CN101523369B - Catch and sharing media content and the management to sharing media content - Google Patents

Catch and sharing media content and the management to sharing media content Download PDF

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CN101523369B
CN101523369B CN200780030811.4A CN200780030811A CN101523369B CN 101523369 B CN101523369 B CN 101523369B CN 200780030811 A CN200780030811 A CN 200780030811A CN 101523369 B CN101523369 B CN 101523369B
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Abstract

If a kind of media apparatus allows user watch and catch the stem portion from media broadcast.Described media apparatus receives Media Stream, plays described Media Stream, and a part for Media Stream described in cache when described Media Stream is just played.User can define described media clip by the border of the media clip in the described cached part of the described Media Stream of selection.The input based on described user of described media apparatus and create described media clip, and enable the user to described media clip is transferred to another system, such as website.Before providing the media content asked, it can be combined by described website with advertisement.Described website can receive advertising income from advertiser, and can the owner of advertising income with described media content be shared, as the exchange that its license provides described media content.Described advertiser can provide the constraint how combining described advertisement.Described content owner can provide how providing described items of media content purpose to retrain.

Description

Catch and sharing media content and the management to sharing media content
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to Media layer and media contents management, and in particular, relate to catch media content and between users sharing media content, distribute the financial arrangement between shared media content, and distributor, advertiser and content owner together with advertisement.
Background technology
TV and other video content and other media of countless versions are just being increasingly being applied on new equipment.For example, TV programme no longer only find on TV.Can be used on other device the most more and more by computer network and other transfer mechanism, TV and other media content, such as personal computer, mobile phone, PDA and other portable computing.The availability that media content increases day by day also enable a viewer to record media content and with other people sharing media content.
Record and the process of sharing media content are troubles and time-consuming.The platform of consumer's watching video and the source (such as TV, DVR, personal computer and mobile phone) of this video do not provide through fully integrate and easy-to-use solution for content viewing, catch, edit and upload.
For example, may see via the user of DVR (such as TiVo) TV reception of the living room television machine connecting user and causing the content of its interest.Additionally, he may want to share, with friend or personal group, the content just now watched.If it were to be so, he necessarily participates in a multi-step process, described process may relate to the multiple application programs using multiple device to complete to catch, edit and upload task.First, DVR must be connected to another device (such as PC) by user, in order to carry out catching for uploading with a certain form.This may relate to, via dummycable, DVR is connected to the PC with capure card.User will use the application program of such as windows media encoder (WindowsMediaEncoder) to make content data to create compressed digital document.The most described file is created, and user may have access to community website with that, and described website can have the instrument for allowing consumer's upload video of their own.A part as this process, it may be necessary to the code of video is converted into the form compatible with website, this will increase extra time to described process.This process is unfriendly to user and be poor efficiency.
If consumer does not have permission, it visits again editing so that the DVR formatting after a while, edit and uploading, then can run into additional problem.It is to say, by needing, user expects that incoming video segment will be its interested and worth record and shares.User must start to record Media Stream in advance.For example, in order to record the latest news on TV, user can understand predetermined news broadcast time from TV guide, and started to record TV broadcast before the described time.Therefore, if user notices his or she unexpected interesting content in Media Stream, then it is the most too late that user to record described interesting content.
Therefore, from the discussion above in visible, need the system of a kind of improvement and process to share the media content recorded for user record media content and with other users.
A kind of conventional route of people's sharing media content is by equity (peertopeer, P2P) computer network, such as Napster.P2P computer network is to depend on computing capability and the bandwidth of participant in network rather than concentrated on the network in relatively fewer several destination server.The user of P2P computer network can share storage media content in a computer on the network.But; because the media content that many is shared comprises universal content of multimedia protected by copyright (such as; music and film) copy, so sharing described media content in the case of the no copyright owner permits is illegal in most area under one's jurisdictions.Copyright owner (also referred to as content owner) often disagree this little can because they will not receive any interests as return.And, P2P computer network does not provide the ability of the distribution controlling its media content to content owner.
Another conventional route of sharing media content is that content owner provides the mechanism sharing its media content for user.For example, content owner can provide its media content in its website.The people accessing described media content is wanted to may have access to these websites to access described media content.But, this approach is inconvenient for user, because not having the place concentrated to access media content.And, the most all of content owner has financial resources provides the mechanism accessing its media content for user.
Therefore, from the discussion above in visible, in addition it is also necessary to a kind of system and process, it allows user's sharing media content, and the grant content owner controls the right of the use of its media content, and enables the operator of described system and process to produce advertising income.
Summary of the invention
One disclosed inventive embodiment allows user to catch media content when playing source of media or stream from described source of media or stream, and the integrated user interface then passed through in media apparatus shares, with other users, the media content captured.
In one embodiment, in single interface, media apparatus receives Media Stream, plays described Media Stream, and a part for Media Stream described in cache when described Media Stream is just played.When watching media, user provides the order of the fragment catching the Media Stream just play on device to user interface.The fragment captured can include (such as) video clipping.In one embodiment, user can use user interface to define editing by the beginning in the cache part of selection Media Stream and end boundary, and input describes the metadata of described editing.Media apparatus input based on user and create media clip, and described editing is transferred to another system, such as sharing the community website of described editing with other users.
