Website application system for online video producers and advertisers
First Claim
1. A Web-based system for accessing development components, which include an online video clip library and an online music clip library, and enabling online production of custom-integrated media products, said system comprising at least one computer server connected to a computer network, said server including:
- an upload engine capable of receiving over the computer network a plurality of video and music clips from a plurality of content provider users;
a storage engine capable of storing the uploaded plurality of video and music clips provided by said plurality of content provider users in a database and media content storage devices as libraries;
a search engine capable of indexing the database and media content storage devices that store the libraries of uploaded video and music clips;
a user interface engine capable of providing over the computer network to a plurality of producer users interactive Web formatting screens allowing said producer users to select from said libraries a plurality of video and music clips from among any of the video and music clips uploaded by said plurality of content provider users; and
a mixer module capable of allowing said producer users to edit and play said selected video and music clips, wherein said mixer module supports mixing together a plurality of said uploaded video and music clips, such that producer users are able to self-produce video advertisement templates each comprising static content and at least one placeholder,said mixer module further capable of allowing advertiser users to customize said video advertisement templates by uploading a list, such that advertiser users are able to automatically self-produce a set of different customized video advertisements based on an advertisement template, in which the at least one placeholder for each customized video advertisement contains a different item from the list,wherein said mixer module is capable of arranging said video advertisement templates and customized video advertisements as respective XML files on a server, said XML files being accessible by a plurality of users using respective browser applications, such that upon updating an XML file representing a video advertisement template or a customized video advertisement, the updated video advertisement template or customized video advertisement is made accessible to users accessing the updated XML file;
said system further comprising a Web application for encoding and formatting video advertisements in particular formats.
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Abstract
A system for accessing development components, including an online video clip library of templates and an online music clip library, and enabling online production of user-friendly, custom-integrated media products. The system includes a Web application on a Website for hosting services for producers/advertisers/users. The system also includes a search engine that indexes the video, interactive Web formatting screens for selecting development components and producing the Web products in said Web application, an online MIXER module for editing and playing said selected video, an online editing program, which allows the advertiser/user to edit his advertisement himself, outside WebServices accessible by said advertisers of said Web application via the internet for custom-integrating, encoding and formatting the video clips and a parallel platform in which content producer/users and commercial libraries could upload their raw material and set their price.
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34 Claims
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1. A Web-based system for accessing development components, which include an online video clip library and an online music clip library, and enabling online production of custom-integrated media products, said system comprising at least one computer server connected to a computer network, said server including:
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an upload engine capable of receiving over the computer network a plurality of video and music clips from a plurality of content provider users; a storage engine capable of storing the uploaded plurality of video and music clips provided by said plurality of content provider users in a database and media content storage devices as libraries; a search engine capable of indexing the database and media content storage devices that store the libraries of uploaded video and music clips; a user interface engine capable of providing over the computer network to a plurality of producer users interactive Web formatting screens allowing said producer users to select from said libraries a plurality of video and music clips from among any of the video and music clips uploaded by said plurality of content provider users; and a mixer module capable of allowing said producer users to edit and play said selected video and music clips, wherein said mixer module supports mixing together a plurality of said uploaded video and music clips, such that producer users are able to self-produce video advertisement templates each comprising static content and at least one placeholder, said mixer module further capable of allowing advertiser users to customize said video advertisement templates by uploading a list, such that advertiser users are able to automatically self-produce a set of different customized video advertisements based on an advertisement template, in which the at least one placeholder for each customized video advertisement contains a different item from the list, wherein said mixer module is capable of arranging said video advertisement templates and customized video advertisements as respective XML files on a server, said XML files being accessible by a plurality of users using respective browser applications, such that upon updating an XML file representing a video advertisement template or a customized video advertisement, the updated video advertisement template or customized video advertisement is made accessible to users accessing the updated XML file; said system further comprising a Web application for encoding and formatting video advertisements in particular formats. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A Web-based method for accessing development components, which include an online video clip library and an online music clip library, and enabling online production of custom-integrated media products, said method comprising:
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receiving over a network a plurality of video and music clips from a plurality of content provider users; storing the plurality of video and music clips provided by said plurality of content provider users in a database and media content storage devices as libraries; indexing the database and media content storage devices that store the libraries of uploaded video and music clips; providing a plurality of producer users with interactive Web formatting screens, said Web formatting screens capable of allowing said producer users to select among said uploaded video and music clips; providing said plurality of producer users with an online mixer module, said mixer module capable of editing, mixing together, and playing said selected uploaded video and music clips, to thereby create video advertisement templates each comprising a static component and at least one placeholder, wherein said mixer module is further capable of allowing advertiser users to customize said video advertisement templates by uploading a list, such that advertiser users are able to automatically self-produce a set of different customized video advertisements based on an advertisement template, in which the at least one placeholder for each customized video advertisement contains a different item from the list, wherein said mixer module is further capable of arranging said video advertisement templates and customized video advertisements as respective XML files on a server, said XML files being accessible by a plurality of users using respective browser applications, such that upon updating an XML file representing a video advertisement template or a customized video advertisement, the updated video advertisement template or customized video advertisement is made accessible to users accessing the updated XML file and encoding and formatting video advertisements in particular formats. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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