Interactive video application hosting

• US 7,769,827 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2007
• Issued: 08/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Virage, Inc. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Girouard, David, Fuller, Charles, Humphrey, Richard, Horowitz, Bradley
• Primary Examiner(s): BAROT, BHARAT
• Application Number:
  US11/752,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20080028047A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,169 Days
• Field of Search: 709200-204, 709217-219, 709225-226, 709/231, 725/61, 725 86- 87, 725/96
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2223 being a public access point, e.g. for downloading to or uploading from clients arrangements specially adapted to plural spots in a confined site in broadcast systems H04H20/63
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/274 Storing end-user multimedia data in response to end-user request , e.g. network recorder
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/278 Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access details of content or meta data based information retrieval of video data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

A system and method that provide a hosted application and associated services for encoding, indexing, publishing and searching video media to content owners on a public network. The system and method allow the user interface to be customized and injected into the content-owner'"'"'s website using dynamic HTML and template-based presentation mechanisms, thereby greatly enhancing the website'"'"'s branding, advertising, and community building capabilities.

Claims

1. A system for providing video content over a network, the system comprising:

a service facility configured to receive encoded video content from a content source, the service facility comprising;

a video logging module configured to generate video index metadata for the encoded video content; and

a video application server module configured to;

receive a video content search query comprising one or more search terms;

process the video content search query to identify at least a portion of the encoded video content, wherein the identified portion of encoded video content is associated with video index metadata related to the search terms of the video content search query; and

transmit at least a portion of the video index metadata of the identified portion of the encoded video content; and

a content distribution network configured to;

receive data indicative of a selection of the identified portion of the video content, wherein the video index metadata comprises at least one of visual, audio, and textual elements of the video content; and

transmit the selected identified portion of the video content in response to the data indicative of the selection.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the service facility further comprises a video index database configured to store at least a portion of the generated video index metadata.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the service facility further comprises a video editorial module configured to receive user-inputted annotation of the encoded video content.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the received encoded video content is received from a content owner, and wherein the encoded video content comprises one or more encoded video files.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the received encoded video content comprises one or more of a Quicktime file, a MPEG file, and a Windows Media file, and a RealVideo file.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein service facility and the content distribution network comprises each comprises one or more processor controlled computing devices.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the service facility further comprises a web server configured to receive the video content search query from at least one of a user or a content owner website, and communicate the received video content search query to the video application server module.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the web server is further configured to receive the video index metadata related to the search terms of the video content search query and cause the video index metadata to be displayed to a user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the data indicative of a selection of the identified portion of the video content is generated when a user selects one or more of a keyframe, a title, or a portion of a transcript on a computing device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the encoded video content comprises a video file, and wherein the identified portion of the video content comprises a portion of the video file.

11. A method for providing video content over a network, the method comprising:

receiving encoded video content;

indexing the encoded video content to create video index metadata;

receiving a video content search query;

processing the video content search query to identify a portion of the encoded video content, wherein the identified portion of encoded video content is associated with video index metadata related to the search terms of the video content search query;

transmitting at least a portion of the video index metadata of the identified portion of the encoded video content;

receiving data indicative of a selection of the identified portion of the video content, wherein the video index metadata comprises at least one of visual, audio, and textual elements of the video content; and

transmitting the selected identified portion of the video content in response to the data indicative of the selection.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing at least a portion of the video index metadata in a video index database.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving user-generated annotations for the encoded video content and storing the received annotations in the video index database.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving encoded video content comprises receiving one or more electronic files.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving encoded video content comprises receiving content from a content owner.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the network is the Internet.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving a video content search query comprises receiving the video content search query from a content owner website.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein transmitting at least a portion of the video index metadata of the identified portion of the encoded video content comprises causing the video index metadata to be displayed to a user.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the encoded video content comprises a video file, and wherein the identified portion of the video content comprises a portion of the video file.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the data indicative of a selection of the identified portion of the video content is generated when a user selects one or more of a keyframe, a title, or a portion of a transcript on a computing device.