Tagging posts within a media stream

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9628524-B2
Application number	US-201213722895-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2012
Priority date	Dec 20, 2012
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure comprises systems and methods for tagging a post to a specific scene in a media stream. The systems and methods receive a post from a user to a specific scene in a media stream, tag the post to the specific scene in the media stream, generate a post indication/message indicating a post is tagged to the specific scene, receive a response to the post indication/message, surface the post, determine whether to display the media from beginning or from the tagged scene, locate the scene to which the post is tagged, display the media from the tagged scene, generate a spoiler alert, display spoiler alert, receive a response to the spoiler alert, and remove the alert.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, using at least one computing device, a post from a particular user regarding a media stream;
tagging, using the computing device, the post to a specific region in the media stream;
generating, using the computing device, an indication of the post;
providing for display prior to playing the media stream to a viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream, using the computing device, the indication of the post notifying the viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream of an existence of the post at the specific region in the media stream;
generating, using the computing device, a viewing option for the viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream to choose a starting point of the media stream, the viewing option including an option to start the media stream from the specific region in the media stream to which the post is tagged in response to the provided indication of the post;
responsive to the viewing user of the media stream that has not previously interacted with the media stream selecting the viewing option, automatically generating, using the computing device, a spoiler alert for the viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream, the spoiler alert being configured to indicate that the post is tagged at the specific region in the media stream;
responsive to the viewing user of the media stream that has not previously interacted with the media stream approaching the specific region in the media stream associated with the post, providing, using the computing device, the spoiler alert for display to the viewing user, the spoiler alert including a first portion of the post and hiding a second portion of the post associated with content of the media stream from view to the viewing user;
receiving, using the computing device, an action by the viewing user, responsive to the displaying of the spoiler alert associated with the post; and
in response to the action, surfacing, using the computing device, the second portion of the post for display to the viewing user at the specific region in the media stream.

2. A computer-implemented method for surfacing a post, the method comprising:
receiving, using at least one computing device, the post from a particular user regarding the media stream;
tagging, using the computing device, the post to a specific region in the media stream;
generating, using the computing device, an indication of the post;
providing for display prior to playing the media stream to a viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream, using the computing device, the indication of the post notifying the viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream of an existence of the post at the specific region in the media stream;
generating, using the computing device, a viewing option for the viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream to choose a starting point of the media stream, the viewing option including an option to start the media stream from the specific region in the media stream to which the post is tagged in response to the provided indication of the post;
responsive to the viewing user of the media stream that has not previously interacted with the media stream selecting the viewing option, generating, using the computing device, a spoiler alert configured to indicate that the post is tagged in the media stream for the viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream;
providing for display, using the computing device, the spoiler alert based on the viewing user, the spoiler alert including a first portion of the post and hiding a second portion of the post from view to the viewing user;
receiving, using the computing device, an action by the viewing user responsive to the indication of the post and the spoiler alert associated with the post; and
in response to the action, surfacing, using the computing device, the second portion of the post for display to the viewing user at the specific region in the media stream.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:
executing, using the computing device, a play of the media stream at the specific region; and
starting the media stream, using the computing device, from the specific region in the media stream.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the action is sending the post to one or more other users with whom the user wants to share the post.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the action is configured to start the media stream from the specific region for user consumption.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving, using the computing device, a response to the spoiler alert; and
providing, using the computing device, the post for display.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:
in response to consuming the media stream, removing, using the computing device, the spoiler alert.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:
providing for display, using the computing device, the post at a starting point in the media stream.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:
executing a pause action, using the computing device, at the specific region in the media stream; and
tagging, using the computing device, the post to the specific region in the media stream.

10. A system for surfacing a post, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory, wherein the processor and memory are communicatively coupled and further comprise:
a post-tagging module configured to receive the post from a particular user relating to the media stream, configured to tag the post to a specific region in the media stream, and configured to generate an indication of the post;
a user-interface module configured to provide for display, prior to playing the media stream to a viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream, the indication of the post notifying the viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream of an existence of the post at the specific region in the media stream, the user interface module further configured to generate a viewing option for the viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream to choose a starting point of the media stream, the viewing option including an option to start the media stream from the specific region in the media stream to which the post is tagged in response to the provided indication of the post, the user-interface module further configured to provide for display a spoiler alert based on the viewing user, the spoiler alert including a first portion of the post and hiding a second portion of the post from view to the viewing user;
responsive to the viewing user of the media stream that has not previously interacted with the media stream selecting the viewing option, a spoiler-alert-generation module configured to generate the spoiler alert configured to indicate that the post is tagged in the media stream for the viewing user who has not previously interacted with the media stream; and
a post-surfacing module configured to receive an action by the viewing user responsive to the indication of the post, and the spoiler alert associated with the post and in response to the action, surfacing the second portion of the post for display to the viewing user at the specific region in the media stream.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
a media-display module for executing an action to play the media stre

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Baggott George Thomas

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q10/10 Primary

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• H04L65/403 Primary

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• G06Q50/01

  Physics · mapped topic