Another embodiment enables the user of community website and other user's sharing media content of described website, authorizes the right that the owner of institute's sharing media content controls the use of its content simultaneously.Embodiments of the invention also enable the operator of described website produce advertising income, and share described income for content owner shares its content with content owner.
In one embodiment, community website receives media content from user, and is combined with advertisement by described media content.Answering user's request to described media content, community website provides combined media content and advertisement to described user.Community website receives advertising expense at advertiser, as to the exchange providing a user with combined media content and advertisement.Community website provides a part for described advertising expense to the owner of media content, as the exchange that license provides a user with combined media content and advertisement.
In another embodiment, the owner of media content can arrange constraint with the use controlling its media content to its media content.As the exchange to the website described constraint of compulsory execution, content owner can permit allocation contents project.In another embodiment, advertiser can arrange constraint to its advertisement, to control the combination of advertisement and media content.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the structure that media apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention is described.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of process for recording and share media clip according to embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 3 (a) to Fig. 3 (c) illustrates the example being used for recording and sharing the user interface of media clip according to embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of the structure that media content managing system according to embodiments of the present invention is described.
Fig. 5 is the mutual cardon of the process for sharing media content according to embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is that the interactive figure between website, user, advertiser and the content owner in the business prototype using media content managing system according to embodiments of the present invention is described.
Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that from discussion below, in the case of without departing from the principle of invention as described herein, can use the alternate embodiment of structures and methods illustrated herein.
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General introduction
Embodiments of the invention provide a kind of integrated user interface to watch media content, to record media clip, edit described editing, make described editing be associated with associated metadata to the user of media apparatus, and share treated media clip with other people.As used herein, media content and media clip can comprise any kind of media content, comprise in audio or video perhaps both.User may be viewed by Media Stream, and its of described Media Stream being thought, interesting part of records in media clip, and uses integrated user interface that described media clip is sent to other people.
Embodiments of the invention allow the user of media content managing system and other user's sharing media content of described system.Media content (such as, media clip) can be uploaded to system to share, with other people, the media content uploaded by the user of media content managing system, and other people can be from media content described in described system downloads.Or, media finally can distribute to beholder via equity distributed system.It is to say, content is alternatively stored on computer and other device of the end user of system.When user wishes to watch from the editing of described system, it is one or more that described editing derives from other user or peer-to-peer.
Embodiments of the invention allow the owner (" content owner ") of sharing media content to control the use of its content.Content owner can arrange relative broad range and retrain to limit the use of its media content its media content.The example of described constraint comprises persistent period, quality (such as, resolution, the frame rate of video content, the bit rate of audio content) and is allowed to access the number of described media content.
Embodiments of the invention also can enable the operator of media content managing system produce advertising income.Described system is by media content and ad combination, and answers user that the request of media content provides a user with combined media content and advertisement.It is to provide a user with the advertising expense that its advertisement pays that advertising income comprises advertiser.Advertising income can be shared with content owner, because the user of its content with system is shared by content owner's license.Advertisement can be sold by the operator of media content managing system or content owner.Advertisement also can be via using automatic advertising purchase system, by using keyword or other available metadata of being associated with editing to sell.It is to say, small business may want to any editing of relative particular display and places advertisement.Perhaps by socket, the commercially available advertisement of the small business owner also uploads creative content, and when user watches the editing of required displaying, described content just will be as advertising display.
Media content managing system described herein, also by giving the right of the use that copyright owner controls its media content and sharing the advertising income by producing with the distribution advertisement of its media content, promotes that the legal of media content protected by copyright is shared.
Media apparatus structure
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the structure of media apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.As described, media apparatus 100 comprises media player module 110, media editor module 120 and network client module 130.Media apparatus 100 is communicatively connect to media broadcaster 140 and server 150.
Media apparatus 100 comprises hardware and/or software service, and it is configured to allow users to watch media content；Record, edit and make metadata be associated (" editing ") with media clip；And share, with other people, the media clip recorded by single integrated user interface.Media apparatus 100 is adapted for carrying out computer program module.As used herein, term " module " refers to for providing the functional computer program logic of appointment and/or data.Module can be implemented with the form of hardware, firmware and/or software.
In one embodiment, media apparatus 100 is at any general or multi-purpose device (such as personal computer, mobile device, cellular phone or have any other of abundant ability for these tasks calculate device) the upper software application run, thus advantageously avoid user and carry special equipment to transmit media content to media management server 410 and/or to receive the needs of media content from media management server 410.Or, media apparatus 100 can be special implement, such as change places Play System (place-shiftingsystem) or personal video recorder (PVR).In the case of Play System of changing places (example is the Slingbox from Sling media (SlingMedia)), change places and play utensil by content is play from changing places utensil transmitting client terminal device as a stream and interactive with the software another device being positioned at such as PC or mobile phone.
Media player module 110 is configured to play the media content received from media broadcaster 140, and media broadcaster 140 can be any media source, comprises playing device of changing places.Media content can be sent to media apparatus 100 in many ways, comprises via air transmission (analog-and digital-), transmits and by other methods many via cable infrastructure, IP conveying (via wired and wireless method), satellite.Transmit the model alterable of content to media apparatus 100, comprise by viewing number of times paying, linear programming, on-demand stream transmission, download and reset, and from the stream transmission of scene, another location, broadcasting etc. of changing places.
