System and method for creating and utilizing metadata regarding the structure of program content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9711185-B2
Application number	US-201414458343-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2014
Priority date	Dec 22, 2005
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

Metadata is created in connection with an editing of a copy of a digital media for the purpose of generating a sample of the digital media, such as a ringtone generated from a song. The metadata is published and is retrievable for use in editing another copy of the digital media to automatically recreate the media sample.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for using metadata to affect a rendering of a media, comprising:
receiving at a network server from each of a plurality of playback devices data indicative of a manner in which a user interacted with the media while the media was being rendered by each of the plurality of playback devices;
using at the network server the data received from each of the plurality of playback devices to create metadata for use in affecting a future rendering of the media by a further playback device; and
receiving at the network server from the further playback device a request for the created metadata;
transmitting from the network server to the further playback device in response to the request the created metadata; and
using the received, created metadata by the further playback device to control a one of a fast forwarding or skip forwarding operation of the further playback device while the media is being rendered by the further playback device.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the data indicative of the manner in which a user interacted with the media while the media was being rendered comprises data indicative of at least one rendering control command provided to a corresponding one of the plurality of playback devices.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the at least one rendering control command comprises a fast forward command.

4. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the data indicative of the manner in which a user interacted with the media while the media was being rendered further comprises a time associated with the provisioning to the corresponding one of the plurality of playback devices of the at least one rendering control command.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein time associated with the provisioning to the corresponding one of the plurality of playback devices of the at least one rendering control command comprises a time referenced to a predetermined part of the media being rendered.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the predetermined part of the media being rendered comprises a start of the media being rendered.

7. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the data indicative of the manner in which a user interacted with the media while the media was being rendered further comprises a time duration associated with the provisioning to the corresponding one of the plurality of playback devices of the at least one rendering control command.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of playback devices comprises a digital video recorder device.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of playback devices comprises a computing device.

10. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the server device provides to the further playback device a digital copy of the media with the created metadata.

11. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the data indicative of at least one rendering control command provided to a corresponding one of the plurality of playback devices comprises data indicative of a remote control command issued to the corresponding one of the plurality of playback devices.

12. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the metadata is usable by the further playback device to create a ringtone from the media.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the metadata further comprises instructions to be provided to the further playback device for automatically installing the ringtone on the further playback device.

14. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the metadata comprises data indicative of a segment of the media to be used for the ringtone.

15. A system for using metadata to affect a rendering of a media, comprising:
a server device; and
a user playback device in communication with the server device;
wherein the server device is programmed to use data received from each of a plurality of other user playback devices which is indicative of a manner in which other users interacted with the media while the media was being rendered by each of the plurality of other user playback devices to create metadata for use in affecting a future rendering of the media by the user playback device and for transmitting the created metadata to the user playback device; and
wherein the user playback device is programmed to use the transmitted, created metadata to control a one of a fast forwarding or skip forwarding operation of the user playback device while the media is being rendered by the user playback device.

16. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the data indicative of the manner in which other users interacted with the media while the media was being rendered comprises data indicative of at least one rendering control command provided to a corresponding one of the plurality of other user playback devices.

17. The system as recited in claim 16 , wherein the at least one rendering control command comprises a fast forward command.

18. The system as recited in claim 16 , wherein the data indicative of the manner in which other users interacted with the media while the media was being rendered further comprises a time associated with the provisioning to the corresponding one of the plurality of other user playback devices of the at least one rendering control command.

19. The system as recited in claim 18 , wherein time associated with the provisioning to the corresponding one of the plurality of other user playback devices of the at least one rendering control command comprises a time referenced to a predetermined part of the media being rendered and wherein the predetermined part of the media being rendered comprises a start of the media being rendered.

20. The system as recited in claim 16 , wherein the data indicative of the manner in which other users interacted with the media while the media was being rendered further comprises a time duration associated with the provisioning to the corresponding one of the plurality of other user playback devices of the at least one rendering control command.

Assignees

• Universal Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Negron Eric
• Hayes Patrick H
• Black Jeremy K

Classifications

• H04N21/812

  involving advertisement data (advertising per se G06Q30/02) · CPC title

• H04N7/17318

  Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests · CPC title

• H04N5/781

  on disks or drums · CPC title

• G11B27/034

  on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) · CPC title

• G11B27/11 Primary

  by using information not detectable on the record carrier · CPC title