Method of interactive video blogging

• US 9,031,963 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2013
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Anand, Bela, Kulkarni, Girish
• Primary Examiner(s): LU, KUEN S
• Application Number:
  US13/949,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20130311586A1
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/10
• US Class Current: 707/756
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for interactive video blogging. The method includes receiving, by a server, a comment attached to a video blog file from a first terminal, the comment being associated with a point of time at which the comment is displayed along with the video blog file; converting, by the server, the comment into a descriptor file; storing, by the server, the descriptor file; receiving, by the server, information on a selected one of a plurality of descriptor files stored in the server from a second terminal, the plurality of descriptor files representing a plurality of comments attached to the video blog file; and transmitting, by the server, the selected one of the plurality of descriptor files to the second terminal.

Claims

1. A method for interactive video blogging, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by a server, a comment attached to a video blog file from a first terminal, the comment being associated with a point of time at which the comment is displayed along with the video blog file;

converting, by the server, the comment into a descriptor file;

storing, by the server, the descriptor file;

receiving, by the server, information on a selected one of a plurality of descriptor files stored in the server from a second terminal, the plurality of descriptor files representing a plurality of comments attached to the video blog file; and

transmitting, by the server, the selected one of the plurality of descriptor files to the second terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of comments has a text form, an audio form, or an audio-video form.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of descriptor files comprises a data area for storing a comment and a metadata area for defining the comment.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the data area comprises at least one of a text comment, an audio comment, and a video comment created in a compressed or encoded form.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the metadata area comprises a type of the comment.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the metadata area further comprises a point of time at which the comment is displayed.

7. A server for interactive video blogging, the server comprising:

a memory; and

a controller that receives a comment attached to a video blog file from a first terminal, the comment being associated with a point of time at which the comment is displayed along with the video blog file, converts the comment into a descriptor file, stores the descriptor file in the memory, receives information on a selected one of a plurality of descriptor files stored in the memory from a second terminal, the plurality of descriptor files representing a plurality of comments attached to the video blog file, and transmits the selected one of the plurality of descriptor files to the second terminal.

8. The server of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of comments has a text form, an audio form, or an audio-video form.

9. The server of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of descriptor files comprises a data area for storing a comment and a metadata area for defining the comment.

10. The server of claim 9, wherein the data area comprises at least one of a text comment, an audio comment, and a video comment created in a compressed or encoded form.

11. The server of claim 9, wherein the metadata area comprises a type of the comment.

12. The server of claim 11, wherein the metadata area further comprises a point of time at which the comment is displayed.

13. A method for interactive video blogging, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying, by a terminal, a video blog file;

receiving, by the terminal, a comment attached to the video blog file from a user of the terminal, the comment being associated with a point of time at which the comment is displayed along with the video blog file;

transmitting, by the terminal, the comment to a server;

transmitting, by the terminal, information on a selected one of a plurality of descriptor files stored in the server to the server, the plurality of descriptor files representing a plurality of comments attached to the video blog file; and

receiving, by the terminal, the selected one of the plurality of descriptor files from the server.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of comments has a text form, an audio form, or an audio-video form.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of descriptor files comprises a data area for storing a comment and a metadata area for defining the comment.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the data area comprises at least one of a text comment, an audio comment, and a video comment created in a compressed or encoded form.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the metadata area comprises a type of the comment.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the metadata area further comprises a point of time at which the comment is displayed.

19. A terminal for interactive video blogging, the terminal comprising:

a memory;

a display that displays a video blog file; and

a controller that receives a comment attached to the video blog file from a user of the terminal, the comment being associated with a point of time at which the comment is displayed along with the video blog file, transmits the comment to a server, transmits information on a selected one of a plurality of descriptor files stored in the server to the server, the plurality of descriptor files representing a plurality of comments attached to the video blog file, and receives the selected one of the plurality of descriptor files from the server.

20. The terminal of claim 19, wherein each of the plurality of comments has a text form, an audio form, or an audio-video form.

21. The terminal of claim 19, wherein each of the plurality of descriptor files comprises a data area for storing a comment and a metadata area for defining the comment.

22. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the data area comprises at least one of a text comment, an audio comment, and a video comment created in a compressed or encoded form.

23. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the metadata area comprises a type of the comment.

24. The terminal of claim 23, wherein the metadata area further comprises a point of time at which the comment is displayed.