Creation of a marked media module

• US 8,161,387 B1
• Filed: 12/18/2006
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tischer, Steven N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Tadeese
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ulrich, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US11/612,353
• Time in Patent Office: 1,947 Days
• Field of Search: 715/720, 715/721, 715/725, 715/723, 715/724, 725/47
• US Class Current: 715/720
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• 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 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2387 Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the presentation and marking of media modules. In different aspects, the systems and methods may allow a user to present and consume a media module, particularly a media module containing data that is typically presented in a serial manner such as audio, visual, or video media, and to create a marked media module for quickly and easily returning to a marked point of interest in the media module at a later time or on a different device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

presenting a recorded media module;

receiving a plurality of reference points, created by a first device, to mark a position in the recorded media module and to mark another position in the recorded media module;

storing a copy of the recorded media module;

inserting the plurality of reference points in the copy of the recorded media module to mark the position and the another position in the copy of the recorded media module;

discarding a portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position in the recorded media module;

discarding another portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring after the another position in the recorded media module; and

sending the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position to a second device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising timestamping the position in the recorded media module.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein inserting the plurality of reference points in the copy of the recorded media module to mark the another position in the copy of the recorded media module comprises marking a time from an end of the recorded media module.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising converting the copy of the recorded media module from a first presentation format to a second presentation format.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein inserting the plurality of reference points in the copy of the recorded media module to mark the position in the copy of the recorded media module comprises marking a time from a beginning of the recorded media module.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein inserting the plurality of reference points in the copy of the recorded media module comprises marking a chapter in the recorded media module.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising storing the copy of the recorded media module in a separate storage module for retrieval by other devices.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein inserting the plurality of reference points further comprises receiving input from a user, the input including a timestamp and source and location information.

9. A system for creating a reference point in a media module broadcast to the public, the system comprising:

a processor executing instructions stored in computer readable media that causes the processor at least to;

present a recorded media module;

receive a plurality of reference points, created by a first device, to mark a position in the recorded media module and to mark another position in the recorded media module;

store a copy of the recorded media module;

insert the plurality of reference points in the copy of the recorded media module to mark the position and the another position in the copy of the recorded media module;

discard a portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position in the recorded media module;

discard another portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring after the another position in the recorded media module; and

send the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position to a second device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to mark a time from an end of the recorded media module.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to mark a time from a beginning of the recorded media module.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to convert the copy of the recorded media module from a first presentation format to a second presentation format.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to mark a time from a beginning of the recorded media module.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to store the copy of the recorded media module in a separate storage module for retrieval by other devices.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to mark a chapter in the recorded media module.

16. A computer readable non-transitory medium storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

presenting a recorded media module;

receiving a plurality of reference points, created by a first device, to mark a position in the recorded media module and to mark another position in the recorded media module;

storing a copy of the recorded media module;

inserting the plurality of reference points in the copy of the recorded media module to mark the position and the another position in the copy of the recorded media module;

discarding a portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position in the recorded media module;

discarding another portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring after the another position in the recorded media module; and

sending the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position to a second device.

17. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions for adding a timestamp to the copy of the recorded media module.

18. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions for marking a time from a beginning of the recorded media module and for marking another time from an end of the recorded media module.

19. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions for marking a chapter in the recorded media module.

20. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 16, further comprising marking a page in the recorded media module.