Tagging and sharing media content clips with dynamic ad insertion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9877084-B2
Application number	US-201514632439-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2015
Priority date	Feb 26, 2015
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

A system may receive tag information, associated with media content, that includes a tag and a tag time. The system may generate, based on the tag information, clip information that includes a start time and an end time for a media content clip associated with the media content. The system may determine, based on the tag information, advertisement information that identifies an advertisement to be displayed with the media content clip, and indicates how the advertisement is to be displayed. The system may provide the tag information for display via a social media application, and may receive, via the social media application, an indication that the media content clip is to be provided for display to a user. The system may provide the advertisement information and the clip information such that the advertisement and the media content clip are provided for display to the user based on the advertisement information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a first server device to:
receive, from a first user device, tag information associated with media content,
the tag information including:
a tag associated with the media content,
information that identifies a social media application via which the tag is to be provided, and
a tag time associated with the tag;

generate clip information based on the tag information,
the clip information including information associated with:
a title of the media content,
a subject of the media content, and
a description of the media content,

the clip information including information that identifies a start time for a media content clip, associated with the media content, and information that identifies an end time for the media content clip associated with the media content,
the media content clip being a portion of the media content between the start time and the end time, and
the tag time being between the start time and the end time;

provide the tag information to a second server device and a third server device;
provide the clip information to the second server device;
receive, from the second server device, advertisement information determined, by the second server device, based on the tag information and the clip information,
the advertisement information including information that identifies an advertisement to be displayed with the media content clip, and
the advertisement information including information indicating a manner in which the advertisement is to be displayed with the media content clip;

receive, from the third server device, an indication that the media content clip is to be provided for display to a second user device,
the tag information permitting the third server device to provide the tag information for display via the social media application identified in the tag information, and receive, from the second user device, the indication that the media content clip is to be provided for display to the second user device,
the indication being received via the social media application;

provide, to the second user device and based on receiving the indication, the advertisement information and the clip information such that the advertisement and the media content clip are provided for display to the second user device in accordance with the advertisement information; and
receive, from the second user device and based on providing the advertisement information and the media content clip for display, another tag associated with the media content clip.

2. The system of claim 1 , where the first server device is further to:
determine subject information associated with a group of advertisements, the group of advertisements including the advertisement;
compare the tag information and the subject information; and
identify the advertisement based on comparing the tag information and the subject information.

3. The system of claim 1 , where the first server device is further to:
determine other tag information associated with the media content,
the other tag information including information, associated with the media content, received at a time before the tag information is received; and

determine the advertisement information based on the tag information and the other tag information.

4. The system of claim 1 , where the first server device is further to:
determine the start time of the media content clip by adding a first default amount of time to the tag time; and
determine the end time of the media content clip by subtracting a second default amount of time from the tag time.

5. The system of claim 1 , where the first server device is further to:
receive, from the second server device, an indication that the tag information is to be provided for display via the social media application identified in the tag information; and
provide, to the second user device, the tag information based on receiving the indication that the tag information is to be provided for display via the social media application identified in the tag information.

6. The system of claim 1 , where the first server device is further to:
provide the tag information such that the tag is provided for display to the second user device with the media content clip,
the tag being provided for display to the second user device based on the tag time included in the tag information.

7. The system of claim 1 , where the first server device is further to:
cause the media content to be provided for display to a third user device; and
receive the tag information based on causing the media content to be provided for display to the third user device,
the tag information being based on user input from the third user device.

8. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first server device and from a first user device, tag information associated with media content,
the tag information including:
a tag associated with the media content,
information that identifies a social media application via which the tag is to be provided, and
a tag time associated with the tag;

generating, by the first server device, clip information based on the tag information,
the clip information including information associated with:
a title of the media content,
a subject of the media content, and
a description of the media content,

the clip information including information that identifies a start time for a media content clip, associated with the media content, and information that identifies an end time for the media content clip associated with the media content,
the media content clip being a portion of the media content, between the start time and the end time, and
the tag time being between the start time and the end time;

providing, by the first server device, the tag information to a second server device and a third server device;
providing, by the first server device, the clip information to the second server device;
receiving, by the first server device and from the second server device, advertisement information determined, by the second server device, based on the tag information and the clip information,
the advertisement information including information that identifies an advertisement to be displayed with the media content clip, and
the advertisement information including information indicating a manner in which the advertisement is to be displayed with the media content clip;

receiving, by the first server device and from the third server device, an indication that the media content clip is to be provided for display to a second user device,
the tag information permitting the third server device to provide the tag information for display via the social media application identified in the tag information, and receive, from the second user device, the indication that the media content clip is to be provided for display to the second user device,
the indication being received via the social media application;

providing, by the first server device, to the second user device, and based on receiving the indication, the advertisement information and the clip information, such that the advertisement and the media content clip are provided for display to the second user device in accordance with the advertisement information; and
receiving, by the first server device, from the second user device, and based on providing the advertisement information and the media content clip for display, another tag associated with the media content clip.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining subject information associated with a group of advertisements, the group of advertisements including the advertisement;
comparing the tag information and

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Hao Jianxiu
• Huang Jian
• Ahuja Sanjay
• Trimper John K

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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• G11B27/034

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

• H04N21/8456

  by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments · CPC title

• H04N21/41407

  embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57) · CPC title

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title