SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING VIDEO WITH ADVERTISEMENTS OVER A NETWORK

• US 20170359606A1
• Filed: 06/09/2017
• Published: 12/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Videoshare, LLC
• Original Assignee: Videoshare, LLC
• Inventors: Liwerant, Gad, Dodge, Christopher, Boissiere, Guillaume
• Granted Patent: US 10,225,584 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2181 comprising remotely distributed storage units, e.g. when movies are replicated over a plurality of video servers distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23439 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

A user can create a video segment or employ an existing video segment, upload the segment to a server, indicate an advertisement to be associated with the video, and then send it to a recipient over a computer network. The user provides an indication that one or more particular video segments and advertisements are to be shared over the network. An identifier for the video segment is automatically created and the segment and the identifier are automatically uploaded to a host computer over the network such as the Internet. The video segment, the identifier (optionally with other identifying material such as an identity of the sender, and an advertisement selected by the sender can be stored at the direction of the host computer.

Claims

1. A method of associating an advertisement with a streaming video, comprising:

executing, by a first computer on a network;

receiving an advertisement;

storing the advertisement to a storage device;

associating the advertisement with a streaming video that is embedded in a web page, wherein the streaming video file has an associated identification tag identifying the streaming video file and the identification tag is embedded in a webpage; and

transmitting, via a web page, the advertisement to a second computer on the network.

2. A system for associating an advertisement with a streaming video, comprising:

a first computer for receiving an advertisement;

a second computer for storing the advertisement to a storage device;

a third computer for associating the advertisement with a streaming video that is embedded in a web page, wherein the streaming video file has an associated identification tag identifying the streaming video file and the identification tag is embedded in a webpage; and

a fourth computer for transmitting, via a web page, the advertisement to a fifth computer.