System and methods for providing user generated video reviews

• US 9,899,063 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2017
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Scorpcast LLC (d/b/a HaulStars)
• Original Assignee: Scorpcast LLC (d/b/a HaulStars)
• Inventors: Avedissian, Narbeh, Sreenath, Nikhil
• Primary Examiner(s): Jasmin, Lynda
• Assistant Examiner(s): PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT
• Application Number:
  US15/498,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20170229156A1
• Time in Patent Office: 300 Days
• 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: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0278 Product appraisal
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• 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: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

Methods and systems for content aggregation and distribution are described. Video content may be received from a plurality of sources. The video content may be associated with metadata identifying items included within the video content. A video player may be provided which enables video content to be displayed on a user terminal, and a control may be provided enabling the user to quickly navigate to specific portions of the video content. The video player may be embeddable. Tags associated with a given item of video content may be stored and accessed remotely from the system hosting the item of video content.

Claims

1. A system for controlling playback of video files, comprising:

at least one processing device;

a network interface configured to communicate over a network with a video data store;

non-transitory memory storing programmatic code that when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

access, over a network using the network interface, a first video file from the video data store, the first video file comprising at least a first plurality of segments, wherein the first video file is compressed using a VP or MPEG format;

receive over the network using the network interface, a first plurality of images,

wherein a given image in the first plurality of images is associated with a respective segment in the first plurality of segments of the first video file and comprises an image of a product that corresponds to a product displayed in the respective segment of the first video file, the first plurality of images comprising a first image that is not an image from the first video file;

cause the first plurality of images to be displayed on a first user device at the same time in association with a playback of the first video file, for at least a portion of the time the first video file is being played back in a playback area of a video player,

wherein the first plurality of images associated with respective segments in the first video file is displayed in the playback area, overlaying the playback of the first video file;

change the display of images in the first plurality of images as different segments in the first video file is played back;

cause a corresponding navigation event to occur at least partly in response to detecting that a user has selected the first image in the first plurality of images associated with respective segments in the first video file and displayed at the same time in the playback area overlaying the playback of the first video file.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

limit a size of the first video file to no greater than a first specified number of gigabytes.

3. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

prevent posting of a video having a resolution below a first threshold.

4. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the corresponding navigation event comprises causing the playback of the first video file to jump to a segment of the first video file corresponding to the first image.

5. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the corresponding navigation event comprises causing a navigation to a website corresponding to the first image.

6. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the first video file comprises a plurality of product reviews, wherein a first segment of the first video file corresponds to a product review of a first product, and a second segment of the first video file corresponds to a product review of a second product, and the first image is an image of the first product depicted in the first segment, but the first image is not from the first segment, wherein the first image is displayed in the playback area, overlaying the playback of the first video file, in association with a text product tag.

7. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

display at a first location spaced apart from the first plurality of images and overlaying at least a portion of the playback area, a first still image corresponding to a first product segment currently being played back; and

display a second still image of a second product, in place of the first still image, when a second product segment is currently being played back.

8. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

provide a timeline user interface for display on a second user device; and

enable the timeline user interface to be utilized in associating the first plurality of images with respective segments in the first plurality of segments of the first video file.

9. A system for controlling playback of video files, comprising:

at least one processing device;

a network interface configured to communicate over a network with a video data store;

non-transitory memory storing programmatic code that when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receive, over a network using the network interface, a first video;

store an association of a given image in a first plurality of images with a respective segment in a first plurality of segments of the first video, the first plurality of images comprising;

a first image associated with a first segment of the first video; and

a second image associated with a second segment of the first video, wherein the first image and the second image are not an image from the first video;

cause at least the first image and the second image to be displayed on a first user device at the same time in association with a playback of the first video, for at least a portion of the time the first video is being played back in a playback area of a content player,

wherein the first image and the second image, associated with respective first and second segments in the first video, are displayed at the same time in the playback area, overlaying the playback of the first video, and the display of the first image and the second image are changed during playback of the second segment, relative to the display of the first image and the second image during playback of the first segment;

cause a first navigation event to occur at least partly in response to a detection that a user has selected the first image, the first image associated with the first segment and displayed at the same time as the second image in the playback area overlaying the playback of the first video;

cause a second navigation event to occur at least partly in response to a detection that a user has selected the second image, the second image associated with the second segment and displayed at the same time as the first image in the playback area overlaying the playback of the first video.

10. The system as defined in claim 9, wherein the first video is compressed using a VP or MPEG format.

11. The system as defined in claim 9, the operations further comprising:

limit a size of the first video to no greater than a first specified size.

12. The system as defined in claim 9, wherein the first video is stored on a data store and the content player is accessed via a social networking site remote from a data store from which the first video is accessed.

13. The system as defined in claim 9, wherein the first navigation event comprises causing the playback of the first video to jump to the first segment of the first video corresponding to the first image.

14. The system as defined in claim 9, wherein the first navigation event comprises causing a navigation to a website corresponding to the first image.

