Method, system and computer program product for distributed video editing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9940971-B2
Application number	US-201414229601-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2014
Priority date	May 23, 2005
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

A network editor comprises a central location with stored videos such as movies that can be edited by editors at remote locations. An editor receives a representation of a video, and specifies edits relative to the representation, enabling the editor to use a device lacking sufficient processing capability to edit the video directly, and also reducing the volume of information transmitted between the central location and the remote editor. The central location is able to provide the edited movie in a format suitable to the display capabilities of the viewing device of the viewer requesting the edited video.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of distributed non-linear video editing, comprising:
generating, by a transcoder at a computer, a texture strip for visually representing an entire video including a plurality of frames comprising moving image data over a time period,
wherein the texture strip comprises a single still image comprised of a sequence of textured frame representations corresponding to the plurality of frames of the video and associated information applied to or inserted into the frames, the sequence of textured frame representations generated by the transcoder:
obtaining each of the plurality of frames as self-referential frames from the video,
generating, for each frame, a textured frame representation for only that individual frame by applying a predetermined function to only that frame of the video, and
sequencing the textured frame representations for each of the frames in the order of appearance in time of the frames in the video to form the single still image comprised of the sequence of textured frame representations; and

sending, by the computer, the texture strip to a client device communicatively connected to and remote from the computer;
receiving, by the computer, an edit command from the client device via a user interface displaying the texture strip, the edit command associated with a sequence of frames identified by the location of a positioner relative to one or more positions in the texture strip;
applying, by the transcoder, the edit command to one or more of the plurality of frames in the video to generate an edited video, wherein the one or more of the plurality of frames are determined based on the location of the positioner; and
sending, by the computer, a representation of the edited video to the client device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
converting the edited video to a format suitable for display on the client device prior to sending the edited video to the client device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the client device is embodied on a phone or a mobile device.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
converting the edited video in a format suitable for display on a viewing device requesting the edited video.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to select an ad and place the ad in the video.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to delete one or more frames from the video, add one or more special effects to the video, delete one or more segments from the video, share the video or a portion thereof, or a combination thereof.

7. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by a computer to perform:
generating by a transcoder, a texture strip for visually representing an entire video including a plurality of frames comprising moving image data over a time period,
wherein the texture strip comprises a single still image comprised of a sequence of textured frame representations corresponding to the plurality of frames of the video and associated information applied to or inserted into the frames, the sequence of textured frame representations generated by the transcoder:
obtaining each of the plurality of frames as self-referential frames from the video,
generating, for each frame, a textured frame representation for only that individual frame by applying a predetermined function to only that frame of the video, and
sequencing the textured frame representations for each of the frames in the order of appearance in time of the frames in the video to form the single still image comprised of the sequence of textured frame representations;

sending the texture strip to a client device communicatively connected to and remote from the computer;
receiving an edit command from the client device via a user interface displaying the texture strip, the edit command associated with a sequence of frames identified by the location of a positioner relative to one or more positions in the texture strip;
applying by the transcoder, the edit command to one or more of the plurality of frames in the video to generate an edited video, wherein the one or more of the plurality of frames are determined based on the location of the positioner; and
sending a representation of the edited video to the client device.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the computer to perform:
converting, by the transcoder, the edited video to a format suitable for display on the client device prior to sending the edited video to the client device.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium stores further instructions translatable by the computer to perform:
converting, by the transcoder, the edited video in a format suitable for display on a viewing device requesting the edited video.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to select an ad and place the ad in the video.

11. A method of distributed non-linear video editing, comprising:
receiving, by a client device, a texture strip for visually representing an entire video including a plurality of frames comprising moving image data over a time period, wherein the texture strip comprises a single still image comprised of a sequence of textured frame representations corresponding to the plurality of frames of the video and associated information applied to or inserted into the frames, the client device communicatively coupled to and remote from a computer providing a transcoder, the texture strip generated by the transcoder obtaining each of the plurality of frames as self-referential frames from the video, generating, for each frame, a textured frame representation for only that individual frame by applying a predetermined function to only that frame of the video, and sequencing the textured frame representations for each of the frames in the order of appearance in time of the frames in the video to form the single still image comprised of the sequence of textured frame representations, sending by a computer, the texture strip to the client device;
forming an edit command by a user interface displaying the texture strip on the client device, the edit command associated with a sequence of frames identified by the location of a positioner relative to one or more positions in the texture strip;
sending the edit command from the client device to the computer, the edit command applied by the transcoder to one or more of the plurality of frames in the video to generate an edited video wherein the one or more of the plurality of frames are determined based on the location of the positioner; and
receiving, by the client device, a representation of the edited video from the computer.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the client device is embodied on a phone or a mobile device.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the client device is communicatively connected to the transcoder over a public network.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to select an ad and place the ad in the video.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the edit command from the client device comprises an instruction to delete one or more frames from the

Assignees

• Open Text Sa Ulc

Inventors

• Gilley Thomas S

Classifications

• H04N21/2743

  Video hosting of uploaded data from client · CPC title

• H04N21/812

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

• G06Q30/0273

  Determination of fees for advertising · CPC title

• H04N21/2343

  involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements {(video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762)} · CPC title

• H04N5/765

  Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus · CPC title