Media editor module 120 is configured to provide a user with the functional of the media content that record (or seizure) play by media player module 110.In one embodiment, cacheable the play media content of media editor module 120, and provide a user with editor to define media clip from cache content.This allows user easily to catch, process, edit and upload its editing watched recently.It is another media formats that media editor module 120 can be configured to the media clip defined further from a kind of media format conversion, or when needed editing is performed other code any conversion, coding or other process.
Network client module 130 is configured to be transferred to the media clip recorded server 150, or other end users being transferred in distributed storage and distribution structure.Network client module 130 can be configured to be connected with server 150 by wired or wireless network.The example of network comprises the Internet, in-house network, cellular network or a combination thereof.Server 150 can be the webserver, e-mail server or other calculating device with network capabilities.
Media broadcaster 140 by media content transmission to media apparatus 100.Media apparatus 100 can be in the central server of remote broadcast position, or the computer being positioned in user family.In one embodiment, playing device (time-shiftingdevice) (such as, personal video recorder) or playing device of changing places (such as, personal broadcaster device) when media broadcaster 140 can be easy.In broadcasting of changing places, user can watch via data network or listen to live media, the media being recorded or stored on remote-control device.For example, user can be by content device from family (such as satellite receiver, cable box or digital video recorder) stream transmission to cellular phone, and cellular phone can receive described media from the another side in house, the another side from cities and towns or the another side from the world.This transmission can use public or private network.This product changing places broadcasting application of current offer is the SLINGBQX from Sling media companiesTM, and it is described in the 11/147th, No. 664 Co-pending US application case filed in 7 days June in 2005, the content of described application case is incorporated herein in entirety by reference.
The operation of media apparatus
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the process for recording (or editing) and shared media clip of media apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.Process illustrated in fig. 2 can be implemented with the form of software, hardware or hardware and the combination of software.
Process illustrated in fig. 2 with media apparatus 100 from the beginning of media broadcaster 140 receives (210) media content.Media content can in Media Stream the form of (such as, television broadcasting).In one embodiment, media player module 110 plays Media Stream in integrated user interface.Fig. 3 (a) illustrates an example of this user interface.User interface in Fig. 3 (a) comprises the media display window 310 showing the video flowing received for scene, it comprises confession user and controls the control (such as, volume control 312, record button 314) of video playback and the indicator of the state (such as network transfer speeds, video flowing state and video flowing title) of instruction video flowing.
Referring again to Fig. 2, media apparatus 100 is from user's reception (220) editing or the order of the part otherwise catching media.User can be by submitting described order to integrated user interface interaction.For example, user can use pointing device (such as, mouse or touch sensitive screen) or use keypad to trigger appointment control (such as, record button 314).Or, user can use the device of such as remote control (such as, for the remote control of DVR, cable box, satellite receiver or other source of media) to carry out submiting command.
Once device 100 receives described order, and media editor module 120 just can eject media editing window in integrated user interface.Media editing window allows user to select user to wish the starting point of media content and the end point caught.In one embodiment, when media player module 110 plays Media Stream, media editor module 120 continuous capturing last five minutes (or other appointment time cycles a certain) of the play media content of cache.Media editor module 110 can be configured to abandon, when cache stream hits five minutes (or other appointment time cycle a certain), the content recorded the earliest so that the most recent media that the media of cache have been play the most.This allows user to select a part for current content in the cache.In another embodiment, such as about PVR, the Media Stream just play by device 100 may have stored in memorizer, therefore need not a part for the media that cache is just being played.In the case, the editing captured is only the clipped version having stored in the bigger media file in memorizer.
Fig. 3 (b) illustrates an example of this user interface.User interface in Fig. 3 (b) shows the media editing window 320 being adjacent to media play window 310.Media editing window comprises the video window 322 of display caching media content.Video editing window also comprises the sliding part 324 being positioned at below video window, the persistent period of the cache part of its expression video flowing.As shown in Fig. 3 (b), media editing window 320 is adjacent to media play window 310 and shows, but, media editing window 320 can show as individual window or by showing for any other method needed for user interface.
Referring again to Fig. 2, media apparatus 100 receives (230) user and selects for defining required media clip.In one embodiment, user can select required starting point and end point by media editing window.For example, in user interface illustrated in Fig. 3 (b), user can start to make a choice with end point by labelling on sliding part 324.In one embodiment, during the metadata of Media Stream is verified and enforced to media apparatus 100 contained or be otherwise associated with constraint.For example, if the persistent period of described constrained editing, then media apparatus 100 would not allow for media clip and exceedes described restriction.User also may select the representative thumbnails picture (thumbnailimage) as described media clip of the frame in media clip.Media apparatus 100 selects based on user and creates media clip.
Media apparatus 100 also can mark (240) information to media clip, such as, describe the metadata of described editing.Information to be marked can be manually entered by user and/or it can be associated with editing automatically.For example, once capturing editing, user just can input word, phrase, picture, URL, title, performer, network, channel or user and believe other metadata should being associated with described editing.Or or it addition, other method for automatic marking can be used, such as, automatically determine the information about clip content the method marking described editing by described information.Electronic program guides (EPG) can be comprised from many these information of Source Search or calculates the setting value on device.Other information observed is alternatively the source of markup information, when comprising day, time zone or position, channel number, the title of displaying, collection of drama (episode), network etc..Described information can further include the information being clearly associated with video clipping, and it can be via VBI, via IP network or by other method transmission a certain.Out of Memory (such as, closed caption (closedcaptioning)) is alternatively the source of automatic marking.The information marking media clip is storable in its metadata.In certain embodiments, user also can change the form of media clip and arrange other coding parameter, such as bit rate.
