Creation of a reference point to mark a media presentation

• US 8,806,342 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2011
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• 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): ULRICH, NICHOLAS S
• Application Number:
  US13/299,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20120066597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 715/720, 715/721, 715/723, 715/725, 386/241, 386/278
• US Class Current: 715/725
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• 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: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/93 Regeneration of the television signal or of selected parts thereof

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products insert markers into recorded media modules. A pair of reference points is received that marks a position and another position in a recorded media module. A copy of the recorded media module is retrieved from memory. Portions of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position, and occurring after the another position, are discarded. The copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position is then presented to a user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a second device, a pair of reference points, generated by a first device, that mark a position and another position in a recorded media module;

retrieving, from memory of the second device, a copy of the recorded media module;

inserting the pair of reference points in the copy of the recorded media module;

discarding, by the second device, a portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position;

discarding, by the second device, another portion of the copy of the recorded media module occurring after the another position; and

presenting, by the second device, the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the copy of the recorded media module to a creator of the pair of reference points.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the copy of the recorded media module to a date of creation of the pair of reference points.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the copy of the recorded media module comprises retrieving a video.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the copy of the recorded media module comprises accessing a server storing the copy of the recorded media module.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a graphical bar indicating the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving inputs that mark the pair of reference points.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a pair of reference points that mark a position and another position in a recorded media module;

retrieving a copy of the recorded media module from memory;

inserting the pair of reference points in the copy of the recorded media module;

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

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

presenting the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise associating the copy of the recorded media module to a creator of the pair of reference points.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise associating the copy of the recorded media module to a date of creation of the pair of reference points.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a video.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise accessing a server storing the copy of the recorded media module.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise displaying a graphical bar indicating the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving inputs that mark the pair of reference points.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a pair of reference points that mark a position and another position in a recorded media module;

retrieving a copy of the recorded media module from memory;

inserting the pair of reference points in the copy of the recorded media module;

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

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

presenting the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise adding a timestamp to the copy of the recorded media module.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise associating the copy of the recorded media module to a creator of the pair of reference points.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise associating the copy of the recorded media module to a date of creation of the pair of reference points.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a video.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise displaying a graphical bar indicating the copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position.