System for generating media content items on demand

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11651539-B2
Application number	US-202117163053-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2021
Priority date	Jan 30, 2020
Publication date	May 16, 2023
Grant date	May 16, 2023

Abstract

Method for generating media content items on demand starts with a processor receiving an animation file including a first metadata based on an animation input. The animation file is associated with a media content identification. The processor generates puppets associated with frames in the animation file using the first metadata. The processor causes a puppet matching interface to be displayed on a client device. The puppet matching interface includes one of the puppets in a first pose. The processor receives a puppet posing input associated with a second pose from the client device. The processor causes the one of the puppets to be displayed in the second pose in the puppet matching interface by the client device. The processor can also generate a second metadata based on the puppet posing input. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An avatar matching system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions thereon, when executed by the processor, causes the avatar matching system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a puppet animation system, an animation file including a first metadata, wherein the animation file is associated with a media content identification, wherein the puppet animation system receives an animation input from a client device and generates the animation file including the first metadata based on the animation input,
generating a plurality of puppets associated with a plurality of frames using the first metadata, wherein the animation file comprises the plurality of frames,
causing a puppet matching interface to be displayed on the client device, wherein the puppet matching interface includes one of the plurality of puppets in a first pose,
receiving a puppet posing input from the client device, the puppet posing input being associated with a second pose,
causing the one of the plurality of puppets to be displayed in the second pose in the puppet matching interface by the client device, and
generating a second metadata based on the puppet posing input.

2. The avatar matching system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
transmitting the second metadata to the puppet animation system, or to a metadata database.

3. The avatar matching system of claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise:
causing the puppet animation system to display an animation interface including the one of the plurality of puppets in the second pose.

4. A content controller system comprising:
a puppet animation system to
receive an animation input from a client device, and
generate an animation file including a first metadata based on the animation input, wherein the animation file is associated with a media content identification;
an avatar matching system to
receive an animation file including the first metadata,
generate a plurality of puppets associated with a plurality of frames using the first metadata, wherein the animation file comprises the plurality of frames,
causing a puppet matching interface to be displayed on a client device, wherein the puppet matching interface includes one of the plurality of puppets in a first pose,
receiving a puppet posing input from the client device, the puppet posing input being associated with a second pose,
causing the one of the plurality of puppets to be displayed in the second pose in the puppet matching interface by the client device, and
generating a second metadata based on the puppet posing input; and
a rendering server system to:
render a set of media content item segments using the media content identification, wherein rendering the set of media content item segments comprises:
retrieving the first metadata and the second metadata from a metadata database associated with the media content identification, and
rendering the set of media content item segments using the first metadata and second metadata.

5. The content controller system of claim 4 , wherein the rendering server system to render the set of media content item segments comprises:
generating a main user avatar based on a main user identification,
incorporating the main user avatar into the set of media content item segments,
uploading the set of media content item segments to a segment database, and
updating segment states in the segment state database to indicate that the set of media content item segments are available.

6. The content controller system of claim 5 , wherein the rendering server system is further configured to:
receive a request for a media content item from a viewer client device, the request comprising the media content identification and the main user identification.

7. The content controller system of claim 6 , wherein the rendering server system is further configured to:
transmit to the viewer client device a playlist including the set of media content item segments.

8. The content controller system of claim 7 , wherein the rendering server system is further configured to:
retrieve segment states from a segment state database.

9. The content controller system of claim 8 , wherein the rendering server system is further configured to:
update the playlist based on the segment states.

10. The content controller system of claim 4 , wherein the avatar matching system is further configured to:
transmit the second metadata to the puppet animation system, or to the metadata database.

11. The content controller system of claim 6 , wherein the main user identification is associated with a user of the viewer client device.

12. The content controller system of claim 10 , wherein the puppet animation system is further configured to:
transmit to the metadata database the first metadata or the second metadata or a combination thereof.

13. The content controller system of claim 4 , wherein the puppet animation system is further configured to:
an animation interface including the one of the plurality of puppets in the second pose.

14. The content controller system of claim 4 , wherein the media content item is a video associated with the media content identification.

15. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor from a puppet animation system, an animation file including a first metadata, wherein the animation file is associated with a media content identification, wherein the puppet animation system receives an animation input from a client device and generates the animation file including the first metadata based on the animation input;
generating a plurality of puppets associated with a plurality of frames using the first metadata, wherein the animation file comprises the plurality of frames;
causing a puppet matching interface to be displayed on the client device, wherein the puppet matching interface includes one of the plurality of puppets in a first pose;
receiving a puppet posing input from the client device, the puppet posing input being associated with a second pose;
causing the one of the plurality of puppets to be displayed in the second pose in the puppet matching interface by the client device; and
generating a second metadata based on the puppet posing input.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
transmitting the second metadata to the puppet animation system, or to a metadata database.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
causing the puppet animation system to display an animation interface including the one of the plurality of puppets in the second pose.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, instructions when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a puppet animation system, an animation file including a first metadata, wherein the animation file is associated with a media content identification, wherein the puppet animation system receives an animation input from a client device and generates the animation file including the first metadata based on the animation input;
generating a plurality of puppets associated with a plurality of frames using the first metadata, wherein the animation file comprises the plurality of frames;
causing a puppet matching interface to be displayed on the client device, wherein the puppet matching interface includes one of the plurality of puppets in a first pose;
receiving a puppet posing input from the client device, the puppet posing input being associated with a second

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Kotsopoulos Bradley
• Kozakov Michael
• Wang Yingying
• Hendriks Nicholas
• Spencer Derek

Classifications

• A63F13/795

  for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list · CPC title

• A63F2300/556

  Player lists, e.g. online players, buddy list, black list · CPC title

• 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

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• H04N21/26258

  for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list (retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40) · CPC title