BROWSING VIDEOS BY SEARCHING MULTIPLE USER COMMENTS AND OVERLAYING THOSE INTO THE CONTENT

• US 20160227285A1
• Filed: 08/27/2014
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: VOSS, Neil
• Application Number:
  US15/022,006
• Publication Number:
  US 20160227285A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10016 Video; Image sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10024 Color image
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/02 Editing, e.g. varying the order of information signals recorded on, or reproduced from, record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/029 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/262 Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• 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 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 : Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes

Abstract

A method and apparatus for users to leave media rich comments on media content. The clients/media-server system allows users to attach comments to a media in order to create a multiuser generated content that is relevant to a user viewing of the content. The media is inserted at particular media content times. Media and Comments may be of any type (test, audio, video, . . . ). Querying a video by searching the comments from multiple users (“commentators”). Displaying the overlay of the video combined with the comments. The method further comprising at least a second comment wherein a first comment is displayed with a higher priority (e.g. larger) than the second comment based on the relationship (family, close friend, . . . ) between the commentators and the present user viewing the annotated media. Keywords: Video-annotated video. Video blogging.

Claims

1. A method of comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for a first media content;

searching for a first comment related to said first media content;

combining said first media content and said first comment into a combined media content; and

transmitting said combined media content.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said first comment is a second media content and said combined media content includes said second media content displayed simultaneously over said first media content.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said first comment includes metadata including a start time and a duration wherein said start time coincides with a time within said first media content.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said first comment is displayed at a time and for a duration determined by a commentator generating said comment.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising a second comment wherein said first comment is displayed larger than said second comment in response a first relationship between a first commentator generating said first comment and a user generating said first media content and a second relationship between a second commentator generating said second comment and said user generating said first media content.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said first comment is displayed as a link within said combined media content and wherein said link connects to a second media content related to said first media content.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said first comment is an audio content and wherein said audio content is played in place of an audio portion of said first media content.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said first comment is displayed as an image within said combined media content and wherein said image includes a hyperlink to a second media content related to said first media content.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising a second comment wherein said first comment is displayed as an image and said second comment is displayed as a text string.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein a location of said first comment within said combined media content is determined in response to a user input.

11. A method of comprising the steps of:

generating a request for a first media content in response to a user input;

receiving said first media content;

searching for a first comment, wherein said first comment is related to said first media content;

receiving said first comment;

combining said first media content and said first comment into a combined media content; and

generating a signal containing said combined media content.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said first comment is a second media content and said combined media content includes said second media content played simultaneously over said first media content.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein said first comment includes metadata including a start time and a duration wherein said start time coincides with a time within said first media content.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein said first comment is displayed at a time and for a duration determined by a commentator generating said comment.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprising a second comment wherein said first comment is portrayed larger than said second comment in response a first relationship between a first commentator generating said first comment and a user generating said first media content and a second relationship between a second commentator generating said second comment and said user generating said first media content.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein said first comment is depicted as a link within said combined media content and wherein said link connects to a second media content related to said first media content.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein said first comment is an audio content and wherein said audio content is played in place of an audio portion of said first media content.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein said first comment is displayed as an image within said combined media content and wherein said image includes a hyperlink to a second media content related to said first media content.

19. The method of claim 11 further comprising a second comment wherein said first comment is portrayed as an image and said second comment is portrayed as a text string.

20. The method of claim 11 wherein a location of said first comment within said combined media content is determined in response to a user input.

21. An apparatus comprising:

an input for receiving a request for a first media content;

a memory for storing a first comment related to said first media content;

a processor operative to determine a relationship between said first media content and said first content, for combining said first media content and said first comment into a combined media content; and

a transmitter for transmitting said combined media content.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein said first comment is a second media content and said combined media content includes said second media content portrayed simultaneously over said first media content.

23. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein said first comment includes metadata including a start time and a duration wherein said start time coincides with a time within said first media content.

24. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein said first comment is portrayed at a time and for a duration determined by a commentator generating said comment.

25. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein said memory is further operative to store a second comment, and wherein said processor is further operative to combine said second comment into said combined media content, and wherein said first comment is portrayed larger than said second comment in response a first relationship between a first commentator generating said first comment and a user generating said first media content and a second relationship between a second commentator generating said second comment and said user generating said first media content.

26. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein said first comment is portrayed as a link within said combined media content and wherein said link connects to a second media content related to said first media content.

27. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein said first comment is an audio content and wherein said audio content is played in place of an audio portion of said first media content.

28. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein said first comment is portrayed as an image within said combined media content and wherein said image can be selected in order to generate a request for a second media content related to said first media content.

29. The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising a second comment wherein said first comment is displayed as an image and said second comment is displayed as a text string.

30. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein a location of said first comment within said combined media content is determined in response to a user input.

31. A apparatus comprising:

an interface for generating a control signal in response to a user input;

a processor for generating a request for a first media content in response to a user input, generating a request for a first comment, wherein said first comment is related to said first media content, and for combining said first media content and said first comment into a combined media content, said processor further operative to generating a signal containing said combined media content;

a transmitter for transmitting said request for said first media content and said request for said first comment; and

an input for receiving said first media content and said first comment.

32. The apparatus of claim 31 further comprising a display for displaying said combined media content.

33. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein said first comment is a second media content and said combined media content includes said second media content played simultaneously over said first media content.

34. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein said first comment includes metadata including a start time and a duration wherein said start time coincides with a time within said first media content.

35. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein said first comment is displayed at a time and for a duration determined by a commentator generating said comment.

36. The apparatus of claim 31 further comprising a second comment wherein said first comment is portrayed larger than said second comment in response a first relationship between a first commentator generating said first comment and a user generating said first media content and a second relationship between a second commentator generating said second comment and said user generating said first media content.

37. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein said first comment is depicted as a link within said combined media content and wherein said link connects to a second media content related to said first media content.

38. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein said first comment is an audio content and wherein said audio content is played in place of an audio portion of said first media content.

39. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein said first comment is displayed as an image within said combined media content and wherein said image includes a hyperlink to a second media content related to said first media content.

40. The apparatus of claim 31 further comprising a second comment wherein said first comment is portrayed as an image and said second comment is portrayed as a text string.

41. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein a location of said first comment within said combined media content is determined in response to a user input.