Multi-user media presentation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9928023-B2
Application number	US-201514755837-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018

Abstract

One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for providing media presentations to users of a media presentation system. A media presentation generally includes a plurality of media segments provided by multiple users of the media presentation system. In one or more embodiments, a user of the media presentation system may share a media presentation with a co-user. The media presentation system can enable the co-user, if authorized by the user, to contribute (e.g., add a media segment) to a media presentation shared with the co-user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server device and from a first client device associated with a user, a media presentation that includes a first media segment captured at the first client device;
providing, by at least one processor of the server device, the media presentation to a second client device associated with a co-user;
receiving, in response to providing the media presentation to the second client device, a second media segment captured at the second client device to append to the media presentation;
appending, by the at least one processor of the server device, the second media segment to the media presentation to create an appended media presentation; and
providing the appended media presentation to the first client device associated with the user for presentation within a display area comprising an activation area and a deactivation area, wherein providing the appended media presentation to the first client device causes the first client device to play the appended media presentation upon the appended media presentation entering the activation area; and
providing the appended media presentation to the second client device associated with the co-user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the first client device associated with the user, an instruction to remove the second media segment from the media presentation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on a determination that the user has authorized the co-user to add a media segment to the media presentation created by the user, providing the media presentation to the second client device associated with the co-user comprises providing the media presentation to the second client device with an indication that the co-user is authorized to add a media segment to the media presentation.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving location information from the first client device indicating the location of the first client device; and
dynamically creating a title for the media presentation based on the location information received from the first client device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, within the media presentation, a first indication of a total number of media segments within the media presentation; and
providing, within the appended media presentation, a second indication of the total number of media segments within the appended media presentation, the second indication being larger than the first indication.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a representative frame of the appended media presentation for the first client device to display when the appended media presentation is within the deactivation area.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first client device plays the appended media presentation upon a predefined portion of the representative frame the entering the activation area.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the appended media presentation to the first client device further causes the first client device to pause the appended media presentation upon detecting that the appended media presentation enters the deactivation area.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein pausing the appended media presentation causes the first client device to represent the appended media presentation with a last-played frame or a next un-played frame from the appended media presentation within the display area.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing, for display in conjunction with the presentation of the appended media presentation, a selectable element that, when selected by the user, allows the user to add an additional media segment to the appended media presentation.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the selectable element is displayed over a portion of the appended media presentation.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining that the user is authorized to add media segments to the appended media presentation; and
wherein providing the selectable element is based on the determination that the user is authorized to add the additional media segment to the appended media presentation.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising providing, for presentation within the display area, a selectable option that, when selected by the user, allows the user to create a new media presentation.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a server device to:
receive, from a first client device associated with a user, a media presentation that includes a first media segment captured at the first client device;
provide the media presentation to a second client device associated with a co-user;
receive, in response to providing the media presentation to the second client device, a second media segment captured at the second client device to append to the media presentation;
append the second media segment to the media presentation to create an appended media presentation; and
provide the appended media presentation to the first client device associated with the user for presentation within a display area comprising an activation area and a deactivation area, wherein providing the appended media presentation to the first client device causes the first client device to play the appended media presentation upon the appended media presentation entering the activation area; and
provide the appended media presentation to the second client device associated with the co-user.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by at the least one processor, cause the server device to receive, from the first client device associated with the user, an instruction to remove the second media segment from the media presentation.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein providing the media presentation to the second client device associated with the co-user comprises providing the media presentation to the second client device with an indication that the co-user is authorized to add a media segment to the media presentation.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server device to:
receive location information from the first client device indicating the location of the first client device; and
dynamically create a title for the media presentation based on the location information received from the first client device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server device to:
provide, within the media presentation, a first indication of a total number of media segments within the media presentation; and
provide, within the appended media presentation, a second indication of the total number of media segments within the appended media presentation, the second indication being larger than the first indication.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server device to:
determine that the co-user is authorized to add media segments to the media presentation; and
based on determining the co-user is authorized to add media segments to the media presentation, providing a selectable element in conjunction with providi

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Miller Joshua Alexander
• Mancini Leo Litterello
• Slater Michael

Classifications

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04L63/10

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title

• H04N21/4825

  using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists · 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