15. The system as defined in claim 9, wherein the first navigation event comprises causing a corresponding user interface to be displayed.

16. The system as defined in claim 9, the operations further comprising:

display at a first location spaced apart from the first image and the second image and overlaying at least a portion of the playback area, a third image associated with the first segment being played back; and

display at the first location spaced apart from the first image and the second image, a fourth image in place of the first still image, when the second segment is being played back.

17. The system as defined in claim 9, the operations further comprising:

display at a first location spaced apart from the first image and the second image and overlaying at least a portion of the playback area, a first text associated with the first segment being played back; and

display at the first location spaced apart from the first image and the second image, a second text in place of the first text, when the second segment is being played back.

18. The system as defined in claim 9, the operations further comprising:

provide a timeline user interface for display on a second user device; and

enable the timeline user interface to be utilized in associating the first plurality of images with respective segments in the first plurality of segments of the first video.

19. The system as defined in claim 9, the operations further comprising:

provide a search interface enabling a user to search for video operations by at least brand, model, or color.

20. A system, comprising:

at least one processing device;

a network interface configured to communicate over a network with a video data store;

non-transitory memory storing programmatic code that when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receive, over a network using the network interface, a first video;

store an association of a given image in a first plurality of images with a respective segment in the first plurality of segments of the first video, the first plurality of images comprising;

a first image that is not an image from the first video, the first image associated with a first segment of the first video;

a second image that is not an image from the first video, the second image associated with a second segment of the first video

cause at least the first image and the second image to be displayed via a dedicated mobile device application on a first user mobile device in association with a playback of the first video, for at least a portion of the time the first video is being played back in a playback area of the dedicated mobile device application,

wherein the first image, associated with the first segment, and the second image, associated with the second segment, are displayed in the playback area, overlaying the playback of the first video and the display of the first image and the second image are changed during playback of the second segment, relative to the display of the first image and the second image during playback of the first segment, and

wherein the dedicated mobile device application causes a first navigation event to occur at least partly in response to a user selecting the first image in the playback area overlaying the playback of the first video, and

wherein the dedicated mobile device application causes a second navigation event to occur at least partly in response to a user selecting the second image in the playback area overlaying the playback of the first video.

21. The system as defined in claim 20, the operations further comprising:

cause at least one still image associated with the first segment to be displayed at a first location spaced apart from the first plurality of images and overlaying at least a portion of the playback area while the first segment of the first video is being played back; and

cause a second still image to be displayed in place of the first still image when the second segment of the first video is being played back.

22. The system as defined in claim 20, the operations further comprising:

provide a timeline user interface for display on a second user device; and

enable the timeline user interface to be utilized in associating the first image with the first segment of the first video and the second image with the second segment of the first video.

23. The system as defined in claim 20, wherein the first video is stored on a data store and the content player is accessed via a social networking site remote from the data store.

24. The system as defined in claim 20, wherein the first navigation event comprises causing the playback of the first video to jump to the first segment of the first video corresponding to the first image.

25. The system as defined in claim 20, wherein the first navigation event comprises causing a navigation to a website corresponding to the first image.

26. A system, comprising:

at least one processing device;

a network interface configured to communicate over a network with a video data store;

non-transitory memory storing programmatic code that when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receive, over a network using the network interface, a first video;

store an association of a first image not from the first video and/or a first text with a first segment of the first video;

store an association of a second image not from the first video and/or a second text with a second segment of the first video;

cause the first image and/or the first text to be automatically presented during a playback of the first segment of the first video in a playback area of a video player via a user device, wherein the first image and/or the first text is presented as an overlay in the playback area over the first segment of the first video;

cause the second image and/or the second text to be automatically presented in place of the first image and/or the first text during a playback of the second segment of the first video in the playback area of the video player, wherein the second image and/or the second text is presented as an overlay in the playback area over the second segment of the first video;

enable a corresponding navigation event to occur at least partly in response to a user selecting;

the first image and/or the first text during a playback of the first segment of the first video in the playback area, wherein the first image and/or the first text is presented as an overlay over the first segment of the first video;

or

the second image and/or the second text during a playback of the second segment of the first video in the playback area, wherein the second image and/or the second text is presented as an overlay over the second segment of the first video.

27. The system as defined in claim 26, the operations further comprising:

provide a timeline user interface for display on a second user device; and

enable the timeline user interface to be utilized in associating the first image with the first segment of the first video and the second image with the second segment of the first video.

28. The system as defined in claim 26, the operations further comprising:

store an association of a third image with the first segment of the first video, wherein the third image is not an image from the first video;

store an association of a fourth image with the second segment of the first video, wherein the fourth image is not an image from the first video;

cause the third image and the fourth image to be displayed at the same time as an overlay on the first video in the playback area while the first video is being played;

enable a corresponding navigation event to occur least partly in response to a user selecting the third image or the fourth image.

29. The system as defined in claim 26, wherein the first navigation event comprises causing a corresponding user interface to be displayed.