HIGH QUALITY SEMI-AUTOMATIC PRODUCTION OF CUSTOMIZED RICH MEDIA VIDEO CLIPS

• US 20080292265A1
• Filed: 05/24/2007
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AutoData Solutions Inc.
• Original Assignee: Internet Brands, Inc. (Mh Sub I LLC)
• Inventors: Worthen, Billie C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,966,369 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/282
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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

Abstract

A method and system for the high quality semi-automatic production of customized rich media video clips is disclosed. Media source material, such as text, graphics, pictures, and video clips can be submitted by a customer. A computerized content aggregator utilizing an automated production assistant can locate additional source material by searching available information libraries and databases. The computerized content aggregator may be programmed to organize and assemble the various source materials to create suggested video elements and a suggested voice-over script or recording. A human video producer can then quickly and efficiently create a rich media video clip from the suggested video elements and the voice-over script or recording.

Claims

1. A method of high quality semi-automatic production of customized rich media video clips comprising:

receiving media source material transferred over a computer network from a customer;

using an automated computerized process to;

search electronic information libraries using an automated computerized process to identify previously produced rich media video clips and rich media video clip components related to the received media source material;

search commercially available databases using an automated computerized process to identify any database information related to the received media source material;

automatically translate the media source material, previously produced rich media video clips and rich media video clip components, and database information into suggested voice-over elements used to generate a voice-over audio element read by a human for a rich media video clip;

automatically assemble and organize suggested rich media elements derived from the media source material, previously produced rich media video clips and rich media video clip components, and/or database information; and

present the suggested voice-over elements and suggested rich media elements as part of a user interface available to a human operator; and

creating the rich media clip by having the human operator utilize the user interface to selectively create the rich media video clip based on the suggested voice-over elements and suggested rich media elements.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein using the automated computerized process to automatically generate the suggested voice over-elements generates a suggested script to be read and recorded by the human operator when creating the rich media clip.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein using the automated computerized process to automatically generate the suggested voice over-elements selects an appropriate pre-recorded audio track of human reading a script and creating the rich media clip selectively alters a timing of the audio track based on selection and sequence of the suggested rich media elements.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving media source material is performed for a plurality of customers, each customer submitting media source material as part of a work request and wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting the rich media clip corresponding to a given work order over the computer network to the corresponding customer for the work order.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein each of the rich media clips created corresponding to a work order are created at a production grade quality in less than about 10 minutes.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the work request in receiving media source material includes access to a retail customer list of the customer and wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting the rich media clip corresponding to a given work order over the computer network to selected ones of the retail customer list based of the corresponding customer based on attributes in the work order.

7. A computerized system for high quality semi-automatic production of customized rich media video clips comprising:

a first user interface configured to facilitate the transmission of media source material by a customer over a computer network as part of a work request;

a computerized production assistant in communication with the first user interface and programmed to automatically search previously produced rich media video clips, rich media video clip components and database information to identify rich media video clips, rich media video clip components and database information related to the work request;

a computerized content aggregator in communication with the first user interface and the computerized production assistant and programmed to;

automatically translate the media source material, previously produced rich media video clips and rich media video clip components, and database information related to the work request into suggested voice-over elements used to generate a voice-over audio element read by a human for a rich media video clip; and

automatically assemble and organize suggested rich media elements derived from the media source material, previously produced rich media video clips and rich media video clip components, and/or database information;

a second user interface in communication with the content aggregator to present the suggested voice-over elements and suggested rich media elements to a human operator other than the customer; and

a video creation program in communication with the second user interface programmed to enable the human operator to selectively create a rich media video clip based on the suggested voice-over elements and suggested rich media elements.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the computerized content aggregator automatically generates the suggested voice over-elements as a suggested script to be read and recorded by the human operator when using the video creation program to create the rich media clip.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein using the computerized content aggregator automatically selects an appropriate pre-recorded audio track of human reading a script and the video creation program creates the rich media clip selectively alters a timing of the audio track based on selection and sequence of the suggested rich media elements by the human operator via the second user interface.