System and method for creating customized on-demand video reports in a network environment

• US 8,831,403 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2012
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Patil, Deepti, Gannu, Satish K., Kajarkar, Sachin
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr., William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): ADAMS, EILEEN M
• Application Number:
  US13/364,102
• Publication Number:
  US 20130195422A1
• Time in Patent Office: 951 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 386/241
• 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 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44016 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application

Abstract

An example method includes receiving a search query that includes one or more attributes; evaluating a plurality of video files; identifying video clips within the video files that have one or more of the search attributes; and creating a video report comprising a contiguous sequence of the video clips, where the video clips are stitched together according to a stitch criterion. In more particular embodiments, the method can include providing a user interface configured for receiving feedback associated with the plurality of video files. Additionally, the method may include tagging the video files with tags corresponding to predefined attributes; and identifying the predefined attributes in response to the search query. Furthermore, method can include matching the tags with the one or more search attributes, where at least one video clip in a particular one of the video files has at least some of the one or more search attributes.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a search query that includes one or more attributes;

evaluating a plurality of video files, wherein when a specific search attribute is recognized in a particular video file, the particular video file may be divided into a plurality of video clips with at least one video clip having the recognized specific search attribute;

identifying video clips within the video files that have one or more of the recognized specific search attributes; and

creating a video report comprising a contiguous sequence of the identified video clips, wherein the video clips are stitched together according to a stitch criterion, wherein each video clip in the video report comprises an embedded link, which can be selected to access a corresponding video file that includes the particular video clip.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a user interface configured for receiving feedback associated with the plurality of video files.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

tagging the video files with tags corresponding to predefined attributes; and

identifying the predefined attributes in response to the search query.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

matching the tags with the one or more search attributes, wherein at least one video clip in a particular one of the video files has at least some of the one or more search attributes.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search query is a natural language query, or a customization form that includes predefined attributes.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the predefined attributes are selected from a group of attributes, the group of attributes consisting of:

a) an author attribute reflective of authorship of a particular video file;

b) an identity attribute reflective of an identity of a speaker in a video content of the particular video file;

c) a video playing source attribute;

d) a number of views attribute associated with a number of times the particular video file has been viewed;

e) a text attribute associated with spoken words recorded in the particular video file;

f) a rating attribute associated with user ratings of the particular video file;

g) an upload time attribute associated with when the particular video file was uploaded;

h) a commentary attribute associated with comments in the particular video file;

i) a location attribute associated with a location for the particular video file;

j) an event attribute associated with an event recorded in the particular video file; and

k) a scene change attribute associated with differences between video frames.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the stitch criterion is selected from a group of stitch criteria, the group consisting of:

a) an upload time attribute associated with when a particular video file was uploaded;

b) a video creation time attribute associated with when the particular video file was created;

c) an event time attribute associated with a time of an event recorded in the particular video file;

d) a rating attribute associated with user ratings of the particular video file; and

e) a number of views attribute associated with a number of times the particular video file has been viewed.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the video report to a next destination, wherein the providing includes a selected one of a group of operations, the group consisting of;

a) sending the video report via electronic mail;

b) publishing the video report; and

c) uploading the video report to a video sharing website.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a user interface configured for editing the video report.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

crowd-sourcing feedback to allow adding, modifying, and ranking content in the video report.

11. Logic encoded in non-transitory media that includes code for execution and when executed by a processor is operable to perform operations, comprising:

receiving a search query that includes one or more attributes;

evaluating a plurality of video files, wherein when a specific search attribute is recognized in a particular video file, the particular video file may be divided into a plurality of video clips with at least one video clip having the recognized specific search attribute;

identifying video clips within the video files that have one or more of the recognized specific search attributes; and

creating a video report comprising a contiguous sequence of the identified video clips, wherein the video clips are stitched together according to a stitch criterion, wherein each video clip in the video report comprises an embedded links, which can be selected to access a corresponding video file that includes the particular video clip.

12. The logic of claim 11, the operations further comprising:

providing a user interface configured for receiving feedback associated with the plurality of video files.

13. The logic of claim 11, the operations further comprising:

tagging the video files with tags corresponding to predefined attributes; and

identifying the predefined attributes in response to the search query.

14. The logic of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

matching the tags with the one or more search attributes, wherein at least one video clip in a particular one of the video files has at least some of the one or more search attributes.

15. The logic of claim 11, wherein the search query is a natural language query, or a customization form that includes predefined attributes.

16. The logic of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

crowd-sourcing feedback to allow adding, modifying, and ranking content in the video report.

17. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory element configured to store instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory element, wherein the apparatus is configured for;

receiving a search query that includes one or more attributes;

evaluating a plurality of video files, wherein when a specific search attribute is recognized in a particular video file, the particular video file may be divided into a plurality of video clips with at least one video clip having the recognized specific search attribute;

identifying video clips within the video files that have one or more of the recognized specific search attributes; and

creating a video report comprising a contiguous sequence of the identified video clips, wherein the video clips are stitched together according to a stitch criterion, wherein each video clip in the video report comprises an embedded links, which can be selected to access a corresponding video file that includes the particular video clip.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

a user interface configured for receiving feedback associated with the plurality of video files.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

a tagging module configured for;

tagging the video files with tags corresponding to predefined attributes, wherein the predefined attributes can be identified in response to the search query.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

a crowd-sourcing feedback module to allow adding, modifying, and ranking content in the video report.