Comment link to streaming media

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016080452-A1
Application number	US-201414486542-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 15, 2014
Priority date	Sep 15, 2014
Publication date	Mar 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments generally relate to proving 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 a first input from the authenticated user to define the clip; using the interface 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 authenticated user and the defined 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 defined 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.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A method for an authenticated user of an item of streaming media content played on a first device to create a shareable clip of a portion of the item of content smaller than the whole of the item of content, the method comprising:
using an interface on a second device to accept a first input from the authenticated user to define the clip; using the interface on the second 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 authenticated user and the defined clip; and sending the identifier and the comment from the second device to a second user in a form that includes a clickable link; wherein if the second user clicks on the clickable link, the defined clip is streamed to the second user to play on a third device, independent of whether the second user is authorized to access the whole of the item of content.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the first input comprises a start point and an end point for 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 sending the identifier and the comment to a second user comprises generating and sending an email message.

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

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the third device is a different device from the first device.

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

8 . The method of claim 1 wherein the item of streaming content comprises live streaming content.

9 . An interface provided on a second device to an authenticated user of an item of streaming media content played on a first device, the interface configured to:
accept a first input from the authenticated user to define a shareable clip of a portion of the content smaller than the whole of the content; accept a second input from the authenticated user to create a comment for the clip; create an identifier for the clip, the identifier uniquely corresponding to the authenticated user and the defined clip; and send the identifier and the comment to a second user in a form that includes a clickable link; wherein if the second user clicks on the clickable link on a third device, the defined clip is streamed to the second user to play on the third device, independent of whether the second user is authorized to access the whole of the content.

10 . The interface of claim 9 wherein the first input comprises a start point and an end point for the clip.

11 . The interface of claim 10 wherein the difference between the start point and the end point is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value.

12 . The interface of claim 9 wherein sending the identifier and the comment to a second user comprises generating and sending an email message.

13 . The interface of claim 9 wherein the interface is a web interface.

14 . The interface of claim 9 wherein the item of streaming content comprises live steaming content.

15 . A tangible computer-readable storage device including one or more instructions executable by one or more processors for providing an interface on a second device to a user of an item of streaming media content played on a first device, wherein the interface is configured to:
accept a first input from the authenticated 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 authenticated user to create a comment for the clip; create an identifier for the clip, the identifier uniquely corresponding to the authenticated user and the defined clip; and send the identifier and the comment to a second user in a form that includes a clickable link; wherein if the second user clicks on the clickable link on a third device, the defined clip is streamed to the second user to play on the third device, independent of whether the second user is authorized to access the whole of the item of content.

16 . The storage device of claim 15 wherein the first input comprises a start point and an end point for the clip.

17 . The storage device of claim 16 wherein the difference between the start point and the end point is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value.

18 . The storage device of claim 15 wherein sending the identifier and the comment to a second user comprises generating and sending an email message.

19 . The storage device of claim 15 wherein the interface is a web interface.

20 . The storage device of claim 14 wherein the item of streaming content comprises live streaming content.

Assignees

• Plumley Margaret
• Sony Network Entertainment Int
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Plumley Margaret

Classifications

• G06F40/169

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

• G06F40/134

  Hyperlinking · CPC title

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · 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

• G06F16/9558 Primary

  Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations · CPC title