Media apparatus 100 can transmit (250) media clip when user instruction.User can submit instruction to by integrated user interface.For example, media editing window can comprise the designated button for media clip uploads to community website.User can configure described button automatically to send, manually to drop or media clip otherwise to upload to community website or other is at line position.User can configure described button to link with its account in website.User can click on described button, and network client module 130 is by upload of media client.Or, media editing window can comprise drop-down menu, and it allows user to select the recipient of email notification.After media clip is uploaded, notifying the e-mail address by being sent to selected recipient, thus notify described recipient user Upload Clip, described notice has the pointer to the editing being stored on website and quotes.This allows user to share content with communities of users rather than regioselective people.Community's Share Model also realizes some business and the advertisement scheme being described in more below.In other embodiments, user can also instruct media apparatus 100 and is saved in Local or Remote position by media clip.
Or, replace in upload of media editing, media apparatus 100 can call email client (or other local communication client) to create new email message, and media clip is attached to described message.User then may select the intended receiver of message and sends message.If the recipient of video clipping or destination it has been determined that, then media apparatus 100 also can send described message automatically.Address book database can be the address book database that can obtain from any based on the Internet the messaging service of the email clients such as such as MicrosoftOutlook, LotusNotes and such as MSN messenger (MSNMessenger) and AOL Transit time flow meter instrument (AOLInstantMessenger).
The example procedure of media apparatus
Process described above can be further illustrated by the example of the operation of media apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.In this example, media apparatus 100 is laptop computer.Media apparatus 100 is from Play System of changing places (such as, SLINGBOXTM) receive in video flowing, and integrated user interface on the computer screen and play described video flowing to user.
When watching described video flowing, user sees that it wishes certain content shared with friend.User presses the record button in integrated user interface, and it starts the media editing window in application program immediately.In media editing window, user can use last five minutes (or other persistent period a certain) of watched video, and its cache is on the hard disk of described laptop computer.User setup starting point and end point, add title to editing, and press recipient's button, and it ejects list of friends.User selects set friend.Also can manually or automatically add the metadata being associated with described editing.Then user clicks on the upload button in integrated user interface.Video clipping is uploaded to community website by media apparatus 100, and will have the friend that the informing E-mail that the pointer to institute's upload video editing quotes is sent to select.
After receiving informing E-mail, the friend of user can click on described pointer, and watches described video clipping in community website.
Similar experience is also possible to other device and solution.For example, can have similar experience receiving from playing device of changing places on the mobile phone of video flowing.Or, described interface can be integrated in the DVR being connected to the Internet, and wherein editing experience is presented to user via television set and controls via remote control.In yet another alternative, described interface can be used on PC, and described PC receives content not via playing device of changing places, but directly receives content via audio frequency and video input (such as, coaxial cable) arrived in PC.Therefore, the process of viewing, editing and transmission editing advantageously can use in many varying environments.
Media content managing system structure
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of the structure of media content managing system 400 according to an embodiment of the invention.In this embodiment, system 400 comprises media management server 410, Advertisement Server 420 and three client terminal device 430A to 430C.Media management server 410, Advertisement Server 420 and client terminal device 430 are communicatively coupled by network 440.
Media management server 410 comprises and is configured to network 440 and receives media content from client terminal device 430 and/or provide hardware and/or the software service of received media content to client terminal device 430.Media content can comprise the data of media format, such as text, audio frequency, rest image, video and figure, with and combinations thereof.Media content can have different-format.For example, audio content can be with Windows Media Audio (WindowsMediaAudio, WMA) form or with MPEG-1 audio layer 3 (MPEG-1AudioLayer-3, MP3) said shank.In one embodiment, media management server 410 comprises the webserver 412, apps server 414, paying server 416 and media storage device 418.Media management server 410 also can comprise other assembly (such as, e-mail server), but Fig. 4 for the sake of clarity eliminates these a little assemblies.
The webserver 412 is the front end of media management server 410, and plays the effect of the communication gate of media management server 410.The webserver 412 receives the media content being transferred to media management server 410 from client terminal device 430 by network 440, and is stored in media storage device 418 by the media content received.The webserver 412 also receives the request to specific media content unit from client terminal device 430, retrieves the media content unit asked from media storage device 418, and provides it to client terminal device 430.In one embodiment, the webserver 412 is the Internet server of one or more websites of trustship.
The webserver 412 can support that multiple communication protocol sends for client terminal device 430 and asks media content.For example, the webserver 412 can be configured to support FTP (filetransferprotocol, FTP) so that client terminal device 430 can use FTP provide and/or access media content.As another example, the webserver 412 can be uploaded and/or the webpage of media content download for user in trustship.Media content can be supplied to client terminal device 430 with the form being suitable for media file or the Media Stream transmitted via network 440 by the webserver 412, and wherein end user can watch described Media Stream at client terminal device 430.
Apps server 414 is configured to be combined media content with advertisement, and provides the webserver 412 by combined media content and advertisement.Being similar to media content, advertisement can comprise the data of media format, such as text, Voice & Video.In certain embodiments, being alternative in advertisement, media content and out of Memory (such as, about the information of theme of media content) are combined by apps server 414.
