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Scheme for use with client device interface in system for providing dailies and edited video to users

  • US 8,166,501 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2007
  • Issued: 04/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for use in providing video to a user, comprising:

  • establishing digital video data that includes images shot in relation to a making of content corresponding to a first production;

    uploading the digital video data to a server; and

    sending the digital video data from the server through a network to a client device for viewing by the user;

    wherein the client device is configured to display a graphical user interface that is controlled by keys on a remote control;

    wherein the graphical user interface displays which keys on the remote control are used to select items and to advance through the graphical user interface;

    wherein the client device is configured to receive the digital video data and display on a screen of the graphical user interface a listing of one or more productions received at the client device including the first production and enabling a user to select one of the one or more productions;

    wherein in response to the user selection of the one of the one or more productions, the client device is configured to display a listing of one or more production types corresponding to the selected one of the one or more productions received at the client device and enabling a user to select one of the one or more productions types;

    wherein in response to the user selection of the one of the one or more production types, the client device is configured to display a listing of one or more content groups available for the selected one of the one or more production types sorted by date the content was created and enabling a user to select one or more of the content groups;

    wherein in response to the user selection of the one of the one or more content groups, the client device is configured to display a listing of clips corresponding to the selected content group with information that includes a corresponding scene, take, and camera for each clip;

    wherein the client device is configured to allow the user to mark one or more clips in the displayed listing of clips for review or deletion using the remote control;

    wherein a clip in the displayed listing of clips that has been selected by the user with the remote control and then viewed by the user is marked with a first visible indication that is displayed next to the viewed clip in the listing of clips that is displayed on the screen of the graphical user interface;

    wherein a clip in the displayed listing of clips that has been marked for review by the user with the remote control is marked with a second visible indication that is displayed next to the clip marked for review in the listing of clips that is displayed on the screen of the graphical user interface;

    wherein a clip in the displayed listing of clips that has been marked for deletion by the user with the remote control is marked with a third visible indication that is displayed next to the clip marked for deletion in the listing of clips that is displayed on the screen of the graphical user interface; and

    wherein the first, second, and third visible indications each appear to the user to be a different color.

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