Video map responsive to a video release

• US 9,332,241 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2014
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CustomPlay, LLC
• Original Assignee: CustomPlay, LLC
• Inventors: Minder, Adam L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, William
• Application Number:
  US14/182,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20140219630A1
• Time in Patent Office: 805 Days
• Field of Search: 386/241
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4302 Content synchronisation processes, e.g. decoder synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 : involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

An apparatus for and a method of obtaining, responsive to a user video preference and from a remote video provider, a particular one of a plurality of video releases of a video; obtaining a release ID identifying the particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video; obtaining, responsive to the release ID and from a remote information provider, segment information defining a begin video frame and an end video frame of each of a plurality of video segments within the identified particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video; obtaining a presentation preference of the user; applying the presentation preference to the segment information to selectively retrieve video segments within the video; and playing the selectively retrieved video segments as a seamless presentation less in length than the length of the video.

Claims

1. An apparatus capable of processing data and instructions executable by a processor, the apparatus, when executing the instructions, performs the steps of:

obtaining, responsive to a user video preference and from a remote video provider, a particular one of a plurality of video releases of a video;

obtaining a release ID identifying the particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video;

obtaining, responsive to the release ID and from a remote information provider, segment information defining a begin video frame and an end video frame of each of a plurality of video segments within the identified particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video;

obtaining a presentation preference of the user;

applying the presentation preference to the segment information to selectively retrieve video segments within the video; and

playing the selectively retrieved video segments as a seamless presentation less in length than the length of the video.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the release ID is obtained from the remote video provider, and wherein the remote information provider is the remote video provider.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a level of explicitness in each of a plurality of content categories of possibly objectionable content.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a level of explicitness in a content categories of possibly objectionable content, and wherein the selectively retrieved video segments depict possibly objectionable content that is consistent with the presentation preference.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a perspective from a characters point of view.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a condensed presentation that is focused on the main plot points.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a presentation that is focused on the action plot points and content.

8. An apparatus capable of processing data and instructions executable by a processor, the apparatus, when executing the instructions, performs the steps of:

initializing playback of a particular one of a plurality of video releases of a video;

obtaining a release ID identifying the particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video;

obtaining, responsive to the release ID and from a remote information provider, segment information defining a begin video frame and an end video frame of each of a plurality of video segments within the identified particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video;

obtaining a presentation preference of a user;

applying the presentation preference to the segment information to selectively retrieve video segments within the video; and

playing the selectively retrieved video segments as a seamless presentation less in length than the length of the video.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a level of explicitness in each of a plurality of content categories of possibly objectionable content.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a level of explicitness in a content categories of possibly objectionable content, and wherein the selectively retrieved video segments depict possibly objectionable content that is consistent with the presentation preference.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a perspective from a characters point of view.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a condensed presentation that is focused on the main plot points.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a presentation that is focused on the action plot points and content.

14. An apparatus capable of processing data and instructions executable by a processor, the apparatus, when executing the instructions, performs the steps of:

initializing playback of a particular one of a plurality of video releases of a video;

obtaining a release ID identifying the particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video;

obtaining, responsive to the release ID, segment information defining a begin video frame and an end video frame of each of a plurality of video segments within the identified particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video;

obtaining a presentation preference of a user;

applying the presentation preference to the segment information to selectively retrieve video segments within the video; and

playing the selectively retrieved video segments as a seamless presentation less in length than the length of the video.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the segment information is obtained from a memory local to the apparatus, and wherein the particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video was previously downloaded from a remote video provider.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a level of explicitness in each of a plurality of content categories of possibly objectionable content.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a level of explicitness in a content categories of possibly objectionable content, and wherein the selectively retrieved video segments depict possibly objectionable content that is consistent with the presentation preference.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a perspective from a characters point of view.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a condensed presentation that is focused on the main plot points.

20. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the presentation preference is a preference for a presentation that is focused on the action plot points and content.