METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEGMENTING AND TRANSMITTING ON-DEMAND LIVE-ACTION VIDEO IN REAL-TIME

• US 20150213316A1
• Filed: 04/08/2015
• Published: 07/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LiveClips, LLC
• Original Assignee: LiveClips, LLC
• Inventors: Gessel, David, Vunic, Douglas W., Hoffert, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 10,102,430 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/40 in video content extracting overlay text G06V20/62; video retrieval G06F16/70; processing of video elementary streams in video servers H04N21/234; processing of video elementary streams in video clients H04N21/44
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/44 Event detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/49 Segmenting video sequences, i.e. computational techniques such as parsing or cutting the sequence, low-level clustering or determining units such as shots or scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence

Abstract

A method and system for producing video-segments of a live-action event involving monitoring a live-action event for detection of event-segments, detecting one or more event-triggers with detectors, determining if an event-segment occurred based on the detected event-triggers, and editing one or more video feeds into a video-segment to encompass the event-segment.

Claims

1. A method to deliver content to an end-user device, comprising the steps of:

storing at least one video feed on a storage medium;

monitoring the video feed for event-triggers;

detecting at least one event-trigger;

determining whether an event of interest has occurred by evaluating the event-trigger according to a least one predetermined criteria;

when it is determined that an event of interest has occurred, segmenting the video feed into a video-segment that encompasses the event of interest;

transmitting to the end-user device a menu representation of available video-segments;

receiving a selection of at least one video-segment; and

transmitting to the end-user device the selected video-segment.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of monitoring the video feed is performed only when an event state is “

on”

.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of appraising the end-user device.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of attaching metadata to the video-segment.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the video feeds are pre-encoded prior to storage.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the video feed is transcoded prior to transmission to the end-user device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the menu displayed on the end-user device contains a plurality of selectable tiles representing video-segments.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the selectable tiles are organized chronologically.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the selectable tiles displayed in the menu are included automatically according to a user'"'"'s past behavior.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the selectable tiles displayed are included according to at least one user-selected preference.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein the video feeds are a plurality of camera perspectives of a single occasion and the menu representation allows selection from among at least two video-segments that are distinct camera perspectives of the same event of interest.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the video-segment includes a first interval of video prior to the event of interest and a second interval of video after the event of interest.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein a length of the first interval and a length of the second interval are preselected by a user.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein a length of the first interval and a length of the second interval are determined automatically according to a user'"'"'s past behavior.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitted video-segments are a plurality of video-segments that together form a mini-game.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the mini-game has a predetermined length, and the video-segments included therein are selectively chosen based on at least one prioritizing criteria.

17. A system for delivering content to an end-user device, comprising:

a server configured to receive at least one video feed of an occasion;

a digital storage medium configured to store the video feed;

a cluster configured to monitor the video feeds for event-triggers, determine according to at least one detected event-trigger when an event of interest has occurred, and when an event of interest has occurred, perform video-segmentation so as to create a video-segment encompassing the event of interest; and

wherein the cluster is further configured to transmit to the end-user device a menu representation of available video-segments, receive a selection of at least one video-segment, and transmit to the end-user device the selected video-segment.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the cluster is further configured to monitor the video feed only when an event state is “

on”

, appraise the end-user device, add metadata to the video-segments, and transcode video-segments prior to transmission to the end-user device.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the server is configured to pre-encode the video feeds prior to storage.

20. The system of claim 17 wherein the menu displayed on the end-user device contains a plurality of selectable tiles representing video-segments.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein the selectable tiles are organized chronologically.

22. The system of claim 20 wherein the selectable tiles displayed are included automatically according to a user'"'"'s past behavior.

23. The system of claim 20 wherein the selectable tiles displayed are included according to at least one user-selected preference.

24. A method of video-segmentation, comprising the steps of:

receiving to a server at least one video feed;

monitoring the video feed for detection of event-triggers;

detecting one or more event-triggers with detectors, each at a specific time;

assigning each detected event-trigger a weighting value;

comparing the event-triggers, and their accompanying weighted values, that were registered within a predetermined length of time to determine whether an event of interest has occurred;

when an event of interest has occurred, segmenting the video feed into a video-segment that encompasses the event of interest; and

attaching metadata to the video-segment.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the video feeds are one video feed that is a compilation of a plurality of live video sources, and wherein the video feed is pre-encoded and stored on a digital storage medium prior to monitoring.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the video-segment includes a first interval of video prior to the event of interest and a second interval of video after the event of interest.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein a length of the first interval and a length of the second interval are automatically adjusted according to one of a user'"'"'s previous behavior and at least one predetermined criteria.