Method and system for meta-tagging media content and distribution

• US 8,930,414 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2013
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patrick Giblin
• Original Assignee: Patrick Giblin
• Inventors: Giblin, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): LEWIS, CHERYL RENEA
• Application Number:
  US13/972,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059053A1
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 707/804, 707/805, 707/702, 707/913, 707/752, 707/778, 715/201, 715/202, 715/205, 715/210, 715/234
• US Class Current: 707/804
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• 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: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A unique application within Video that allows for user generated Meta-tagging to be delivered in real time to individual clips is provided. This meta-tag creates its own tail based upon the user generated words population, which is searchable via a “spider network” that runs invisible behind the web pages of the site. These same “tagged” words are broadcast over various delivery networks including but not limited to live feeds from SMS, MMS, News Feeds within Community Web Sites, Video Sharing Web Sites, Widget applications any other forms of electronic communication that will be dropped in real time to identified users and friends of users.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for sharing media content comprising:

receiving a user command to meta-tag a portion of the media via a user interface;

creating meta-tags related to at least a portion of the received media via the users input, wherein new meta-tags are continually created based on real time input from the users and sorting the frequency of multiple tags from multiple users; and

transmitting the meta-tag data to a computing and distribution system, wherein the step of creating meta-tags is interactive in real time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media is received from a media system.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising capturing the received media in a memory of the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a user selection that defines a start point and an end point for the meta-tag within the media, the user selection used in meta-tagging.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user selection is received via a graphical interface that allows a review of the media.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising delivering information into a content;

receiving information related to the content; and

associating the information with the content, and optionally sorting the relevancy to multiple meta tags similar and unique from multiple users.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the information is received at least in part from a user input.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the information is received at least in part by extracting, inputting or searching meta data embedded in the media via a live cursor located within.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein any video location, server or website is scrubbed for data obtained from at least one location where a video or media content resides and attached to the content or media content, wherein the location as meta data relevant to the video or media content is identified.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the meta-data comprises uploading the meta-data to a media content sharing website or network of distribution.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the content is selected from text, a symbol, an image, a movie or portion thereof, an audio clip, a video clip, or any combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed on a personal computer, mobile device, or cellular phone.

13. A computer program product for sharing media content, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium containing computer program code executed on a computer for performing a method comprising:

receiving a user command to identify a portion of the media via a user interface;

responsive to receiving the user selection, creating a meta-tag associated with a portion of the received media, wherein new meta-tags are continually created based on real time input from the user; and

responsive to creating the meta-tag, transmitting the meta-tag to a computing and distribution system.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the media is received from a media delivery system.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising catching the received media in a memory of the computing device.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising receiving a user selection that defines a start point and an end point for the meta-tag within the media, the user selection used in creating the meta-tag.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising receiving information related to the meta-tag;

and associating the information and relevancy with a media associated therewith.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the information is received at least in part from a user input.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the information is received at least in part by extracting meta-data embedded in the media.

20. The computer product of claim 13, wherein the content is selected from text, a symbol, an image, a movie or portion thereof, an audio clip or content, a video clip or content, or any combination thereof.

21. A computer-implemented method for sharing media content comprising:

receiving a user command to meta-tag a portion of the media via at least one user interface;

creating meta-tags related to at least a portion of the received media via the users input, wherein new meta-tags are continually created based on real time input from the users and sorting the frequency of multiple tags from multiple users, wherein sorting can be at more than one site; and

transmitting the meta-tag data to a computing and distribution system via at least one source.