Digital video recorder video editing system

• US 9,967,534 B1
• Filed: 11/21/2005
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Flannery, Matthew, Schmidt, Margret, Pope, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Chio, Tat C
• Application Number:
  US11/285,402
• Time in Patent Office: 4,551 Days
• Field of Search: 386 1, 386 46, 386 52- 55, 386 68, 386 83, 386 95, 386124-126, 715720-721, 725 19- 20, 725 39, 725 43- 45, 725 89
• 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
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• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/32 on separate auxiliary tracks of the same or an auxiliary record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2005/91335 the copy protection signal being a watermark
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2005/91364 the video signal being scrambled
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21 Server components or server architectures
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43622 : Interfacing an external recording device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4367 : Establishing a secure communication between the client and a peripheral device or smart card
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 : Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 : End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 : for requesting additional data associated with the content
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 : End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 : involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 : using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 : for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 : Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 : Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 : between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/7755 : the recorder being connected to, or coupled with, the antenna of the television receiver
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 : on discs or drums
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 : with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17309 : Transmission or handling of upstream communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 : involving data reduction
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/83 : the recorded chrominance signal occupying a frequency band under the frequency band of the recorded brightness signal

Abstract

A method and apparatus for a digital video recorder (DVR) video editing system provides a user interface and video editing environment for content stored on a DVR'"'"'s storage device. A visual progress indicator is displayed over the program content that the user has selected to edit. The user moves a position indicator within a cache bar in the visual progress indicator that indicates how much of the program content has been stored on the storage device. The user can delete sections of the program content. The user can also add other recorded program content into the program content. The deleted sections and added content are highlighted in the cache bar by colors that are different from the normal color used for the cache bar.

Claims

1. A method for editing video content on a digital video recorder (DVR), comprising:

receiving a request from a user to edit a video content;

retrieving the video content from a storage device;

playing back the video content to the user;

displaying a cache bar to the user, the cache bar indicates the length of the video content, the cache bar is filled with a first color;

displaying a position indicator that moves within the cache bar and graphically indicates a current position within the length of the video content indicated by the cache bar;

in response to a first user command, moving the position indicator to a position along the cache bar;

displaying a time corresponding to the position of the position indicator in relation to the cache bar;

in response to a second user command, displaying a pop up menu in a vicinity of the cache bar, the menu comprising a list of selectable menu items;

in response to a third user command that indicates selecting selection of an item from the list of selectable menu items and prior to an end of playback of the video content;

marking a section of the video content which is less than an entirety of the video content, and

saving the section of the video content as a new recording; and

in response to a fourth user command selecting an item from the list of selectable menu items prior to the end of the playback of the video content, saving the section of the video content on the storage device, the section of the video content is then removed from the video content.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein displaying the cache bar to the user further comprises highlighting deleted content sections on the cache bar with a second color.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein displaying the cache bar to the user further comprises highlighting inserted content sections with a third color.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein upon the user committing to saving any editing changes, any memory used on the storage device by any deleted content sections is released and used by the DVR.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the video content is shortened by an amount equal to any saved user-defined video content sections.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user deletes a section of content from the video content by positioning the position indicator and designating a beginning and end of the section of content to be deleted.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein, in response to the fourth user command, only the section of the video content that has been marked is removed from the video content.

8. An apparatus for editing video content on a digital video recorder (DVR), comprising:

a first subsystem that receives a request from a user to edit a video content;

a second subsystem that retrieves the video content from a storage device;

a third subsystem that plays back the video content to the user;

a cache bar display subsystem that displays a cache bar to the user, the cache bar indicates the length of the video content, wherein the cache bar is filled with a first color;

a fourth subsystem that displays a position indicator that moves within the cache bar and graphically indicates a current position within the length of the video content indicated by the cache bar;

a fifth subsystem that, in response to a first user command, moves the position indicator to a position along the cache bar;

a sixth subsystem that displays a time corresponding to the position of the position indicator in relation to the cache bar;

a seventh subsystem that, in response to a second user command, displays a pop up menu in a vicinity of the cache bar, the menu comprising a list of selectable menu items;

an eighth subsystem that, in response to a third user command that indicates selection of an item from the list of selectable menu items and prior to an end of playback of the video content;

marks a section of the video content which is less than an entirety of the video content, and

saving the section of the video content as a new recording; and

a ninth subsystem that, in response to a fourth user command selecting an item from the list of selectable menu items prior to the end of the playback of the video content, saves the section of the video content on the storage device, the section of the video content is then removed from the video content.

9. An apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein the cache bar display subsystem highlights deleted content sections on the cache bar with a second color.

10. An apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein the cache bar display subsystem highlights inserted content sections with a third color.

11. An apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein upon the user committing to saving any editing changes, any memory used on the storage device by any deleted content sections is released and used by the DVR.

12. An apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein the video content is shortened by an amount equal to any saved user-defined video content sections.

13. An apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein the user deletes a section of content from the video content by positioning the position indicator and designating a beginning and end of the section of content to be deleted.

14. An apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein, in response to the fourth user command, only the section of the video content that has been marked is removed from the video content.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for editing video content on a digital video recorder (DVR), which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

receiving a request from a user to edit a video content;

retrieving the video content from a storage device;

playing back the video content to the user;

displaying a cache bar to the user, the cache bar indicates the length of the video content, the cache bar is filled with a first color;

displaying a position indicator that moves within the cache bar and graphically indicates a current position within the length of the video content indicated by the cache bar;

in response to a first user command, moving the position indicator to a position along the cache bar;

displaying a time corresponding to the position of the position indicator in relation to the cache bar;

in response to a second user command, displaying a pop up menu in a vicinity of the cache bar, the menu comprising a list of selectable menu items;

in response to a third user command that indicates selection of an item from the list of selectable menu items and prior to an end of playback of the video content;

marking a section of the video content which is less than an entirety of the video content, and

saving the section of the video content as a new recording; and

in response to a fourth user command selecting an item from the list of selectable menu items prior to the end of the playback of the video content, saving the section of the video content on the storage device, the section of the video content is then removed from the video content.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15, wherein displaying the cache bar to the user further comprises highlighting deleted content sections on the cache bar with a second color.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15, wherein displaying the cache bar to the user further comprises highlighting inserted content sections with a third color.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15, wherein upon the user committing to saving any editing changes, any memory used on the storage device by any deleted content sections is released and used by the DVR.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15, wherein the video content is shortened by an amount equal to any saved user-defined video content sections.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15, wherein the user deletes a section of content from the video content by positioning the position indicator and designating a beginning and end of the section of content to be deleted.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15, wherein, in response to the fourth user command, only the section of the video content that has been marked is removed from the video content.