Video viewing and tagging system

• US 9,251,503 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2011
• Issued: 02/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Sharma, Pallaw, Holder, Warwick
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US13/074,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20120110455A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,771 Days
• Field of Search: 715/719, 715/721, 434/322
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/23 for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/847 Cooperative playing, e.g. requiring coordinated actions from several players to achieve a common goal
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided to view, manipulate, and share videos within a gaming platform implemented as an advisory services network. Within the context of a serious game designed around a complex business problem of an organization, players can review videos conveying ethnographic information, mark segments of the videos, tag the videos or segments for categorization, create discussions around the videos or segments, add the videos or segments as evidence to a dossier, embed the videos or segments into existing discussions, or the like.

Claims

1. A method facilitated by at least one processor of a computing system, comprising:

receiving, from an interface, time field selection parameters specifying a segment of a video visually presented on the interface;

extracting the segment of video and generating a dossier item, the dossier item being saved in a dossier of a specific user interacting with the interface;

creating a new discussion thread, via a discussion platform, relating to the segment of the video; and

updating the interface to indicate the creating of the new discussion thread and associating the discussion thread with the segment of the video, the interface configurable to present an indicator displaying a number, the number being how many discussion threads that are associated with the segment of video, the interface displaying identifiers of at least some users who have viewed the segment of the video, wherein the updating of the interface further comprises;

receiving an identifier of content for display on the interface;

sending a request to a metadata store with the identifier to acquire a set of related content identifiers;

acquiring related content from a plurality of data stores based on the set of related content identifiers; and

generating interface content based on a composite of the related content and the content for display.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a command from the interface, triggering the creating of the new discussion thread.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating of the new discussion thread further comprises:

generating a data structure that represents the new discussion thread; and

populating the data structure with at least one of a username of an initiator of the new discussion thread, a time and date of the creating, an initial comment text obtained from the interface, a file attachment, or a hyper link attachment.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a start time and an end time of the segment of the video based on the time field selection parameters.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting the segment of the video from the video.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising linking the new discussion thread and the segment of the video to indicate that a topic of the new discussion thread relates to the segment of the video.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the linking of the new discussion thread and the segment of the video further comprises:

generating metadata that associates a first identifier, associated with the new discussion thread, and a second identifier corresponding to the video; and

storing the metadata in a data store.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising appending time field information to the metadata delineating the segment of the video relative to a time line of the video.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating of the interface further comprises displaying a tag, linking to the new discussion thread, on a playback timeline of the interface including displaying a visual indication, of the segment of the video specified by the time field selection parameters, along the playback timeline and a visual representation of an initiator of the new discussion thread.

10. A computing device comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, perform operations comprising;

receiving, from an interface, time field selection parameters specifying a segment of a video visually presented on the interface;

extracting the segment of video and generating a dossier item, the dossier item being saved in a dossier of a specific user interacting with the interface;

creating a new discussion thread, via a discussion platform, relating to the segment of the video; and

updating the interface to indicate the creating of the new discussion thread and associating the discussion thread with the segment of the video, the interface configurable to present an indicator displaying a number, the number being how many discussion threads that are associated with the segment of video, the interface displaying identifiers of at least some users who have viewed the segment of the video, wherein the updating of the interface further comprises;

receiving an identifier of content for display on the interface;

sending a request to a metadata store with the identifier to acquire a set of related content identifiers;

acquiring related content from a plurality of data stores based on the set of related content identifiers; and

generating interface content based on a composite of the related content and the content for display.

11. The computing device of claim 10, further comprising receiving a command from the interface, triggering the creating of the new discussion thread.

12. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the creating of the new discussion thread further comprises:

generating a data structure that represents the new discussion thread; and

populating the data structure with at least one of a username of an initiator of the new discussion thread, a time and date of the creating, an initial comment text obtained from the interface, a file attachment, or a hyper link attachment.

13. The computing device of claim 10, further comprising identifying a start time and an end time of the segment of the video based on the time field selection parameters.

14. The computing device of claim 10, further comprising:

extracting the segment of the video from the video.

15. The computing device of claim 10, further comprising linking the new discussion thread and the segment of the video to indicate that a topic of the new discussion thread relates to the segment of the video.

16. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the linking of the new discussion thread and the segment of the video further comprises:

generating metadata that associates a first identifier, associated with the new discussion thread, and a second identifier corresponding to the video; and

storing the metadata in a data store.

17. The computing device of claim 16, further comprising appending time field information to the metadata delineating the segment of the video relative to a time line of the video.

18. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the updating of the interface further comprises displaying a tag, linking to the new discussion thread, on a playback timeline of the interface including displaying a visual indication, of the segment of the video specified by the time field selection parameters, along the playback timeline and a visual representation of an initiator of the new discussion thread.