Systems and methods for video clip creation, curation, and interaction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10839855-B2
Application number	US-201816101246-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2018
Priority date	Dec 31, 2013
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for user interaction with and curation of digital media content, such that users are able to specify a particular clip of video content, and utilize the clip in a desired way. The disclosed systems and methods allow users to view video content, select video clips within the video content, save video clips into a collection of video clips, and curate the collection of video clips. The disclosed systems and methods also allow users to view bookmarks indicating the positions of saved video clips within video content, and to interact with video clips within a video player.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by a processor, performs operations of:
providing a video playback interface comprising: a primary viewing area on which a video content is presented, and a timeline to indicate playback progress of the video content via positioning of a playback scrubber on the timeline;
in response to receiving data generated by a user during presentation of the video content, activating a clip interaction mode by replacing the video playback interface with a video clip interface for the user to create one or more video clips from the video content, wherein the video clip interface provides a zoomed-in view depicting a subset of the timeline, wherein replacing the video playback interface with the video clip interface comprises:
replacing the playback scrubber with a first clip scrubber and a second clip scrubber, wherein each of the first and second clip scrubbers is adjustable to specify a respective time position with greater precision than using the playback scrubber; and
automatically defining an initial selected clip region by placing the first clip scrubber at a first initial point on the timeline and the second clip scrubber at a second initial point on the timeline;

automatically providing selection assistance to the user in manually selecting a video clip defined using the first and second clip scrubbers, and in manually selecting a thumbnail image indicating a content of the video clip, wherein the selection assistance excludes one or more points on the timeline from being selectable;
in response to receiving second data generated by the user selecting a save control for saving the video clip, saving the video clip for later playback by the user, wherein the saved video clip is associated with the thumbnail image, wherein the saved video clip is saved to a collection of video clips that is accessible by the user using user credentials;
upon playback of the video content approaching the video clip, enabling, for a predetermined period of time, a looping option to be presented via the video playback interface; and
in response to user selection of the looping option, looping playback of the saved video clip and replacing the looping option with a stop-looping option, until user selection of the stop-looping option.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the second initial point is set to a pre-determined location on the timeline beyond the first initial point, wherein the pre-determined location is determined using a minimum clip length or a maximum clip length, wherein the maximum clip length is less than a total length of the video content.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the second initial point is set to a pre-determined location on the timeline beyond the first initial point, wherein the pre-determined location is a pre-determined end scene location indicating a position at which a scene of the video content ends.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the selection assistance specifies at least one video frame of the video content where the video clip cannot start or at least one video frame of the video content where the video clip cannot end.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the selection assistance specifies a plurality of video frames of the video content where the video clip cannot start, a plurality of video frames of the video content where the video clip cannot end, or a combination thereof.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 4 , wherein the at least one video frame where the video clip cannot start is tagged by a video producer as an unacceptable clip start, or the at least one video frame where the video clip cannot end is tagged by the video producer as an unacceptable clip end.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein at least one video frame of the video content is tagged by a video producer as an acceptable clip start or at least one video frame of the video content is tagged by the video producer as an acceptable clip end.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the selection assistance suggests a start point and an end point of a final clip region using at least video clips of the video content that are popular among a population of users.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor, further perform an operation of: sharing with other users, via a network, the saved video clip.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further perform an operation of: suggesting to the user one or more video clips of the video content.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the one or more suggested video clips of the video content are suggested based on a frequency at which other users clip the one or more suggested video clips.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the one or more suggested video clips of the video content are suggested using at least data of a viewing history of the video content by the user.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further perform an operation of: pre-populating the collection of video clips with the one or more suggested video clips.

14. A system, comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by the processor, performs operations of:
providing a video playback interface comprising: a primary viewing area on which a video content is presented, and a timeline to indicate playback progress of the video content via positioning of a playback scrubber on the timeline;
in response to receiving first data generated by a user during presentation of the video content, activating a clip interaction mode by replacing the video playback interface with a video clip interface for the user to create one or more video clips from the video content, wherein the video clip interface provides a zoomed-in view depicting a subset of the timeline, wherein replacing the video playback interface with the video clip interface comprises replacing the playback scrubber with a first clip scrubber and a second clip scrubber, wherein each of the first and second clip scrubbers is adjustable to specify a respective time position with greater precision than using the playback scrubber;
automatically providing selection assistance to the user in manually selecting a video clip defined using the first and second clip scrubbers, and in manually selecting a thumbnail image indicating a content of the video clip, wherein the selection assistance excludes one or more points on the timeline from being selectable;
in response to receiving second data generated by the user selecting a save control for saving the video clip, saving the video clip for later playback by the user, wherein the saved video clip is associated with the thumbnail image, wherein the saved video clip is saved to a collection of video clips that is accessible by the user using user credentials;
upon playback of the video content approaching the video clip, enabling, for a predetermined period of time, a looping option to be presented via the video playback interface; and
in response to user selection of the looping option, looping playback of the saved video clip

Assignees

• Disney Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Belliveau Jody
• Drake Edward
• Mutalipassi Anthony

Classifications

• G11B27/031 Primary

  Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals · CPC title

• G11B27/007

  reproducing continuously a part of the information, i.e. repeating · CPC title