METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING TO DYNAMICALLY ASSEMBLED VIDEO DURING STREAMING OF LIVE VIDEO

• US 20180014037A1
• Filed: 08/29/2016
• Published: 01/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VideoTap Pte. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: VideoTap Pte. Ltd.
• Inventors: Venkatraman, N. Dilip, Dilip, Savitri
• Application Number:
  US15/250,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20180014037A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/236 Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream multiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and method for switching to a real time, dynamic, adaptive and non-sequentially assembled video during streaming of a live video. The method includes fetching an interest profile of a user. The fetching of the interest profile is done based on one or more interactive behaviors of the user. Further, the method includes recommending a set of video recommendations to the user. The method includes assembling one or more logical cluster of mapped fragments of one or more tagged videos virtually to obtain an assembled video. The method includes rendering the assembled video. In addition, the method includes switching the live video to the assembled video dynamically in the real time.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for switching to a real time, dynamic, adaptive and non-sequentially assembled video during streaming of a live video, the method comprising:

fetching at a video switching system with a processor, an interest profile and real time preferences of a user, wherein the interest profile being fetched based on one or more interactive behaviors of the user;

extracting at the video switching system with the processor, one or more tagged videos related to the interest profile and the real time preferences of the user from a digitally processed repository of videos, wherein the one or more tagged videos being extracted based on a correlation of a set of tags associated with each video of the one or more tagged videos with a set of preference data associated with the user;

fragmenting at the video switching system with the processor, each tagged video of the one or more tagged videos into one or more tagged fragments, wherein each tagged video being fragmented into the one or more tagged fragments, wherein each tagged fragment being characterized by a pre-determined interval of time and wherein each tagged video being fragmented based on segmentation of the tagged video for each pre-determined interval of time;

segregating at the video switching system with the processor, one or more mapped fragments of the one or more tagged fragments into one or more logical sets of mapped fragments, wherein the one or more mapped fragments being segregated based on a positive mapping of keywords from the set of preference data with the set of tags associated with each tagged fragment of the one or more tagged fragments;

mining at the video switching system with the processor, semantic context information from each mapped fragment of the one or more mapped fragments, each logical set of mapped fragments of the one or more logical sets of mapped fragments and the interest profile of the user, wherein the semantic context information comprises an object specific context information and scene specific context information of each mapped fragment and each logical set of mapped fragments;

clustering at the video switching system with the processor, the one or more logical sets of mapped fragments into corresponding one or more logical clusters of mapped fragments;

assembling at the video switching system with the processor, at least one of the one or more logical clusters of mapped fragments in a pre-defined order of preference to obtain an assembled video, wherein each logical cluster of mapped fragments being assembled based on analysis of the interest profile of the user, the semantic context information and the real time preferences of the user;

switching at the video switching system with the processor, the live video to the assembled video dynamically in the real time, wherein the live video being switched by overlaying the assembled video in the real time; and

sharing at the video switching system with the processor, the assembled video as a video recommendation synchronously on a video switching platform of one or more associated users in the real time, wherein the assembled video being shared by pushing the video recommendation in one or more viewable regions of the video switching platform.

2. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, further comprising recommending at the video switching system with the processor, a set of video recommendations to the user, wherein the set of video recommendations being recommended based on an analysis of the interest profile of the user and wherein the set of video recommendations being recommended through one or more techniques.

3. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, further comprising transcoding at the video switching system with the processor, the assembled video into a pre-defined video format, wherein the assembled video being transcoded to enable adaptive bitrate streaming based on one or more device parameters and one or more network parameters, wherein the one or more device parameters comprises screen size, screen resolution and pixel density and wherein the one or more network parameters comprises an IP address, network bandwidth, maximum bitrate support over network, throughput, connection strength and location of requesting server.

4. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, further comprising rendering at the video switching system with the processor, the assembled video for adding one or more interactive elements and bi-directional flow.

5. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 4, wherein the one or more interactive elements comprises touch based navigation option, swipe based navigation option, click based navigation option and voice based navigation.

6. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, further comprising creating at the video switching system with the processor, a user profile and the interest profile of the user, wherein the user profile comprises the set of preference data segregated on basis of a pre-defined selection criteria, a set of user authentication data, a past set of preference data, a physical location of the user and a bio data of the user and wherein the set of user authentication data comprises an email address, an authentication key, a physical location and a time of request of video.

7. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, further comprising updating at the video switching system with the processor, the interest profile of the user, the user profile, the set of video recommendations and the assembled video in the real time.

8. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 2, wherein the one or more techniques comprises a pop up notification, a thumbnail based sidebar list, a dropdown list, an expandable list, one or more graphic tickers, a redirection to a new web page and an email notification.

9. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the pre-defined selection criteria being based on date, time zone, day, season, physical location, occasion, an identified name and a video genre.

10. A computer system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory for storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method for switching to a real time, dynamic, adaptive and non-sequentially assembled video during streaming of a live video, the method comprising;

fetching at a video switching system, an interest profile and real time preferences of a user, wherein the interest profile being fetched based on one or more interactive behaviors of the user;

extracting at the video switching system, one or more tagged videos related to the interest profile and the real time preferences of the user from a digitally processed repository of videos, wherein the one or more tagged videos being extracted based on a correlation of a set of tags associated with each video of the one or more tagged videos with a set of preference data associated with the user;

fragmenting at the video switching system, each tagged video of the one or more tagged videos into one or more tagged fragments, wherein each tagged video being fragmented into the one or more tagged fragments, wherein each tagged fragment being characterized by a pre-determined interval of time and wherein each tagged video being fragmented based on segmentation of the tagged video for each pre-determined interval of time;

