Low bandwidth consumption online content editing

• US 9,489,983 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2015
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WeVideo Incorporated
• Original Assignee: WeVideo Incorporated
• Inventors: Svendsen, Jostein, Rustberggaard, Bjrn
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): YANG, NIEN
• Application Number:
  US14/874,311
• Publication Number:
  US 20160027472A1
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• Field of Search: 386/285, 386/278, 386/E5.028
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25435 involving characteristics of content or additional data, e.g. video resolution or the amount of advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording

Abstract

Various embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for low bandwidth consumption online content editing, where user-created content comprising high definition/quality content is created or modified at an online content editing server according to instructions from an online content editor client, and where a proxy version of the resulting user-created content is provided to online content editor client to facilitate review or further editing of the user-created content from the online content editor client. In some embodiments, the online content editing server utilizes proxy content during creation and modification operations on the user-created content, and replaces such proxy content with corresponding higher definition/quality content, possibly when the user-created content is published for consumption, or when the user has paid for the higher quality content.

Claims

1. A system for low bandwidth consumption online content editing, the system comprising:

an online adjustable quality content editing engine;

an adjustable-quality layer rendering engine coupled to the online adjustable quality content editing engine;

a content library engine coupled to the online adjustable quality content editing engine;

an adjustable quality content payment engine coupled to the online adjustable quality content editing engine, the adjustable quality content payment engine comprising a payment processing engine and a content quality definition engine;

a content library datastore coupled to the content library engine, wherein the content library datastore comprises first content, the first content containing a first representation of user-generated media and the first representation having a first quality, and the first content comprising user-generated or third-party provided content;

a remote online content editor user interface engine at a client;

a content publication engine coupled to the online adjustable quality content editing engine;

a content licensing management engine coupled to the online adjustable quality content editing engine;

wherein, in operation;

the content library engine gathers second content containing a second representation of the user-generated media, the second representation having a second quality less than the first quality;

the online adjustable quality content editing engine;

provides the second content to the remote online content editor user interface engine;

receives one or more local edits to a local version of the second content, the one or more local edits being at the second quality;

gathers one or more edit components, each of the one or more edit components corresponding to each of the one or more local edits, and the one or more edit components having the first quality;

the adjustable-quality layer rendering engine;

renders multi-layered user-created content comprising a superimposition of the one or more edit components and the first content, the multi-layered user-created content having the first quality;

adjustably renders a first editing layer at a predefined-quality level corresponding to the first quality, wherein the predefined-quality level is based on a user preference, a payment from a user, a system preference, and a system condition;

the payment processing engine processes the payment;

the content quality definition engine defines the predefined-quality level based on a condition selected from a group consisting of an amount of the payment and a success in processing the payment;

the content publication engine publishes the multi-layered user-created content for consumption after a first editing layer has been rendered by the adjustable-quality layer rendering engine;

the content licensing management engine;

obtains a licensing parameter of use for the first content, wherein the licensing parameter comprises a use limitation associated with the first content;

provides the licensing parameter to the online adjustable quality content editing engine to limit use of the first content according to the use limitation.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the content library datastore comprises the second content, and the content library engine provides the second content to the online adjustable quality content editing engine from the content library datastore.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the content library engine comprises a lower quality content generation engine;

wherein, in operation;

the lower quality content generation engine generates the second content from the first content, and provides the second content to the online adjustable quality content editing engine.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first content comprises an image, an audio clip, or a video clip.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first content further comprises payment-free content or for-purchase content.

6. The system of claim 1, comprising an adjustable quality content payment engine coupled to the online adjustable quality content editing engine:

wherein, in operation;

the payment processing engine processes the payment from the user;

a high quality content control engine controls access to the first content by the online adjustable quality content editing engine based on a condition selected from a group consisting of an amount of the payment and a success in processing the payment.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a content licensing management engine coupled to the adjustable quality content payment engine;

wherein, in operation;

the content licensing management engine obtains a licensing parameter for the first content, wherein the licensing parameter comprises a cost associated with the first content;

the content licensing management engine provides the licensing parameter to the adjustable quality content payment engine to charge for use of the first content according to the cost.

