Easy-to-use desktop screen recording application

• US 9,977,580 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2015
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ilos Co. (Paylocity Holding Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Ilos Co. (Paylocity Holding Corp.)
• Inventors: Stokman, Nick, Higgins, Sean
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, David
• Application Number:
  US14/630,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20150242104A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,183 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/065 Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems
• 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 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

Systems and methods for computer screen recording are described herein. In an embodiment, a web-based application includes a screen recorder, a video transcoder, and a video upload manager. The screen recorder records video tutorials, the video transcoder transcodes the recorded video tutorials, and the upload manager uploads the transcoded video tutorial to a server. The server analyzes the uploaded video tutorial to determine search terms that are relevant to the uploaded video tutorial, and associates the determined search terms with the uploaded video tutorial. The server also receives from users search queries containing search terms, searches for video tutorials related to the search terms, and returns a search query result containing links to the related video tutorials.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a server to receive a recorded video tutorial from a client computer;

a web-based interface to receive data to associate with the recorded video tutorial;

a database to store the recorded video tutorial and its associated data;

a web-based search engine to receive a search query including search terms and to search the database in response to the received search query; and

content management software executed by the server to manage a plurality of recorded video tutorials and to provide a list of video tutorials resulting from the search query with links to enable playing of the video tutorials;

wherein the web-based search engine adds the search query to a first list of search queries when the search query returned no video tutorials, and wherein the web-based search engine adds the search query to a second list of search queries when a user does not click on any of video tutorials in the list of video tutorials;

receiving, via the web-based interface;

a selection of image content within a frame of the video tutorial as a template image, and a selection of an image modification;

analyzing the video tutorial to find within the video tutorial each respective frame containing the template image; and

modifying the template image within each respective frame according to the selected image modification;

wherein the image content is defined by a bounding region, and comprising inverting the bounding region such that an area outside of the bounding region becomes the selection of image content.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data to associate with the recorded video tutorial includes keywords related to content within the video.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data to associate with the recorded video tutorial includes instructions describing how to perform a process described within the video.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein each respective video tutorial in the list of video tutorials resulting from the received search query is selected based at least partially upon a similarity between a search term in the received search query and the instructions describing how to perform a process described within the respective video tutorial.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the data to associate with the recorded video tutorial includes a set of timestamps, each respective timestamp in the set of timestamps associated with a respective instruction describing how to perform a process described within the video tutorial, the respective timestamp denoting a time within the video tutorial when the respective instruction is taught.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the server is to add a respective bookmark at the respective time within the video tutorial when the respective instruction is taught, such that a selection of the respective bookmark during playback of the video tutorial using a video playback program causes the video playback program to jump to the respective time within the video tutorial.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an analysis module;

wherein the web-based interface is further to receive;

a selection of image content within a frame of the video tutorial as a template image, and a selection of an image modification; and

wherein the analysis module is to analyze the video tutorial to find within the video tutorial each respective frame containing the template image and modify the template image within each respective frame according to the selected image modification.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the selection of an image modification includes a replacement image, and wherein the analysis module is to modify the template image within each respective frame by replacing the template image with the replacement image.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the selection of an image modification includes a selection to obscure the template image by at least one of blurring, opaquing, shading, darkening, dimming, and concealing.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the analysis module is to recognize a partially obstructed template image within a frame of the video tutorial, the partially obstructed template image including an obstructed portion and an unobstructed portion, and where in the analysis module is to modify the unobstructed portion of the template image according to the selected image modification.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving a recorded video tutorial from a client computer;

receiving, via a web-based interface, data to associate with the recorded video tutorial;

storing the recorded video tutorial and its associated data into a database;

receiving, via a web-based search engine, a search query including search terms;

searching the database in response to the received search query;

returning, to the client computer, a list of video tutorials resulting from the search query with links to enable playing of the video tutorials;

receiving a selection of a link to a particular video tutorial;

automatically searching text associated with the selected video tutorial for the search terms; and

playing the video tutorial beginning at a timestamp that is associated with the text;

receiving, via the web-based interface;

a selection of image content within a frame of the video tutorial as a template image, and a selection of an image modification;

analyzing the video tutorial to find within the video tutorial each respective frame containing the template image; and

modifying the template image within each respective frame according to the selected image modification;

wherein the image content is defined by a bounding region, and comprising inverting the bounding region such that an area outside of the bounding region becomes the selection of image content.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data to associate with the recorded video tutorial includes keywords related to content within the video.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the data to associate with the recorded video tutorial includes instructions describing how to perform a process described within the video.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

selecting each respective video tutorial in the list of video tutorials resulting from the received search query based at least partially upon a similarity between a search term in the received search query and the instructions describing how to perform a process described within the respective video tutorial.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the data to associate with the recorded video tutorial includes a set of timestamps, each respective timestamp in the set of timestamps associated with a respective instruction describing how to perform a process described within the video tutorial, the respective timestamp denoting a time within the video tutorial when the respective instruction is taught.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

adding a respective bookmark at the respective time within the video tutorial when the respective instruction is taught, such that a selection of the respective bookmark during playback of the video tutorial using a video playback program causes the video playback program to jump to the respective time within the video tutorial.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

modifying the template image within each respective frame by replacing the template image with a replacement image included the image modification selection.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the selection of an image modification includes a selection to obscure the template image by at least one of blurring, opaquing, shading, darkening, dimming, and concealing.

19. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

recognizing a partially obstructed template image within a frame of the video tutorial, the partially obstructed template image including an obstructed portion and an unobstructed portion, and modifying the unobstructed portion of the template image according to the selected image modification.