CLOUD BASED MANAGEMENT FOR MULTIPLE CONTENT MARKERS

• US 20150113000A1
• Filed: 10/23/2013
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: SCHEER, Fred, Tanna, Gaurav A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,514,136 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/746
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline

Abstract

A first device may receive an instruction to add a first marker that identifies a first time index associated with particular content and a particular account used to access the particular content; receive an instruction to add a second marker that identifies a second time index associated with the particular content and the particular account; store the first marker and information associating the first marker with the first time index, the particular content, and the particular account; store the second marker and information associating the second marker with the second time index, the particular content, and the particular account; receive selection of the first marker or the second marker, associated with the particular content and the particular account; and cause a second device to play back the particular content at the first time index or the second time index.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first device, an instruction to add a first marker that identifies a first time index associated with particular content and a particular account used to access the particular content;

receiving, by the first device, an instruction to add a second marker that identifies a second time index associated with the particular content and the particular account;

storing, by the first device, the first marker and information associating the first marker with the first time index, the particular content, and the particular account;

storing, by the first device, the second marker and information associating the second marker with the second time index, the particular content, and the particular account;

receiving, by the first device, selection of the first marker or the second marker, associated with the particular content and the particular account; and

causing, by the first device, a second device to play back the particular content at the first time index or the second time index.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, after storing the first marker and the second marker, a request for the particular content from the second device,

the request being associated with the particular account; and

providing information regarding the first marker and the second marker to the second device,

where receiving the selection of the first marker or the second marker includes;

receiving, from the second device, a selection of the first marker or the second marker from the information regarding the first marker or the second marker.

3. The method of claim 1, where the instruction to add the first marker or the instruction to add the second marker is provided by the second device or a publisher associated with the particular content.

4. The method of claim 1, where the first marker or the second marker relates to a chapter of the particular content, metadata of the particular content, an object presented in the particular content, or a point in the particular content at which playback of the particular content has been paused by a user of the second device.

5. The method of claim 1, where the instruction to add the first marker or the instruction to add the second marker includes a description,

the method further comprising:

storing information associating the first marker or the second marker with the description,

where storing the first marker or the second marker includes storing the information associating the first marker or the second marker with the description.

6. The method of claim 1, where the first marker identifies a third time index in addition to the first time index,

the method further comprising:

causing the second device to prevent playback of the particular content between the first time index and the third time index.

7. The method of claim 1, where the first marker identifies a third time index in addition to the first time index,

the method comprising:

receiving authorization information from the second device; and

causing the second device to permit playback of the particular content between the first time index and the third time index based on the authorization information.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing a third marker, identifying a third time index, based on storing the first marker or the second marker,

the third time index identifying a beginning of the particular content and being selectable by the second device to cause the second device to play back the particular content from the beginning of the particular content.

9. A system comprising:

a first device to;

receive an instruction to add a first marker that identifies a first time index associated with particular content and a particular account used to access the particular content;

receive an instruction to add a second marker that identifies a second time index associated with the particular content and the particular account;

store the first marker and information associating the first marker with the first time index, the particular content, and the particular account;

store the second marker and information associating the second marker with the second time index, the particular content, and the particular account;

receive selection of the first marker or the second marker, associated with the particular content and the particular account;

cause a second device to play back the particular content at the first time index or the second time index;

receive, after storing the first marker and the second marker, a request for the particular content from the second device,

the request being associated with the particular account;

provide information regarding the first marker and the second marker to the second device;

receive, from the second device, a selection of the first marker; and

cause the second device to play back the particular content at the first time index corresponding to selection of the first marker.

10. The system of claim 9, where the instruction to add the first marker or the instruction to add the second marker is provided by the second device or a publisher associated with the particular content.

11. The system of claim 9, where the first marker or the second marker relates to a chapter of the particular content, metadata of the particular content, an object presented in the particular content, or a point in the particular content at which playback of the particular content has been paused by the second device.

12. The system of claim 9, where the instruction to add the first marker or the instruction to add the second marker includes a description,

where the first device is further to:

store information associating the first marker or the second marker with the description,

where when storing the first marker or the second marker, the first device is further to store the information associating the first marker or the second marker with the description.

13. The system of claim 9, where the second marker identifies a third time index in addition to the second time index,

where the first device is further to:

cause the second device to prevent playback of the particular content between the second time index and the third time index.

14. The system of claim 9, where the second marker identifies a third time index in addition to the second time index,

where the first device is further to:

receive authorization information from the second device; and

cause the second device to permit playback of the particular content between the second time index and the third time index based on the authorization information.

15. The system of claim 9, where the first device is further to:

store a third marker, identifying a third time index, based on storing the first marker or the second marker,

the third time index identifying a beginning of the particular content and being selectable by the second device to cause the second device to play back the particular content from the beginning of the particular content.

16. A computer-readable medium for storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors associated with a first device, cause the one or more processors to;

receive an instruction to add a first marker that identifies a first time index associated with particular content, a first description, and a particular account used to access the particular content;

receive an instruction to add a second marker that identifies a second time index associated with the particular content, a second description, and the particular account;

store the first marker and information associating the first marker with the first time index, the first description, the particular content, and the particular account;

store the second marker and information associating the second marker with the second time index, the second description, the particular content, and the particular account,

receive selection of the first marker or the second marker, associated with the particular content and the particular account; and

cause a second device to play back the particular content at the first time index or the second time index.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

receive, after storing the first marker and the second marker, a request for the particular content from the second device,

the request being associated with the particular account;

provide information regarding the first marker and the second marker to the second device;

receive, from the second device, a selection of the second marker; and

cause the second device to play back the particular content at the second time index corresponding to selection of the second marker.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the instruction to add the first marker or the instruction to add the second marker is provided by the second device or a publisher associated with the particular content.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the first marker or the second marker relates to a chapter of the particular content, metadata of the particular content, an object presented in the particular content, or a point in the particular content at which playback of the particular content has been paused by a user associated with the particular content.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

store a third marker, identifying a third time index, based on storing the first marker or the second marker,

the third time index identifying a beginning of the particular content and being selectable by the second device to cause the second device to play back the particular content from the beginning of the particular content.