobile device.

49. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, wherein presenting the list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the search request comprises presenting the list of one or more audio/visual content via a web page comprising HTML-formatted text.

50. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, wherein searching the storage based on the search request comprises determining a best matching audio/visual content file for the text-based search request.

51. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, the operations further comprising presenting a portion of the text file based on the text-based search request.

52. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 51, the operations further comprising:

after receiving the text selection from the text file, determining the portion of the primary audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text by;

comparing the text selection to the text of the text file and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in the primary audio/visual content file to determine the start time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file and the stop time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file; and

extracting the portion of the primary audio/visual content file from the start time to the stop time; and

creating the secondary file with the extracted portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having the start time and the stop time from the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection.

53. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, wherein the text-based search request corresponds with one of a genre, a song title, an artist name, song lyrics, a movie title, a television show title, a television show episode title, dialogue in a television show, dialogue in a movie, dialogue in a speech, dialogue in a documentary, dialogue in a sports event, a mood, and a sentiment.

54. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, the searching further comprising beginning searching the storage using a partially complete text-based search request.

55. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, the operations further comprising:

after receiving the text selection from the text file, determining the portion of the primary audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text by;

comparing the text selection to the text of the text file and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in the primary audio/visual content file to determine the start time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file and the stop time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file; and

extracting the portion of the primary audio/visual content file from the start time to the stop time; and

creating the secondary file with the extracted portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having the start time and the stop time from the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection.

56. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, wherein sharing the portion of the primary audio/visual content file comprises transmitting the secondary file for reception by a device of a user using one of email, short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS), a uniform resource locator (URL), a mobile application, a social media network, an electronic greeting card, an electronic gift card, and a digital photo service.

57. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, wherein sharing the portion of the primary audio/visual content file comprises transmitting a uniform resource locator (URL) for reception by a device of a user that, when selected, causes the at least one processor to stream the portion of the primary audio/visual content file to the device.

58. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, further comprising sharing the selected text with the portion of the primary audio/visual content file.

59. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, further comprising sharing at least one of a message and a photo with the portion of the primary audio/visual content file.

60. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, the operations further comprising transmitting the secondary file using a link that, when selected, causes the portion of the primary audio/visual content file to be downloaded and played.

61. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, the operations further comprising editing the secondary file responsive to input received by an input device.

62. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, the operations further comprising editing the secondary file by modifying at least one of the start time and the stop time based on a revised text selection from the text file.

63. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, the operations further comprising editing the secondary file by modifying at least one of the start time and the stop time.

64. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, wherein the storage comprises a database of audio files for songs and text of song lyrics with timing data that identifies, for each word of lyrics, a time the each word of lyrics in the text file occurs as audio in one of the audio files.

65. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, wherein the storage comprises a database of primary audio/visual content files and text files each with text and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in one of the primary audio/visual content files.

66. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45 wherein the text file comprises a time-stamped text file that contains the text corresponding to the primary audio/visual file and time stamps to indicate the time the text occurs in the primary audio/visual file.

67. A method, comprising:

receiving, by at least one processor, a text-based search request for audio/visual content;

searching storage, by the at least one processor, based on the text-based search request;

presenting, by the at least one processor, a list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the text-based search request;

receiving, by at least one processor, a selection of a primary audio/visual content file;

retrieving, by the at least one processor, a text file that has text corresponding to audio in the primary audio/visual content file;

presenting, by the at least one processor, text from the text file for display;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a selection of text from the text file;

creating, by the at least one processor, a secondary file comprising a portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having a start time and a stop time from the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection; and

sharing the portion of the primary audio/visual content file.

68. The method of claim 67 wherein the text file comprises a lyric file with lyrics, and the primary audio/visual content file comprises an audio song file.

69. The method of claim 68 further comprising:

after receiving the text selection from the text file, determining the portion of the primary audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text by;

comparing the text selection to the text of the text file and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in the primary audio/visual content file to determine the start time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file and the stop time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file; and

extracting the portion of the primary audio/visual content file from the start time to the stop time; and

creating the secondary file with the extracted portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having the start time and the stop time from the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection.

70. The method of claim 67 wherein the text file comprises a time-stamped text file that contains the text corresponding to the primary audio/visual file and time stamps to indicate the time the text occurs in the primary audio/visual file.

71. A system, comprising:

a processor to;

receive a text-based search request for audio/visual content;

search based on the text-based search request;

presenting, by the at least one processor, a list of one or more audio/visual content determined to be relevant to the text-based search request;

receive a selection of a primary audio/visual content file;

retrieve a text file that has text corresponding to audio in the primary audio/visual content file;

present text from the text file for display;

receive, a selection of text from the text file;

create a secondary file comprising a portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having a start time and a stop time form the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection; and

share the portion of the primary audio/visual content file.

72. The system of claim 71 wherein the text file comprises a lyric file with lyrics, and the primary audio/visual content file comprises an audio song file.

73. The system of claim 72 wherein the at least one processor further:

after receiving the text selection from the text file, determines the portion of the primary audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text by;

comparing the text selection to the text of the text file and timing data that identifies a time each word of text in the text file occurs as audio in the primary audio/visual content file to determine the start time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file and the stop time of the text selection in the primary audio/visual content file; and

extracting the portion of the primary audio/visual content file from the start time to the stop time; and

creates the secondary file with the extracted portion of the primary audio/visual content file, the portion having the start time and the stop time from the primary audio/visual content file that correspond to the text selection.

74. The system of claim 71 wherein the text file comprises a time-stamped text file that contains the text corresponding to the primary audio/visual file and time stamps to indicate the time the text occurs in the primary audio/visual file.