Platform for publishing graphics to air

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11044513-B2
Application number	US-201815925106-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2018
Priority date	Mar 28, 2017
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A graphics building interface for generating a digital graphic is provided to be displayed by and interacted with via a user computing entity. A graphics object is generated. The graphics object is a data structure comprising predetermined fields and predetermined structure information. User input selecting a first selectable option is received. The user input is received via the graphics building interface. At least one pathname corresponding to the first selectable option is identified. The graphics object is updated based on the at least one pathname and the first selectable option. The updated of the graphics object comprises updating two or more fields of the predetermined set of fields. One of the fields is updated at least in part by populating the field with the pathname. The pathname indicates a file, a location within the file, or both where a content item corresponding to the first selectable option is stored.

First claim

That which is claimed:

1. A method for overlaying a graphic on a portion of a media production during broadcast of the media production, the method comprising:
reading, by a computing entity comprising a processor and a memory, a graphic document comprising a graphic object encoding a graphic generated prior to the beginning of a broadcast of a media production, the graphic object comprising (1) at least one pre-production pathname indicating one of (a) a file, (b) a location within the file, or (c) both where a pre-production content item of the graphic is stored in a content database stored by the memory, (2) structure information for the graphic, (3) style information for the graphic, and (4) a pre-production raw color value of a pre-production pixel of the content item;
accessing, by the computing entity, a production-time content item from the content database based at least in part on the at least one pre-production pathname;
extracting, by the computing entity, a production-time raw color value for a production-time pixel of the production-time content item;
determining, by the computing entity and based at least in part on a comparison of the pre-production raw color value and the production-time raw color value, whether the pre-production content item is different from the production-time content item;
responsive to determining that the pre-production content item is different from the production-time content item, updating the pre-production pathname of the graphic object based at least in part on a production-time pathname of the production-time content item;
causing, by the computing entity, the graphic to be rendered based at least in part on the structure information, style information, and the production-time content item; and
causing, by the computing entity, the graphic to be overlaid on at least a portion of a media production during a broadcast of the media production.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphic object comprises a set of fields populated by text and/or pathnames, and the structure information corresponds to a dynamic layout of the text and the content items to form the graphic.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphic document comprises two or more graphic objects, each graphic object encoding a graphic.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphic is a still graphic or an animated graphic.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the computing entity, the graphic document as an email attachment.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphic document is a text file.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one pre-production pathname corresponds to a graphic file or a data file stored in a content database.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fields comprises (a) at least one text field and (b) at least one content field, the at least one content field being one of (i) a graphic content field or (ii) a non-graphic content field.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphic document is a kilobyte scale sized file.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media production is a live broadcast.

11. An apparatus for overlaying a graphic on a portion of a media production during broadcast of the media production, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, a network interface configured to communicate via at least one network, and a memory storing computer-executable code portions, the computer-executable code portions configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
read a graphic document comprising a graphic object encoding a graphic generated prior to the beginning of a broadcast of a media production, the graphic object comprising (1) at least one pre-production pathname indicating one of (a) a file, (b) a location within the file, or (c) both where a pre-production content item of the graphic is stored in a content database stored by the memory, (2) structure information for the graphic, (3) style information for the graphic, and (4) a pre-production raw color value of a pre-production pixel of the content item;
access a production-time content item from the content database based at least in part on the at least one pre-production pathname;
extract a production-time raw color value for a production-time pixel of the production-time content item;
determine, based at least in part on a comparison of the pre-production raw color value and the production-time raw color value, whether the pre-production content item is different from the production-time content item;
responsive to determining that the pre-production content item is different from the production-time content item, update the pre-production pathname of the graphic object based at least in part on a production-time pathname of the production-time content item;
cause the graphic to be rendered based at least in part on the structure information, style information, and the production-time content item; and
cause the graphic to be overlaid on at least a portion of a media production during a broadcast of the media production.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the graphic object comprises a set of fields populated by text and/or pathnames, and the structure information corresponds to a dynamic layout of the text and the content items to form the graphic.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the graphic document comprises two or more graphic objects, each graphic object encoding a graphic.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the graphic is a still graphic or an animated graphic.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the computer-executable code portions, when executed by the at least one processor, are further configured to cause the apparatus to at least receive the graphic document as an email attachment.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one pre-production pathname corresponds to a graphic file or a data file stored in a content database.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of fields comprises (a) at least one text field and (b) at least one content field, the at least one content field being one of (i) a graphic content field or (ii) a non-graphic content field.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the graphic document is a kilobyte scale sized file.

19. A computer program product for overlaying a graphic on a portion of a media production during broadcast of the media production, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions configured to:
read a graphic document comprising a graphic object encoding a graphic generated prior to the beginning of a broadcast of a media production, the graphic object comprising (1) at least one pre-production pathname indicating one of (a) a file, (b) a location within the file, or (c) both where a pre-production content item of the graphic is stored in a content database stored by the memory, (2) structure information for the graphic, (3) style information for the graphic, and (4) a pre-production raw color value of a pre-production pixel of the content item;
access a production-time content item from the content database based at least in part on the at least one pre-production pathname;
extract a production-time raw color value for a production-time pixel of the production-time content item;
determine, based at least in part on a compariso

Assignees

• Turner Broadcasting Sys Inc

Inventors

• Ade Martin
• Coffin Simon
• Denton David
• Paralescu Emanuel

Classifications

• H04L65/70 Primary

  Media network packetisation · CPC title

• H04L65/611

  for multicast or broadcast (systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06) · CPC title

• H04L65/612

  for unicast · CPC title

• H04N21/8153

  comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image · CPC title

• G06F40/106

  Display of layout of documents; Previewing · CPC title