Method of modifying play of an original content form

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9679606-B2
Application number	US-201113232117-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2011
Priority date	Sep 14, 2011
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A method of facilitating modified content play such that modification actions may be implemented during play of original content form. The modification actions may be specified by users to modify the original content form. The modification may be disseminated to subscribers or other users desiring similar content modifications. The method may be useful in social networking systems to allow social members to share commentary and otherwise modify original content forms to include their personal reflections.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of modifying play of an original content form, the original content form being embodied in a plurality of frames, the frames facilitating audio and moving images during play, the method comprising:
determining a unique ID for the original content form;
determining one or more temporal offsets for the original content form;
determining one or more modification actions to be implemented at the one or more temporal offsets;
associating the one or more temporal offsets and the one or more modification actions with the unique ID determined for the original content form;
transmitting an edit script to a terminal transmitted the original content form for the edit script detailing the one or more temporal offsets and the one or more modification actions associated with the unique ID;
facilitating implementation of the edit script at the terminal during play of the original content form, the one or more modification actions causing the terminal to modify play of the original content form such that audio and/or images included in the frames transmitted to the terminal as part of the original content form are subsequently modified by the terminal during play pursuant to the one or more modification actions;
assigning a metadata to one or more of the one or more modification actions, the assigned metadata defining one of a plurality of preference categories descriptive of a nature of the corresponding modification action;
determining one or more preferred preference categories of a user desiring modifying play of the original content form; and
preventing implementation of modification actions assigned preference categories in conflict with the preferred preference categories.

Assignees

• Cary Judson D
• Sandoval Frank
• Agranoff David E
• Broberg David K
• Glennon Stephen G
• Cable Television Laboratories Inc

Inventors

• Cary Judson D
• Sandoval Frank
• Agranoff David E
• Broberg David K
• Glennon Stephen G

Classifications

• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G11B27/105

  of operating discs · CPC title

• H04L29/06027

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4622

  Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859) · CPC title

• G11B27/031 Primary

  Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals · CPC title