System, method, and computer readable medium for creating a video clip

• US 8,149,701 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2011
• Issued: 04/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silver Screen Tele- Reality
• Original Assignee: Silver Screen Tele- Reality
• Inventors: Sumler, Jason, Alpert, Tomer
• Primary Examiner(s): Pwu, Jeffrey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Taha, Shaq
• Application Number:
  US13/018,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20110214045A1
• Time in Patent Office: 428 Days
• Field of Search: 370/230
• US Class Current: 370/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/00 Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 ; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The present invention provides a system, method, and computer readable medium for creating a video clip. In one embodiment, a method, comprising creating a copy of a still image by a first module, the copy of the still image comprising reduced dimensions of the still image, creating a new still image from a selected area of the still image, automatically ordering the new still image and the copy of the still image, creating an audio file by at least one of a second module and a third module, creating a timeline, by the first module, related to the ordered images and the created audio file, and rendering the timeline into a video clip by a fourth module, wherein the timeline includes a length of the audio file, a length of the video clip, the ordered images, a display time of each of the ordered images, transition identifiers, transition lengths. The present invention further discloses a system for assembling and distributing multi-media output, comprising: a rendering server; a web server; and storage, wherein the servers and the storage are operably coupled; the storage adapted to receive digital media and properties of the media, store the media and the properties, and transmit the media and the properties; the web server adapted to perform at least one of a following action: retrieve the media and properties of the media; manipulate the media and the properties; assemble the properties; and transmit at least one of a following element from a group consisting of: the properties; and the assembled properties; and the rendering server adapted to receive commands from the web server.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

creating a copy of a still image by a first module, the copy of the still image comprising reduced dimensions of the still image;

creating a new still image from a selected area of the still image;

automatically ordering the new still image and the copy of the still image;

creating an audio file by at least one of a second module and a third module;

creating a timeline, by the first module, related to the ordered images and the created audio file; and

rendering the timeline into a video clip by a fourth module, wherein the timeline includes;

a length of the audio file, a length of the video clip, the ordered images, a display time of each of the ordered images, transition identifiers, and transition lengths.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising storing at least one of:

metadata related to the still image and the copy of the still image, metadata related to the audio file, the timeline, or information comprising the creating of the audio file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the metadata is stored in a command.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the metadata stores at least one of:

a height;

a width;

a size;

compression data; and

a file format.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the copy of the still image is used for display purposes.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the new created still image is displayed as an image with reduced dimension.

7. The method of claim 1 comprising panning and zooming at least one of:

a portion of or the copy of the still image, a portion of or the new created still image, a portion of or the stored new still image, or a portion of or the stored copy of the still image, wherein the panning and the zooming is a set of coordinates related to the image.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the set of coordinates is stored in the timeline.

9. The method of claim 2 comprising transitioning from one to another one of the ordered images, and further comprising storing a transition identifier and a transition length.

10. The method of claim 2 comprising retrieving at least one of:

the metadata related to the audio file, the metadata related to the still image and the copy of the still image, the timeline, or the information comprising the creating of the audio file, by the first module.

11. The method of claim 1 comprising optionally previewing the timeline via a fifth module.

12. A system, comprising:

a device configured to create audio;

a first server configured to;

receive still images;

automatically order the still images; and

create a timeline related to the ordered images and the created audio, wherein the timeline includes a length of the ordered images and a length of the created audio;

a second server configured to render the timeline into a video clip; and

memory configured to store at least one of;

the created audio, the still images, the ordered still images, the timeline and the video clip;

wherein the device and the first server are communicably coupled;

wherein the first server and the second server are communicably coupled;

wherein the memory is communicably coupled to the first server and the second server; and

wherein the device is at least one of;

a text-to-speech module; and

an integrated voice response module.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for:

creating a copy of a still image by the first module, the copy of the still image comprising reduced dimensions of the still image;

creating a new still image from a selected area of the still image;

automatically ordering the new still image and the copy of the still image;

creating an audio file by at least one of a second module and a third module;

creating a timeline, by the first module, related to the ordered images and the created audio; and

rendering the timeline into a video clip by a fourth module, wherein the timeline includes a length of the audio file, an identifier of the audio file created by the second module or the third module, or a volume envelope associated with the audio file.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 comprising instructions for:

storing at least one of;

metadata related to the still image and the copy of the still image, metadata related to the audio file, the timeline, and information comprising the creating of the audio file; and

transitioning from one to another one of the ordered images, and further comprising storing a transition identifier and a transition length.