Creation of a marked media module

• US 9,092,438 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• 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:
  US13/415,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166949A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,236 Days
• Field of Search: 715/723, 715/724, 715/725
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• 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: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2387 Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the presentation and marking of media modules. In different aspects, the systems and methods may allow a user to present and consume a media module, particularly a media module containing data that is typically presented in a serial manner such as audio, visual, or video media, and to create a marked media module for quickly and easily returning to a marked point of interest in the media module at a later time or on a different device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

processing, by a processor, a video content for display;

receiving, by the processor, a pair of reference points inserted into the video content that mark a first position and a second position;

retrieving, by the processor, an electronic copy of the video content;

inserting, by the processor, the pair of reference points into the electronic copy of the video content, the pair of reference points marking the first position and the second position in the electronic copy of the video content;

discarding, by the processor, portions of the electronic copy of the video content occurring before the first position and after the second position; and

storing, in memory, a remaining portion of the electronic copy of the video content occurring between the first position and the second position.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising playing the remaining portion of the electronic copy of the video content.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising marking a time in the video content.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising marking a time in the electronic copy of the video content.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising marking a position in the video content.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising marking a position in the electronic copy of the video content.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing the video content.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a pair of reference points inserted into a video file that mark a first position and a second position;

retrieving an electronic copy of the video file;

inserting, into the electronic copy of the video file, the pair of reference points to mark the first position and the second position in the electronic copy of the video file;

discarding portions of the electronic copy of the video file occurring before the first position and after the second position; and

storing a remaining portion of the electronic copy of the video file occurring between the first position and the second position.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise playing the remaining portion of the electronic copy of the video file.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise inserting a first reference point to mark a time in the video file.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise inserting a second reference point to mark a time in the video file.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise inserting a first reference point to mark a position in the video file.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise inserting a second reference point to mark a position in the video file.

14. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise storing the video file.

15. A computer readable non-transitory medium storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

inserting, into a video content, a pair of reference points to mark a first position and to mark a second position in the video content;

retrieving an electronic copy of the video content;

inserting, into the electronic copy of the video content, the pair of reference points to mark the first position and the second position in the electronic copy of the video content;

discarding portions of the electronic copy of the video content occurring before the first position and after the second position; and

storing a remaining portion of the electronic copy of the video content occurring between the first position and the second position.

16. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions for playing the remaining portion of the electronic copy of the video content.

17. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions for marking a time in the electronic copy of the video content.

18. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions for marking a time in the video content.

19. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions for marking a position in the electronic copy of the video content.

20. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions for marking a position in the video content.