METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIA SELECTION AND SHARING

• US 20120096357A1
• Filed: 10/13/2011
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Afterlive.tv Inc. (X Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Afterlive.tv Inc. (X Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Cunningham, Ryan Brice, Folgner, Michael George, Weibel, Stephen Benjamin, Nguyen, Lamthuy Tran
• Granted Patent: US 9,129,641 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/726
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• 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 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4545 Input to filtering algorithms, e.g. filtering a region of the image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server

Abstract

A method and system for media selection and sharing is disclosed. According to one embodiment, media content is received from a media source and is stored in a buffer for a first time period. A second time period within the first time period is determined for creating a media clip from the media content stored in the buffer. A media clip is generated as determined by the second time period. A user provides an input, and the user'"'"'s input is associated with the media clip to take one or more effects on the media clip. The media clip enhanced with the one more effects is transmitted over a network to share with other users.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving media content from a media source;

storing the media content in a buffer for a first time period;

determining a second time period within the first time period;

generating a media clip as determined by the second time period;

receiving a user input associated with the captured media clip;

associating the user input to take one or more effects on the media clip; and

transmitting the media clip enhanced with the one or more effects over a network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media source is selected from a group comprising a television show, drama, sporting event, movie, and multimedia clips available over the network.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a user interface, wherein the user interface contains a plurality of clickable areas for receiving inputs from a user.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of clickable areas comprises a timeline, a preview button, a comment area, a share button, a cancel button, a settings button, a logout button, and a play button.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is a gesture, a voice input, an emotion, a physical action, a click of a button on a user interface, or any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein access rights information associated with the media content limits a user from accessing to the media content according to the user'"'"'s access right.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a user action from a hand-held device;

identifying a feature associated with the user action; and

associating the identified feature to the media clip.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user action is a swing motion detected by an accelerometer and the swing motion triggers generating the media content from the media source.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the user action is a composite action to provide multiple effects to the media clip.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the composite action creates an animation overlaid on the captured media clip,

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the user action is a swing motion detected by an accelerometer and the swing motion triggers generating the media content from the media source.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions, which instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving media content from a media source;

storing the media content in a buffer for a first time period;

determining a second time period within the first time period;

generating a media clip as determined by the second time period;

receiving a user input associated with the captured media clip;

associating the user input to take one or more effects on the media clip; and

transmitting the media clip enhanced with the one or more effects over a network.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the media source is selected from a group comprising a television show, drama, sporting event, movie, and multimedia clips available over the network.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 having further instructions stored thereon computer-readable instructions, which instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising providing a user interface, wherein the user interface contains a plurality of clickable areas for receiving inputs from a user.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of clickable areas comprises a timeline, a preview button, a comment area, a share button, a cancel button, a settings button, a logout button, and a play button.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user input is a gesture, a voice input, an emotional, a physical action, or a click of a button on a user interface, or any combination thereof.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein access rights information associated with the media content limits a user from accessing to the media content according to the user'"'"'s access right.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 11 having further instructions stored thereon computer-readable instructions, which instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a user action from a hand-held device;

identifying a feature associated with the user action; and

associating the identified feature to the media clip.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein a user action is a composite action to provide multiple effects to the media clip.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the composite action creates an animation overlaid on the captured media clip.