Paying server 416 is configured to follow the tracks of the balance between revenue and expenditure of related side (such as, advertiser, copyright owner, user) based on payment model.Paying server 416 also can work to provide the online access to its account to related side together with the webserver 412.Related side can verify account balance between revenue and expenditure by accessing its account, pays, and transfers funds to their other account.Paying server 416 also periodically can send invoice and the report of account balance between revenue and expenditure to related side.In one embodiment, paying server 416 can be configured so that related side can make its account be connected with its bank account, and authority to pay server 416 automatic deposit is withdrawn the money to its bank account and/or from its bank account.
In one embodiment, paying server 416 is also configured to the relation following the tracks of between media content and related side.Described relation comprises content owner and media content, advertiser and advertisement thereof, and user and its media content uploaded and/or download.How can have the owner's equity to a media content unit.For example, video clipping can have multiple copyright holder and multiple licensee.The identity of these content owners can provide in the metadata with media content unit.In one embodiment, paying server 416 creates account for each content owner, and makes described account and content owner have interested media content unit to link.For example, the account of Ward Disney operating room (WaltDisneyStudios) can be associated with all video contents with Mickey Mouse image and graphical content and Ward Disney operating room other media content all of.Similarly, paying server 416 can also be for each advertiser and creates account, and makes described account be associated with its advertisement, and creates account for each user, and the media content unit making described account upload with user and/or download is associated.This information can be used for determining the balance between revenue and expenditure of described side.Accounts information can be stored with in media storage device 418 together with media content.
Media storage device 418 stores the data received from the webserver 412, apps server 414 and paying server 416.Information (such as, proprietary rights information) that these packets are associated with media content containing the media content that receives from client terminal device 430 and the information (such as, accounts information) about related side.Media storage device 418 can be relational database or any other type of data base storing above-mentioned data.Media storage device 418 can be accessed by the webserver 412, apps server 414 and paying server 416.Can on a single computer or in the independent computer system communicated with one another by network, store and operate the webserver 412, apps server 414, paying server 416 and media storage device 418.
Advertisement Server 420 comprises hardware and/or the software service being configured to provide advertisement to media management server 410 and/or client terminal device 430.In one embodiment, Advertisement Server 420 comprises Advertising application server 422 and Advertisement Storage 424.
Advertising application server 422 (webserver 412 being similar in media management server 410) is configured to receive the advertisement being transferred to Advertisement Server 420, and the advertisement received is stored in Advertisement Storage 424.The advertisement received can comprise the proprietary rights information being associated.
Advertisement Storage 424 stores the advertisement received from Advertising application server 422 and the proprietary rights information being associated.Being similar to media storage device 418, Advertisement Storage 424 can be relational database or any other type of data base.Can on a single computer centralized storage and operation Advertisement Storage 424.Or, Advertisement Storage 424 can comprise multiple data base, and each of which is maintained individually by advertiser.
In one embodiment, Advertisement Server 420 can combine with media management server 410.For example, apps server 414 and the webserver 412 can be configured to implement the function of Advertising application server 422, and media storage device 418 can be configured to store and originally will be stored in the advertisement in Advertisement Storage 424 and the proprietary rights information being associated.
Client terminal device 430A to 430C comprises and is configured to transmit media content to media management server 410 and/or Advertisement Server 420 and/or receive hardware and/or the software service of media content from media management server 410 and/or Advertisement Server 420.Client terminal device 430 optionally comprises display (such as, lcd screen) and speaker.In one embodiment, one or more in client terminal device 430 can be media apparatus 100.System 400 can exist many client terminal devices 430.Fig. 4 the most only shows three client terminal devices 430.
In one embodiment, client terminal device 430 is configured to play the combined media content received from media management server 410 and/or Advertisement Server 420 and advertisement.For example, client terminal device 430 can comprise media player client as described above, and it can play, to end user, the video clipping received from media management server 410.
In one embodiment, media management server 410, Advertisement Server 420 and client terminal device 430A to 430C are configured to comprise processor, memorizer, storage device, network interface and applicable operating system and other functional software (such as, network driver, communication protocol).
Network 440 is configured to connect media management server 410, Advertisement Server 420 and client terminal device 430A to 430C.Network 440 can be wired or wireless network.The example of network 440 comprises the Internet, in-house network, cellular network or a combination thereof.
The operation of media content managing system
Fig. 5 is the mutual cardon of the process for sharing media content of media content managing system 400 according to an embodiment of the invention.In the process, media management server 410 trustship community website, at described community website, the user of website can upload, downloads, share and switched-media content (such as, video clipping).Process illustrated in fig. 5 can be implemented with the form of software, hardware or hardware and the combination of software.
Process illustrated in fig. 5 receives (510) Media Stream with client terminal device 430A and starts.Above referring to as described in Fig. 5, client terminal device 430A can comprise media apparatus 100, and it receives media content and/or Media Stream from multiple sources of such as TV radio network.Client terminal device 430A can be configured to play described Media Stream when receiving Media Stream to user.
Client terminal device 430A catches (520) media clip in the Media Stream received.In one embodiment, the Media Stream that client terminal device 430A continuous capturing cache are most recently received.User can use the graphical interfaces provided by client terminal device 430A to user in the cache part select Media Stream wish catch editing and end.
