Region and duration uniform resource identifiers (URI) for media objects

• US 8,086,700 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2008
• Issued: 12/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Davis, Marc E., Shamma, David A., Martinez, Ronald, Paretti, Christopher T., O'Sullivan, Joseph, Higgins, Christopher W., Athsani, Athellina
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin, Kenny
• Application Number:
  US12/182,111
• Publication Number:
  US 20100030870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,246 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219, 709/217
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor

Abstract

A method for providing a portion of a media object to a user is provided. The method includes receiving a URI associated with a media object. The URI indicates a portion of the media object. The method further includes determining the portion of the media object indicated by the URI. The method also includes providing the portion of the media object to a user. Furthermore, a system for providing a portion of a media object to a user is provided. The system includes a memory, logic for receiving a URI associated with a media object, and a processor. The processor is for determining the portion of the media object indicated by the URI, and providing the portion of the media object to a user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, over a network, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with a media object, the URI comprising a server path to the media object and an inner path, the inner path comprising a specification of a portion of a media object, such that the inner path further comprises a crop region bounding box that moves over time;

determining, using a computing device, the portion of the media object using the specification; and

providing, over the network, the portion of the media object and an indication of the portion of the media object to a user.

2. The method of claim 1 such that the crop region bounding box comprises a black and white bitmask.

3. The method of claim 1 such that the crop region bounding box comprises a vector animation.

4. The method of claim 1 such that the portion and the indication is provided to a user device and the step of providing the portion of the media object further comprises causing the user device to display the portion of the media object to the user, the crop region bounding box comprising a javascript such that the user device is caused to execute the javascript when the portion is displayed on the user device.

5. A method comprising:

receiving, over a network, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with a media object, the URI comprising a server path to the media object and an inner path, the inner path comprising a specification of a portion of a media object, such that the specification of a portion includes a frequency range;

determining, using a computing device, the portion of the media object using the specification; and

providing, over the network, the portion of the media object and an indication of the portion of the media object to a user.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon computer readable instructions for a method comprising:

receiving, over a network, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with a media object, the URI comprising a server path to the media object and an inner path, the inner path comprising a specification of a portion of a media object, such that the inner path further comprises a crop region bounding box that moves over time;

determining the portion of the media object using the specification; and

providing, over the network, the portion of the media object and an indication of the portion of the media object to a user.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 such that the crop region bounding box comprises a black and white bitmask.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 such that the crop region bounding box comprises a vector animation.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 such that the portion and the indication is provided to a user device and the step of providing the portion of the media object further comprises causing the user device to display the portion of the media object to the user, the crop region bounding box comprising a javascript such that the user device is caused to execute the javascript when the portion is displayed on the user device.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon computer readable instructions for a method comprising:

receiving, over a network, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with a media object, the URI comprising a server path to the media object and an inner path, the inner path comprising a specification of a portion of a media object, such that the specification of a portion includes a frequency range;

determining the portion of the media object using the specification; and

providing, over the network, the portion of the media object and an indication of the portion of the media object to a user.

11. A system comprising:

a processor;

a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising;

logic executed by the processor for receiving, over a network, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with a media object, the URI comprising a server path to the media object and an inner path, the inner path comprising a specification of a portion of a media object, such that the inner path further comprises a crop region bounding box that moves over time;

logic executed by the processor for determining the portion of the media object using the specification; and

logic executed by the processor for providing, over the network, the portion of the media object and an indication of the portion of the media object to a user.

12. The system of claim 11 such that the crop region bounding box comprises a black and white bitmask.

13. The system of claim 11 such that the crop region bounding box comprises a vector animation.

14. The system of claim 11 such that the portion and the indication is provided to a user device and the step of providing the portion of the media object further comprises causing the user device to display the portion of the media object to the user, the crop region bounding box comprising a javascript such that the user device is caused to execute the javascript when the portion is displayed on the user device.

15. A system comprising:

a processor;

a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising;

logic executed by the processor for receiving, over a network, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with a media object, the URI comprising a server path to the media object and an inner path, the inner path comprising a specification of a portion of a media object, such that the specification of a portion includes a frequency range;

logic executed by the processor for determining the portion of the media object using the specification; and

logic executed by the processor for providing, over the network, the portion of the media object and an indication of the portion of the media object to a user.