Systems and methods for recording content within digital video
First Claim
1. A method for recording user content within a digital video, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a visual timeline associated with the digital video at a user interface during playback of the digital video;
reserving one or more frames of the digital video for insertion of the user content, the reserved frames being selected based on input provided by a user through the user interface without pausing playback of the digital video;
temporally indicating the reserved frames on the visual timeline using one or more visual tags;
retrievably storing the user content at a storage device;
associating the user content to the reserved frames of the digital video; and
enabling the user content to be played back in parallel with the digital video at the reserved frames.
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Abstract
A method for recording user content within a digital video is provided. The method may display a visual timeline associated with the digital video at a user interface, reserve one or more frames of the digital video for insertion of the user content, temporally indicate the reserved frames on the visual timeline using one or more visual tags, retrievably store the user content at a storage device, associate the user content to the reserved frames of the digital video, and enable the user content to be played back in parallel with the digital video at the reserved frames. The user content may include any one or more of text data, audio data, image data and video data. The reserved frames may be selected based on input provided by a user through the user interface.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for recording user content within a digital video, comprising the steps of:
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displaying a visual timeline associated with the digital video at a user interface during playback of the digital video; reserving one or more frames of the digital video for insertion of the user content, the reserved frames being selected based on input provided by a user through the user interface without pausing playback of the digital video; temporally indicating the reserved frames on the visual timeline using one or more visual tags; retrievably storing the user content at a storage device; associating the user content to the reserved frames of the digital video; and enabling the user content to be played back in parallel with the digital video at the reserved frames. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for recording user content within a digital video, comprising:
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a storage device configured to retrievably store the digital video and the user content; and a primary network device in communication with the storage device, the primary network device having at least one processor configured to generate a visual timeline associated with the digital video during playback of the digital video, reserve one or more frames of the digital video for insertion of the user content without pausing playback of the digital video, temporally indicate the reserved frames on the visual timeline using one or more visual tags, associate the user content to the reserved frames of the digital video, and enable the user content to be played back in parallel with the digital video at the reserved frames. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for recording user content within a digital video over a social network, comprising:
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a database configured to retrievably store the digital video and the user content; a plurality of client devices each having a user interface and being in communication with the database through the network; and at least one server device in communication with each of the database and the client devices, the server device having at least one processor configured to generate a visual timeline associated with the digital video during playback of the digital video, reserve one or more frames of the digital video without pausing playback of the digital video for insertion of the user content in response to user input received from the user interface of one or more of the client devices, temporally indicate the reserved frames on the visual timeline using one or more visual tags, retrievably store the user content at the database, associate the user content to the reserved frames of the digital video, and enable the user content to be played back in parallel with the digital video at the reserved frames. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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