APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A CONTENT

• US 20150227513A1
• Filed: 09/18/2012
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Sathish, Sailesh, Curcio, Igor Danilo Diego
• Granted Patent: US 10,296,532 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• 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 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

There is provided methods, apparatuses and computer program products for obtaining access to contents. In a method a content for at least one segment of a media presentation is defined. A meta information element for the media presentation is provided. Further, meta data relating to the content of the at least one segment is included to the meta information element. The meta data comprises information on how to access the content of the segment. A reference to the meta data of the content is included in the segment.

Claims

1-89. -89. (canceled)

90. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

define a content for at least one segment of a media presentation;

provide a meta information element for the media presentation;

include meta data relating to the content of the at least one segment to the meta information element, the meta data comprising information on how to access the content of the segment; and

include a reference to the meta data of the content in the segment.

91. An apparatus according to claim 90, wherein the information on how to access the content of the segment comprises information enabling at least one of the following:

multiple presentation options for the content;

interaction with the content, wherein the interaction enabling fetching content from a server dynamically during presenting the media presentation.

92. An apparatus according to claim 90, said at least one memory stored with code thereon, which when executed by said at least one processor, further causes the apparatus to provide in the description of the content a connector indicative of how to obtain the content, wherein the connector comprises an indication of a storage location of the content.

93. An apparatus according to claim 90, said at least one memory stored with code thereon, which when executed by said at least one processor causes the apparatus to provide the reference to the description of the content as an access object and to implement the access object as a script to be executed when the segment is played back.

94. An apparatus according to claim 90, said at least one memory stored with code thereon, which when executed by said at least one processor, further causes the apparatus to:

include at least one media clip into the media presentation;

define another content for the at least one segment;

provide a description of the another content in the meta information element;

include a reference to the description of the another content in the segment search for a potential alternative content for the media clip;

and if found, to provide the potential content as the another content, wherein the media clip is a first video clip captured from a first viewpoint and the other content is a second video clip captured from another viewpoint.

95. A computer program product including one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform at least the following:

define a content for at least one segment of a media presentation;

provide a meta information element for the media presentation;

include meta data relating to the content of the at least one segment to the meta information element, the meta data comprising information on how to access the content of the segment; and

include a reference to a description of the meta data in the segment.

96. A computer program according to claim 95, wherein the information on how to access the content of the segment comprises information enabling at least one of the following:

multiple presentation options for the content;

interaction with the content, wherein the interaction enabling fetching content from a server dynamically during presenting the media presentation.

97. A computer program according to claim 95 comprising one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the apparatus to provide in the description of the content a connector indicative of how to obtain the content, wherein the connector comprises an indication of a storage location of the content.

98. A computer program according to claim 95 comprising one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the apparatus to provide the reference to the description of the content as an access object and to implement the access object as a script to be executed when the segment is played back.

99. A computer program according to claim 95 comprising one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:

include at least one media clip into the media presentation;

define another content for the at least one segment;

provide a description of the another content in the meta information element;

include a reference to the description of the another content in the segment;

search for a potential alternative content for the media clip; and

if found, to provide the potential content as the another content ,wherein the media clip is a first video clip captured from a first viewpoint and the another content is a second video clip captured from another viewpoint.

100. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

obtain a media presentation comprising at least one segment;

obtain a meta information element attached with the media presentation, the meta information element comprising information on how to access content of the at least one segment;

examine a reference included in the meta information element to a meta data provided for the at least one segment, the meta data comprising information on how to access the content of the segment.

101. An apparatus according to claim 100, wherein the information on how to access the content of the segment comprises information enabling at least one of the following:

multiple presentation options for the content;

interaction with the content, the interaction enabling fetching content from a server dynamically during presenting the media presentation.

102. An apparatus according to claim 100, said at least one memory stored with code thereon, which when executed by said at least one processor, further causes the apparatus to obtain from the description of the content a connector indicative of how to obtain the content, wherein the connector comprises an indication of a storage location of the content.

103. An apparatus according to claim 100, wherein the reference to the description of the content is provided as an access object, wherein said at least one memory stored with code thereon, which when executed by said at least one processor, further causes the apparatus to execute the access object to obtain the content when the segment is played back.

104. An apparatus according to claim 100, said at least one memory stored with code thereon, which when executed by said at least one processor, further causes the apparatus to:

determine whether multiple presentation options for the content are available; and

if so, to select one of the available presentation options for the content for playback, wherein the media presentation comprises a first video clip captured from a first viewpoint and a second video clip captured from another viewpoint.

105. A computer program product including one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform at least the following:

obtain a media presentation comprising at least one segment;

obtain a meta information element attached with the media presentation, the meta information element comprising information on how to access content of the at least one segment;

examine a reference included in the meta information element to a meta data provided for the at least one segment, the meta data comprising information on how to access the content of the segment.

106. A computer program according to claim 105, wherein the information on how to access the content of the segment comprises information enabling at least one of the following:

multiple presentation options for the content;

interaction with the content, wherein the interaction enabling fetching content from a server dynamically during presenting the media presentation.

107. A computer program according to claim 105 comprising one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the apparatus to obtain from the description of the content a connector indicative of how to obtain the content, wherein the connector comprises an indication of a storage location of the content.

108. A computer program according to claim 105, wherein the reference to the description of the content is provided as an access object, wherein the computer program comprises one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the apparatus to execute the access object to obtain the content when the segment is played back.

109. A computer program according to claim 105 comprising one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:

determine whether multiple presentation options for the content are available; and

if so, to select one of the available presentation options for the content for playback,

wherein the media presentation comprises a first video clip captured from a first viewpoint and a second video clip captured from another viewpoint.