Temporary modifying of media content metadata

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Field	Value
Publication number	US-11463767-B2
Application number	US-202017074533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2020
Priority date	Apr 24, 2017
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

A method includes receiving, from a first client device associated with a first user of a content platform, a request to access a content item associated with a second user of the content platform. The content item is associated with an option to modify metadata for the content item responsive to the content item being accessed at the first client device. The metadata includes at least one of a title, an identification number, an author, a tag, or a popularity indicator for the content item. The method further includes determining, based on one or more permission settings associated with modifying the metadata for the content item, whether to modify the metadata for the content item in accordance with the option. The one or more permission settings are provided by a second client device of the second user of the content platform. The method further includes responsive to determining, based on at least the one or more permission settings, to modify the metadata for the content item, providing access to the content item and the modified metadata for the content item to the first client device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, from at least one of a first client device associated with a first user of a content platform or a second client device associated with a second user of the content platform, a request to access a content item associated with a third user of the content platform; wherein the content item is associated with metadata;
determining that the content item is associated with an option to provide a modified version of the metadata with the content item when the content item is shared between the first user and the second user of the content platform wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a title, an identification number, an author, a tag, or a popularity indicator for the content item;
determining, based on one or more permission settings associated with the content item, whether to provide an unmodified version of the metadata or the modified version of the metadata in accordance with the option, wherein the one or more permission settings are provided by a third client device of the third user of the content platform; and
responsive to determining, based on at least the one or more permission settings, to provide the modified version of the metadata, providing access to the content item and the modified version of the metadata to at least one of the first client device associated with the first user or the second client device associated with the second user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request to access the content item is received from the first client device, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, from the second client device, an indication of the option to provide the modified version of the metadata with the content item responsive to the content item being accessed at the first client device; and
associating the option to provide the modified version of the metadata with the content item with an identifier for the content item.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the option to provide the modified version of the metadata with the content item is received from at least one of the first client device or the second client device with the request to access the content item associated with the third user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing access to the modified version of the metadata comprises:
transmitting, to at least one of the first client device or the second client device, the metadata and an indication of the option to provide the modified version of the metadata with the content item.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining to provide the modified version of the metadata comprises:
determining that a metadata modification criterion is satisfied in view of one or more metadata modification settings associated with at least one of the first client device or the second client device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to determining that at least one of the first client device or the second client device has previously received access to at least one of the content item or the metadata for the content item, providing access to the content item and the metadata to the at least one of the first client device or the second client device, wherein the metadata is unmodified.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to providing access to the modified version of the metadata to at least one of the first client device or the second client device, receiving, from the at least one of the first client device or the second client device, a request to access the unmodified version of the metadata for the content item at the at least one of the first client device or the second client device; and
providing access to the unmodified version of the metadata to the at least one of the first client device or the second client device in response to the request.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
updating an entry of a data structure associated with the content item to indicate that at least one of the first client device or the second client device has been provided with access to the unmodified version of the metadata for the content item.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to determining, based on at least the one or more permission settings, to provide the unmodified version of the metadata, providing access to the content item and the unmodified version of the metadata to at least one of the first client device or the second client device.

10. A system comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor to:
receive, from at least one of a first client device associated with a first user of a content platform or a second client device associated with a second user of the content platform, a request to access a content item associated with a third user of the content platform, wherein the content item is associated with metadata
determining that the content item is associated with an option to provide a modified version of the metadata with the content item when the content item is shared between the first user and the second user of the content platform, wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a title, an identification number, an author, a tag, or a popularity indicator for the content item;
determine, based on one or more permission settings associated with the content item, whether to provide an unmodified version of metadata or the modified version of the metadata in accordance with the option, wherein the one or more permission settings are provided by a third client device of the third user of the content platform; and
responsive to determining, based on at least the one or more permission settings, to provide the modified version of the metadata, provide access to the content item and the modified version of the metadata to at least one of the first client device associated with the first user or the second client device associated with the second user.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the request to access the content item is received from the first client device, and wherein the processor is further to:
receive, from the second client device, an indication of the option to provide the modified version of the metadata with the content item responsive to the content item being accessed at the first client device; and
associate the option to provide the modified version of the metadata with the content item with an identifier for the content item.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the option to provide the modified version of the metadata with the content item is received from at least one of the first client device or the second client device with the request to access the content item associated with the third user.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein to provide access to the modified version of the metadata, the processor is to:
transmit, to at least one of the first client device or the second client device, the metadata and an indication of the option to provide a modified version of the metadata with the content item.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein to determine to provide the modified version of the metadata, the processor is to:
determine that a metadata modification criterion is satisfied in view of one or more metadata modification settings associated with at least one of the first client device or the second client device.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further to:
responsive to determining that at least one of the first client device or the second client device has previously received access to at least one of the content item or the metadata

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Zabetian Mahboud

Classifications

• H04N21/84

  Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4627

  Rights management {associated to the content (security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4402 Primary

  involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display {(details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764)} · CPC title

• G06F16/7867

  using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings · CPC title

• H04N21/435 Primary

  Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream · CPC title