8. A method for low bandwidth consumption online content editing, the method comprising:

obtaining first content from a content library datastore, the first content containing a first representation of user-generated media and the first representation having a first quality and the first content comprising user-generated or third-party provided content;

gathering second content from an online content editor server, the second content containing a second representation of the user-generated media, the second representation having a second quality less than the first quality;

providing, from the online content editor server, the second content to a low quality content online content editor instance at a client;

receiving from the client one or more local edits to a local version of the second content, the one or more local edits being at the second quality;

gathering, at the online content editor server, one or more edit components, each of the one or more edit components corresponding to each of the one or more local edits, and the one or more edit components having the first quality;

rendering, at the online content editor server, multi-layered user-created content comprising a superimposition of the one or more edit components and the first content, the multi-layered user-created content having the first quality;

adjustably rendering, at the online content editor server, a first editing layer at a predefined-quality level corresponding to the first quality, wherein the predefined-quality level is based on a user preference, a payment from a user, a system preference, and a system condition;

processing, at the online content editor server, the payment;

defining, at the online content editor server, the predefined-quality level based on a condition selected from a group consisting of an amount of the payment and a success in processing the payment;

publishing, at the online content editor server, the multi-layered user-created content for consumption after the first editing layer has been rendered by an adjustable-quality layer rendering engine;

obtaining, at the online content editor server, a licensing parameter of use for the first content, wherein the licensing parameter comprises a use limitation associated with the first content;

providing, from the online content editor server, the licensing parameter to an online adjustable quality content editing engine to limit use of the first content according to the use limitation.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising:

publishing the multi-layered user-created content for consumption after the first editing layer has been rendered.

10. The method of claim 8, comprising:

receiving a control instruction from a user interface at the client;

controlling an operation of the low quality content online content editor instance according to the control instruction.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

initiating the low quality content online content editor instance at the online content editor server;

receiving a connection to the low quality content online content editor instance from the user interface at the client.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating the second content before providing the second content to the low quality content online content editor instance.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

processing the payment from the user;

controlling access to the first content by the low quality content online content editor instance based on an amount of the payment or based on success in processing the payment.

14. The method of claim 8,

wherein the licensing parameter relates to a cost associated with the first content;

and wherein the method further comprises charging for use of the first content according to the cost.

15. A computer program product comprising:

one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage devices that, when executed, cause a computer to;

obtain first content from a content library datastore, the first content containing a first representation of user-generated media and the first representation having a first quality and the first content comprising user-generated or third-party provided content;

gather second content from an online content editor server, the second content containing a second representation of the user-generated media, the second representation having a second quality less than the first quality;

provide, from the online content editor server, the second content to a low quality content online content editor instance at a client;

receive from the client one or more local edits to a local version of the second content, the one or more local edits being at the second quality;

gather, at the online content editor server, one or more edit components, each of the one or more edit components corresponding to each of the one or more local edits, and the one or more edit components having the first quality;

render, at the online content editor server, multi-layered user-created content comprising a superimposition of the one or more edit components and the first content, the multi-layered user-created content having the first quality;

adjustably render, at the online content editor server, a first editing layer at a predefined-quality level corresponding to the first quality, wherein the predefined-quality level is based on a user preference, a payment from a user, a system preference, and a system condition;

process, at the online content editor server, the payment;

define, at the online content editor server, the predefined-quality level based on a condition selected from a group consisting of an amount of the payment and a success in processing the payment;

publish, at the online content editor server, the multi-layered user-created content for consumption after the first editing layer has been rendered by an adjustable-quality layer rendering engine;

obtain, at the online content editor server, a licensing parameter of use for the first content, wherein the licensing parameter comprises a use limitation associated with the first content;

provide, from the online content editor server, the licensing parameter to an online adjustable quality content editing engine to limit use of the first content according to the use limitation.