segregating at the video switching system, one or more mapped fragments of the one or more tagged fragments into one or more logical sets of mapped fragments, wherein the one or more mapped fragments being segregated based on a positive mapping of keywords from the set of preference data with the set of tags associated with each tagged fragment of the one or more tagged fragments;

mining at the video switching system, semantic context information from each mapped fragment of the one or more mapped fragments, each logical set of mapped fragments of the one or more logical sets of mapped fragments and the interest profile of the user, wherein the semantic context information comprises an object specific context information and scene specific context information of each mapped fragment and each logical set of mapped fragments;

clustering at the video switching system, the one or more logical sets of mapped fragments into corresponding one or more logical clusters of mapped fragments;

assembling at the video switching system, at least one of the one or more logical clusters of mapped fragments in a pre-defined order of preference to obtain an assembled video, wherein each logical cluster of mapped fragments being assembled based on analysis of the interest profile of the user, the semantic context information and the real time preferences of the user;

switching at the video switching system, the live video to the assembled video dynamically in the real time, wherein the live video being switched by overlaying the assembled video in the real time; and

sharing at the video switching system, the assembled video as a video recommendation synchronously on a video switching platform of one or more associated users in the real time, wherein the assembled video being shared by pushing the video recommendation in one or more viewable regions of the video switching platform.

11. The computer system as recited in claim 10, further comprising transcoding at the video switching system, the assembled video into a pre-defined video format by utilizing a codec, wherein the assembled video being transcoded to enable adaptive bitrate streaming based on one or more device parameters and one or more network parameters, wherein the one or more device parameters comprises screen size, screen resolution and pixel density and wherein the one or more network parameters comprises an IP address, network bandwidth, maximum bitrate support over network, throughput, connection strength and location of requesting server.

12. The computer system as recited in claim 10, further comprising rendering at the video switching system, the assembled video for adding one or more interactive elements and bi-directional flow.

13. The computer system as recited in claim 12, wherein the one or more interactive elements comprises touch based navigation option, swipe based navigation option, click based navigation option and voice based navigation.

14. The computer system as recited in claim 10, further comprising creating at the video switching system, a user profile and the interest profile of the user, wherein the user profile comprises the set of preference data segregated on basis of a pre-defined selection criteria, a set of user authentication data, a past set of preference data, a physical location of the user and a bio data of the user and wherein the set of user authentication data comprises an email address, an authentication key, a physical location and a time of request of video.

15. The computer system as recited in claim 10, further comprising recommending at the video switching system, a set of video recommendations to the user, wherein the set of video recommendations being recommended based on an analysis of the interest profile of the user, wherein the set of video recommendations being recommended through one or more techniques and wherein the one or more techniques comprises a pop up notification, a thumbnail based sidebar list, a dropdown list, an expandable list, one or more graphic tickers, a redirection to a new web page and an email notification.

16. The computer system as recited in claim 10, further comprising updating at the video switching system, the interest profile of the user, the user profile, the set of video recommendations and the assembled video in the real time.

17. A computer-readable storage medium encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, performs a method for switching to a real time, dynamic, adaptive and non-sequentially assembled video during streaming of a live video, the method comprising:

fetching at a computing device, an interest profile and real time preferences of a user, wherein the interest profile being fetched based on one or more interactive behaviors of the user;

extracting at the computing device, one or more tagged videos related to the interest profile and the real time preferences of the user from a digitally processed repository of videos, wherein the one or more tagged videos being extracted based on a correlation of a set of tags associated with each video of the one or more tagged videos with a set of preference data associated with the user;

fragmenting at the computing device, each tagged video of the one or more tagged videos into one or more tagged fragments, wherein each tagged video being fragmented into the one or more tagged fragments, wherein each tagged fragment being characterized by a pre-determined interval of time and wherein each tagged video being fragmented based on segmentation of the tagged video for each pre-determined interval of time;

segregating at the computing device, one or more mapped fragments of the one or more tagged fragments into one or more logical sets of mapped fragments, wherein the one or more mapped fragments being segregated based on a positive mapping of keywords from the set of preference data with the set of tags associated with each tagged fragment of the one or more tagged fragments;

mining at the computing device, semantic context information from each mapped fragment of the one or more mapped fragments, each logical set of mapped fragments of the one or more logical sets of mapped fragments and the interest profile of the user, wherein the semantic context information comprises an object specific context information and scene specific context information of each mapped fragment and each logical set of mapped fragments;

clustering at the computing device, the one or more logical sets of mapped fragments into corresponding one or more logical clusters of mapped fragments;

assembling at the computing device, at least one of the one or more logical clusters of mapped fragments in a pre-defined order of preference to obtain an assembled video, wherein each logical cluster of mapped fragments being assembled based on analysis of the interest profile of the user, the semantic context information and the real time preferences of the user;

switching at the computing device, the live video to the assembled video dynamically in the real time, wherein the live video being switched by overlaying the assembled video in the real time; and

sharing at the computing device, the assembled video as a video recommendation synchronously on a video switching platform of one or more associated users in the real time, wherein the assembled video being shared by pushing the video recommendation in one or more viewable regions of the video switching platform.

18. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 17, further comprising instructions for transcoding at the computing device, the assembled video into a pre-defined video format by utilizing a codec, wherein the assembled video being transcoded to enable adaptive bitrate streaming based on one or more device parameters and one or more network parameters, wherein the one or more device parameters comprises screen size, screen resolution and pixel density and wherein the one or more network parameters comprises an IP address, network bandwidth, maximum bitrate support over network, throughput, connection strength and location of requesting server.

19. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 17, further comprising instructions for rendering at the computing device, the assembled video for adding one or more interactive elements and bi-directional flow.

20. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 19, wherein the one or more interactive elements comprises touch based navigation option, swipe based navigation option, click based navigation option and voice based navigation.