The media clip captured is sent (530) to community website by the communication protocol that client terminal device 430A uses the webserver 412 to be supported.The webserver 412 can be before user can upload any media content in community website, it is desirable to user first passes through one account of registration to become community member.Client terminal device 430A can be configured to use user account that media clip is sent (530) to community website.
Receiving after the media clip of client terminal device 430A, described media clip is stored in media storage device 418 by the webserver 412.In one embodiment, the webserver 412 also receives the identification information relevant with the media clip received, and it is collectively stored in media storage device 418 together with media clip.The webserver 412 can provide received media clip to access for member on community website.In Fig. 3 (c), an example of the community website of received media clip is listed in explanation.Webpage shown in Fig. 3 (c) lists the media clip that the member from community website receives.The user accessing this webpage can access described media clip by clicking on listed media clip.
Advertisement is combined (540) with the media clip received by apps server 414.Above referring to as described in Fig. 4, apps server 414 can receive advertisement by the webserver 412 and network 440 from Advertisement Server 420.
Apps server 414 can combine (540) media clip and advertisement by different way.As described above, media content and advertisement can comprise the data of media format, such as text, audio frequency, rest image, video and figure.Apps server 414 form based on the information included in media clip and advertisement can determine the mode combining media clip with advertisement.For example, if both of which comprises video and/or audio, then apps server 414 can be united so that advertisement is guided in media clip or follows media clip.As another example, apps server 414 can present advertisement on media clip side in webpage so that user interested can be that described media clip accesses described webpage, and therefore watches described advertisement.As yet another embodiment, advertisement can be placed as the covering of the video section to media clip by apps server 414.Advertisement can be combined when the webserver 412 receives described media clip for the first time or after receiving the request to described media clip by apps server 414 with described media clip.Or, apps server 414 can periodically carry out described combination (540).
In one embodiment, apps server 414 may be configured to enforce the constraint being associated with media content and advertisement.Advertisement can have the constraint of restricting media content associated there.For example, advertiser can forbid its advertisement and is associated with the media content comprising adult material.As another example, the media content that advertisement (such as, automotive advertising) may call for being associated comprises the content (such as, about the video clipping of car match) relevant to the theme of advertisement.Media content also can have the constraint limiting the advertisement can being associated with described media content.
In one embodiment, apps server 414 identifies the constraint being associated with media clip and/or advertisement, and only just combination (540) described media clip and described advertisement in the case of meeting described associated constraints.For example, apps server 414 can combine (540) media clip and advertisement in the following manner: first identifies the advertisement meeting the constraint being associated with media clip, then select to combine described in the advertisement that identified do not violate one or more with select constraint that advertisement is associated, and combination (540) described media clip and selected advertisement.
Another user of community website uses client terminal device 430B to send (550) request to described media clip to community website.Upon receiving the request, combined media clip and advertisement are provided (560) to client terminal device 430B by network 440 by the webserver 412.The webserver 412 can provide combined media clip and advertisement by different way.For example, the webserver 412 can send, to user, the Email that the pointer containing the advertisement being associated with to described media clip is quoted.User can be quoted by the described pointer of click and access described media clip.Or, the webserver 412 can provide a user with the webpage comprising combined media clip with advertisement.After receiving described combined media clip and advertisement, client terminal device 430B can play (570) described combined media clip and advertisement to user.
The operator of community website can receive (580) advertising expense at advertiser, as to the exchange providing a user with (560) combined media clip and advertisement.Above referring to as described in Fig. 4, paying server 416 follows the tracks of the relation between advertiser and its advertisement.Therefore, the recognizable advertiser being associated with combined advertisement of paying server 416, determine the payable advertising expense of advertiser, and correspondingly advertiser is charged.
In one embodiment, by the standard advertisement model that determined by operator and advertiser (such as, pay-per-click advertisement (PayPerClickAdvertising, PPC), every thousand advertisement payings (PayPerThousandAdvertising, PPM), nontraffic sensitives) determine advertising expense.Disclosing the various advertising models can being used together with system 400 in 60/780th, No. 709 U.S. Provisional Application case filed in 8 days March in 2006, the content of described Provisional Application is incorporated herein in entirety by reference.Described advertising model can provide character (such as, video, audio frequency or text) and the mode (such as, advertisement is combined) of association of advertising expense scope, such as advertisement with video clipping based on many factors.Paying server 416 can be by debting gray account from advertiser advertising expense.
The operator of community website also can provide a part for (590) advertising expense to content owner, as the exchange that license provides a user with (560) combined media clip and advertisement.Above referring to as described in Fig. 4, paying server 416 follows the tracks of the proprietary rights information of media content.Therefore, paying server 416 can recognize that the content owner of media clip, determines the part to content owner in described advertising expense, and correspondingly content owner is credited.
In one embodiment, the royalty rate by being determined by operator and content owner determines described payment.Be similar to advertising model, royalty rate can property qualitative factor based on such as media content and provide royalty pay scope.In one embodiment, royalty is to provide advertisement by the media content being had together with content owner and the fixed percentage of advertising income that produces.Content owner also can arrange fixed charge for its media content.For example, the owner of home video clip can collect 5 Euros to accessing described video clipping every time.Paying server 416 can provide (590) royalty to pay by the account of content owner being credited to content owner.
