Media content clip identification and combination architecture

• US 9,384,512 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2011
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quib Inc.
• Original Assignee: Quib Inc.
• Inventors: McClements, James Burns IV
• Primary Examiner(s): Madamba, Glenford
• Application Number:
  US13/323,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20120150698A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,667 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 705/27, 725/32
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices are described for associating comments with playback of media content. A user at an input device may select a first point and a second point during a first media content to define a first media content clip. A first comment received at the input device may be associated with the first media content clip. The user may also select a third point and a fourth point during a second media content to define a second media content clip. A second comment received at the input device may be associated with the second media content clip. The input device may associate the first media content clip with the second media content clip based on a playback sequence received from the user.

Claims

1. A method of associating comments with playback of media content, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user at an input device, a selection of a first point and a second point during a first media content being viewed by the user, the first point and the second point defining a first media content clip, and a first comment associated with the first media content clip;

receiving, from the user at the input device, a selection of a second media content clip associated with the first media content clip, wherein the second media content clip comprises a third point and a fourth point of the first media content or a second media content, the third point and the fourth point defining the second media content clip, and a second comment associated with the second media content clip;

receiving from the user at the input device a linking comment that associates the first media content clip with the second media content clip;

identifying a playback sequence for the first media content clip and the second media content clip based at least in part on the linking comment; and

creating a meta-media object comprising a reference to the first media content clip, the first comment, the second media content clip, the second comment, and the linking comment in accordance with the identified playback sequence.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the selection of the first point, the second point, and a first content identifier for the first media content clip, the third point, the fourth point, and a second content identifier for the second media content clip, the first comment, the second comment, the linking comment, and the playback sequence to a central server computer system over a network.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

generating time codes for the first point during playback of the first media content, the second point during the playback of the first media content, the third point during playback of the second media content, and the fourth point during the playback of the second media content;

wherein the transmitting the selection of the first point and tile second point for the first media clip and the selection of the second media clip to the central server computer system comprises transmitting the generated time codes to the central server computer system.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the user, a first price of the first media content clip and a second price of the second media content clip; and

displaying the first price and the second price to the input device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first price is less than a price associated with an entirety of the first media content.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

prompting the user of the input device to purchase the first media content clip at the first price and the second media content clip at the second price.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

playing back the created meta-media object at the input device, wherein playing back the created meta-media object comprises displaying the first media content clip, the first comment, the second media content clip, the second comment, and the linking comment in accordance with the identified playback sequence.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the linking comment comprises a third comment and a link to the second media content clip, the third comment being associated with a transition between the playback of the first media content clip and playback of the second media content clip.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the first comment for the first media content clip comprises code for controlling an output device, the code used to reduce a volume of the first media content clip, slow the playback of the first media content clip, or both.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, to the user, the second media content clip and a third media content clip;

receiving, from the user, a selection of the second media content clip, wherein the meta-media object is created based at least in part on the received selection.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the first media content clip is associated with an additional comment from a second user viewing the first media content.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from a second user, the selection of the third point and the fourth point, the third point and the fourth point defining the second media content clip.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the second media content clip is associated with the first media content, and wherein the first point and the third point share a common time code.

7. A method of associating comments with playback of media content, the method comprising:

receiving, from an input device, a selection of a first media content clip and a first comment associated with the first media content clip, the selection of the first media content clip comprising a first point and a second point during a first media content being presented to a user;

receiving, from the input device, a selection of a second media content clip associated with the first media content clip and a second comment associated with the second media content clip, the second media content clip comprising a third point and a fourth point of the first media content or a second media content;

receiving, from the input device, a linking comment that associates the first media content clip with the second media content clip;

receiving, from the input device, a playback sequence for the first media content clip and the second media content clip; and

storing a meta-media object comprising a reference to first media content clip, the second media content clip, the first comment, the second comment, and the linking comment in a data store, wherein the first media content clip is associated with the second media content clip at the data store in accordance with the playback sequence.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising transmitting the reference to the first media content clip, the second media content clip, the first comment, the second comment, and the playback sequence to an output device over a network.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

generating a first time code for the first point during the first media content, a second time code for the second point during the first media content, a third time code for the third point during the second media content, and a fourth time code for the fourth point during the second media content;

wherein storing the selections of the first and second media content clips at the data store comprises storing the first time code, the second time code, the third time code, and the fourth time code at the data store.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

conditioning storage of the selections of the first and second media content clips and the first and second comments at the data store on payment of a first price associated with the first media content clip and a second price of the second media content clip.

11. A method of associating comments with playback of media content, the method comprising:

receiving at an output device a meta-media object comprising a reference to a first media content clip, a first comment associated with the first media content clip, a second media content clip, a second comment associated with the second media content clip, a linking comment associating the first media content clip with the second media content clip, and a playback sequence;

playing back the first media content clip and the second media content clip in accordance with the playback sequence; and

displaying to a user of the output device a first indication of the first comment during playback of the first media content clip, a second indication of the second comment during playback of the second media content clip, and a third indication of the linking comment during playback of the first media content clip and the second media content clip.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein:

the receiving the first media content clip comprises receiving a first time code for a first point during the playback of a first media content and a second time code for a second point during the playback of the first media content; and

the receiving the second media content clip comprises receiving a third time code for a third point during the playback of the second media content and a fourth time code for a fourth point during the playback of the second media content.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a first price of the first media content clip and a second price of the second media content clip; and

displaying the first price and the second price to a user of the output device.