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System and method for enabling the creation of personalized movie presentations and personalized movie collections

  • US 5,781,730 A
  • Filed: 04/14/1997
  • Issued: 07/14/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of enabling a user to create, modify, and utilize a personalized version of a movie, said method operating in a system comprising a foundation information database storing movie related information used to generate said movie, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (1) enabling said user to modify a copy of an edit decision list associated with said movie, said edit decision list having an entry for each scene, clip, and take in said movie, said modified edit decision list including an entry for each clip in said personalized version of said movie, each entry of said modified edit decision list storing first information identifying time codes of frames in a clip, and second information sufficient to locate movie related information in said foundation information database used to create said clip and being otherwise related to said clip, said modified edit decision list defining said personalized version of said movie;

    (2) presenting to said user said personalized version of said movie in response to a request from said user, comprising the steps of;

    (a) retrieving an entry from said modified edit decision list;

    (b) retrieving from said foundation information database one or more digitized frames specified by said retrieved entry; and

    (c) presenting said digitized frames to said user; and

    (3) receiving from said user a query pertaining to said personalized version of said movie;

    wherein step (1) comprises the steps of;

    receiving from said user information identifying a particular clip;

    retrieving from said foundation information database digitized frames corresponding to said particular clip;

    presenting said digitized frames corresponding to said particular clip to said user to enable said user to decide whether to modify said personalized version of said movie with any of said digitized frames corresponding to said particular clip; and

    enabling said user to add any combination of said digitized frames corresponding to said particular clip to said personalized version of said movie.

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