The business prototype of media content managing system
Fig. 6 is to describe the interactive figure between entity involved in the operation of media content managing system 400 (hereinafter referred to as " system 400 ") according to business prototype.Interaction illustrated in fig. 6 can be implemented with the form of software, hardware or hardware and the combination of software.
As illustrated in fig. 6, system 400 be operable such that user can share with switched-media content, produce advertising income by being distributed advertisement together with media content, and share described income with content owner, as the exchange that license is provided a user with together with advertisement media content.Replacing or in addition to sharing income with content owner, system 400, also by providing the constraint permitting to provide a user with the media content of content owner together with advertisement, enables content owner to control the use of its media content.
Entity involved in the operation of system 400 comprises the operator 610 of community website, advertiser 620, content owner 630 and user 640.Operator runs media management server 410 and stores for user 640 with offer community website 610, share and switched-media content, and distributes advertisement together with media content to user 640.Advertiser 620 provides advertisement to community website 610, and described advertisement will be supplied to user 640 together with media content, as to the exchange paid.User 640 is by community website 610 sharing media content.Content owner 630 gives the right that its media content is distributed in community website 610 to user 640, as to the exchange paid and/or control.
Community website 610 receives media content from user 640.Above referring to as described in Fig. 4, community website 610 may call for user 640 becomes accredited members with to community website 610 upload of media content and/or from community website 610 media content download.The media content received comprises the media content that user 640 itself is interested and/or majority will be listened (sight) crowd to have extensive captivation by sensation.User 640 also can provide the descriptive information about described media content to community website 610.
Community website 610 receives the constraint of media content from content owner 630.In one embodiment, media content unit can have one or more constraints being associated, and it limits the use of described media content unit.In one embodiment, these constraints can provide in the metadata of associated media content.For example, the constraint being associated with video clipping can be when described video clipping is transferred to media management server 410 in vertical blanking interval (VerticalBlankingInterval, VBI) period transmission.VBI is when information is still in transmission but to be not explicitly shown on screen the time cycle between time frame in described information in transmission of video.Or, the webserver 412 can be configured to accept these constraints independent of the media content being associated.For example, content owner 630 can be by arranging all or part of constraint being applicable to its media content with the webserver 412 interaction.Content owner 630 also can arrange the constraint be applicable to its not yet media content media management server 410.
In one embodiment, community website 610 can enable content owner its media content be arranged the constraint of relative broad range, such as: persistent period, quality (resolution, the frame rate of video content, the bit rate of audio content) and be allowed to access the number of described media content.For example, content owner can arrange general rule, such as " all " pungent Field " (Seinfeld) video clippings all show with low resolution, and length may not exceed 2.5 minutes ".After identifying one section of media content containing " pungent Field " video clipping, community server 610 can allow only to access in the case of not violating constraint described media content.Community website 610 can be configured to revise the constraint that media content (such as, reducing persistent period and/or the resolution of video) is associated with compulsory execution.Or, described amendment can be carried out (such as, client terminal device 430 may be configured to enforce described constraint) in user side.
Content owner 630 also can retrain the access to its media content.For example, the access of media content unit can will be constrained to only by inviting (such as, sharing video clipping with friend and acquaintance) or can only be used to accredited members by content owner 630.Therefore, community website 610 will only be in allowing user 640 to access media content unit in the case of the associated constraints set by content owner is met.
Content owner 630 also can retrain the advertisement can being associated with its media content.For example, media content unit can have and forbids any constraint associated with automotive advertising.As another example, one section of media content can have the constraint of the persistent period limiting associated video advertisement.
Under this business prototype, content owner 630 can have stronger power and allow to share its media content with the public, to promote the universal of media content and to produce more royalty income, even if not receiving a part for any advertising income.For example, Ward Disney operating room can specify its Mickey Mouse media content to be publicly available in constraint, to promote the visit reissuing or promoting its theme park of Mickey Mouse film.The advertisement of their own can be attached to, by allowing third party advertiser, the video content being cropped by content owner, then passes through and receives a part of or whole advertising expense and have extra power.
Community website 610 receives advertisement from advertiser 620.Community website 610 also can receive constraint from advertiser 620.Being similar to the constraint that content owner 630 is provided, these constrained media contents are combined with advertisement, and so that correct for its target advertisements preferably can be listened (sight) many by advertiser 620.
Media content is combined by community website 610 with advertisement.This combination generally has to meet the constraint that both content owner 630 and advertiser 620 are provided.Community website 610 then provides combined media content and advertisement to user 640.
Operator receives advertising expense for distributing advertisement to user 640 from advertiser 620.Media content can be had in the range of right for permitting to provide media content to share this income with content owner 630 together with advertisement to user 640 by operator content owner 630.
In one embodiment, distribute advertising income between all entities that community website 610 is involved in the operation of system 410, comprise operator, content owner 630 and even upload and/or the user 640 of media content download.In other embodiments, advertising expense can only be shared between the subset of described side, such as content owner 630 and operator.In other embodiments, advertising expense can be shared with other participant in the distribution claim of media content, the ISP (being such as the radio network provider in the case of the mancarried device using wireless network at client terminal device 430) of the bandwidth that the ISP (ISP) of the bandwidth such as initiate the operator (such as cable provider, especially in the case of the content that media content sources free related online top box is serviced) of TV service, providing originate (playing device of such as changing places) to be used and/or offer client terminal device 430 are used.
