Comment link for shared streaming media content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10397296-B2
Application number	US-201615385739-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2016
Priority date	Sep 15, 2014
Publication date	Aug 27, 2019
Grant date	Aug 27, 2019

Abstract

Embodiments relate to providing a method for an authenticated user of an item of streaming media content to create a shareable clip of a portion of the item. The method comprises using an interface on a first device to accept, from the authenticated user, a first input to define the clip and a second input to create a comment; creating an identifier, uniquely corresponding to the authenticated user and the clip; and sending the identifier and the comment to a second user in a form that includes a clickable link. If the second user clicks on the clickable link, the clip is streamed to the second user to play on a second device, independent of whether the second user is authorized to access the whole of the content. The clickable link expires either after a predetermined time or after a predetermined number of plays by the second user.

First claim

I claim:

1. A method for an authenticated user of an item of streaming content played on a first device to create a sharable clip of a portion of the content smaller than the whole of the item of content, comprising:
using an interface on the first device to accept a first input from the authenticated user to define the clip;
using the interface on the first device to accept a second input from the authenticated user to create a comment for the clip;
creating an identifier for the clip, the identifier uniquely corresponding to the clip; and
sending the identifier and the comment from the first device to a second device of a second user in a form that includes a clickable link;
wherein the clip is streamed to the second device of the second user in response to receipt of a request generated based on the clickable link from the second device of the second user, independent of whether the second user is authorized to access the entire item of content; and
wherein the clickable link expires either after a predetermined time or after the clip has been played by the second user for a predetermined number of times.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first input comprises a start point and an end point of the clip.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the difference between the start point and the end point is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first input comprises a start point and a time duration of the clip.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first input comprises a time duration and an end point of the clip.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier uniquely corresponds to the authenticated user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the identifier and the comment to a second user includes generating and sending an email message.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interface is a web interface.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device is a different device from the first device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the streaming of the content is paused when the clip is being defined.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the streaming of the content is resumed after the clip has been defined.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the streaming of the content is paused when the clip is being defined and the comment is being created.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device including one or more instructions executable by one or more processors for providing an interface on a device to a user of an item of content played on the device, wherein the interface is configured to:
accept a first input from a user to define a shareable clip of a portion of the item of content smaller than the whole of the content;
accept a second input from the user to create a comment for the clip;
create an identifier for the clip, the identifier uniquely corresponding to the clip; and
send the identifier and the comment to a second device of a second user in a form that includes a clickable link;
wherein the clip is streamed to the second device of the second user in response to receipt of a request generated based on the clickable link from the second device of the second user, independent of whether the second user is authorized to access the whole of the item of content; and
wherein the clickable link expires either after a predetermined time or after the clip has been played by the second user for a predetermined number of times.

14. The storage device of claim 13 , wherein the first input comprises a start point and an end point of the clip.

15. The storage device of claim 14 , wherein the difference between the start point and the end point is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value.

16. The storage device of claim 13 , wherein the first input comprises a start point and a time duration.

17. The storage device of claim 13 , wherein the first input comprises and end point and a time duration.

18. The storage device of claim 13 , wherein sending the identifier and the comment to a second user includes generating and sending an e-mail message.

19. The storage device of claim 13 , wherein the interface is a web interface.

20. The storage device of claim 13 , wherein the streaming of the content is paused when the clip is being defined.

Assignees

• Plumley Margaret
• Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Inventors

• Plumley Margaret

Classifications

• G06F40/169

  Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes · CPC title

• G06F40/134

  Hyperlinking · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title