METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING, SYNCHRONIZING, AND EDITING VIDEO FROM A PRIMARY DEVICE AND DEVICES IN PROXIMITY TO THE PRIMARY DEVICE

• US 20150380052A1
• Filed: 09/03/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Crowdflik, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Crowdflik, Inc.
• Inventors: Hamer, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 10,347,288 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/32 on separate auxiliary tracks of the same or an auxiliary record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8545 for generating interactive applications

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments allow for the capturing, synchronization, and editing of video clips captured by a plurality of devices. In one embodiment, video clips are associated with one another when the devices that captured the video clips are in physical proximity with one another and the video clips are captured during the same time period. Those video clips can be synchronized at a later time and aggregated by a user to form a new video clip.

Claims

1. A method for capturing and synchronizing video content from a plurality of devices, comprising:

capturing a first video clip using a first device at a first location;

capturing a second video clip using a second device at a second location, wherein the distance between the second location and the first location is lower than a predetermined threshold;

capturing a third video clip using the first device at a third location;

capturing a fourth video clip using a third device at a fourth location, wherein the distance between the fourth location and the third location is lower than the predetermined threshold;

receiving the first video clip, second video clip, third video clip, and fourth video clip;

associating the first video clip, second video clip, third video clip, and fourth video clip based on time information and location information;

synchronizing the first video clip, second video clip, third video clip, and fourth video clip based on time information; and

enabling a user to generate a fifth video clip by selecting two or more video clips from the set comprising the first video clip, second video clip, third video clip, and fourth video clip.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the time information is based on information from a clock in the first device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the time information is based on information from a clock accessed over the Internet.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information is based on information obtained from GPS units in each of the first device, second device, third device, and fourth device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sharing the fifth video clip on the Internet;

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the sharing step comprises sharing the fifth video clip with users within a social network of a user of the first device;

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

compiling feedback information from users regarding the fifth video clip.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

generating trending information regarding the fifth video clip.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first video clip, second video clip, third video clip, and fourth video clip each are of a predetermined temporal duration.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing facial recognition on the fifth video clip.

11. A system for capturing and synchronizing video content, comprising:

a server configured to receive a first video clip, second video clip, third video clip, and fourth video clip, to associate the first video clip, second video clip, third video clip, and fourth video clip based on time information and location information, to synchronize the first video clip, second video clip, third video clip, and fourth video clip based on time information, and to enable a user to generate a fifth video clip by selecting two or more video clips from the set comprising the first video clip, second video clip, third video clip, and fourth video clip;

wherein the first video clip was captured by a first device at a first location, the second video clip was captured by a second device at a second location, the third video clip was captured by the first device at a third location, and the fourth video clip was captured by a third device at a fourth location, and wherein the distance between the second location and the first location was lower than a predetermined threshold and the distance between the fourth location and the third location was lower than the predetermined threshold.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the time information is based on information from a clock in the first device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the time information is based on information from a clock accessed over the Internet.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the location information is based on information obtained from GPS units in each of the first device, second device, third device, and fourth device.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the server is further configured to share the fifth video clip on the Internet.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to share the fifth video clip with users within a social network of a user of the first device.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to compile feedback information from users regarding the fifth video clip.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to generate trending information regarding the fifth video clip.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the first video clip, second video clip, third video clip, and fourth video clip each are of a predetermined temporal duration.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the server is further configured to perform facial recognition on the fifth video clip.