As described above, the operable system of operator 400 produces advertising income with the media content by being supplied together with advertisement distributing user.Described income can be shared with content owner 630 by operator, as the exchange that license provides to user 640 media content together with advertisement.System 400 also provides the ability of the use controlling its media content to content owner 630, to solve its misgivings to losing the control to its media content.
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Principles described in this document can be further illustrated by the example of the operation of media content managing system 400 (hereinafter referred to as " system 400 ") according to an embodiment of the invention.In this example, system 400 trustship community website 610, at community website 610, the user of website can share audio/video clips.
With user 640, described example watches that the TV program " pungent Field " that previously passed personal video recorder (PVR, client terminal device 430) captures starts.User 640 finds that a certain section of video is more interesting, and calls the graphical interfaces of PVR with by selecting the beginning and end of video section to catch described section.PVR creates the video clipping (" pungent Field " editing) containing the video section captured, and uses the account of described user that described " pungent Field " editing is uploaded to community website 610.
Apps server 414 uses the metadata of storage during the VBI of video clipping to identify the theme of the editing received, described editing is made to be associated with content owner (video display Digit of Sony (SonyPicturesDigitalInc.)), and by described editing be stored in for information about in media storage device 418.
Second user 640 of community website 610 uses computer (client terminal device 430) to search for the video clipping relevant with " pungent Field ", and " pungent Field " editing of location previous receipt in website 610 subsequently.Second user 640 then submits the request to described " pungent Field " editing to.
In response to the request of the second user 640, the constraint being applicable to described " pungent Field " editing is verified in community website 610.Content owner (video display Digit of Sony) has been provided with the constraint being applicable to own " pungent Field " video clipping, and it limited the persistent period of described video clipping less than 2.5 minutes.After confirming that described " pungent Field " editing is persistently less than 2.5 minutes, community website 610 identifies the advertisement (Eachnet advertisement) being used for promoting its " pungent Field " relevant auction project of Eachnet (eBay).Advertiser Eachnet arranges constraint, described constraint Eachnet advertisement is limited to only with and " pungent Field " relevant video clipping combination.Apps server 414 confirms that described " pungent Field " editing of combination does not violate, with Eachnet advertisement, the constraint being associated with described editing or advertisement, then described advertisement and described editing are unified into combined editing so that described " pungent Field " editing is guided in Eachnet advertisement into.Subsequently, community website 610 produces and comprises the webpage that the pointer to described combined editing is quoted, and the second user 640 is redirected to produced webpage, and at described webpage, the second user 640 downloads described combined editing.
After described combined editing is downloaded in the computer of the second user 640, described computer plays the advertisement of described Eachnet and described " pungent Field " editing to the second user 640.Paying server 416 calculates advertising expense to advertiser Eachnet, and deducts described expense from its account.Paying server 416 also calculates royalty to content owner (video display Digit of Sony) and pays, and returns described payment to the account of described content owner.
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Embodiments of the invention can provide the user to be shared and the Web portal of switched-media content, and the grant content owner controls the right of use of its media content simultaneously.The operator of described Web portal can produce advertising income by distributing advertisement together with media content to user, and shares described income to compensate content owner for content owner's license to providing a user with its media content with content owner.
Individually by one or more hardware or software module or other device can be combined perform or implement any step described herein, operation or process.In one embodiment, software module is implemented with computer program, described computer program includes the computer-readable media containing computer program code, described computer program code can by computer processor perform for perform described by arbitrary or institute in steps, operation or process.For example, the method that the entity component used in system can be depending on one or more users that media content sends to described media content.
Present the above description to the embodiment of the present invention the most for purposes of illustration, it is undesirable to described description is detailed or limit the invention to disclosed precise forms.Those skilled in the art is it can be appreciated that according to teachings above, many modifications and variations are possible.It is desirable to the scope of the present invention is not limited by this detailed description of the invention, but limited by appended claims.
Finally, it should be noted that primarily for readable and instruct purpose to have selected language used in the specification, and described language can not be selected as delimiting or limiting the subject matter of the present invention.Therefore, it is intended that the scope of the present invention stated in the illustrative not limiting appended claims of the disclosure of the present invention.

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1., for a method for sharing media content, described method includes:
Media player module receives Media Stream from remote media source；
The display of local computing de is play Media Stream；
By the Media Stream cache that received in the memorizer of described local computing de；
While playing described Media Stream, receive the user command of the part catching described Media Stream via user interface；
Select in response to receiving user, used described user interface to create editing when described Media Stream receives from described remote media source, this editing include by the cached part of described Media Stream border and end boundary defined received by Media Stream at least some of, wherein when described Media Stream is received from described remote media source, from the copy of the cache described Media Stream the described memorizer of described local computing de, extract described editing；And
In response to creating described editing, receive the information relevant to described editing, make described information be associated with described editing, and described editing and the described information being associated are transferred to remote computing system,
At least a part of which is partly from the automated procedure described information of reception for obtaining the information about described editing；And
Wherein said automated procedure automatically determines the information about described editing, and marks described editing by described information.
Method the most according to claim 1, wherein said source of media is broadcasting media system of changing places.
Method the most according to claim 1, wherein said user interface is to allow to look back the graphical interfaces of described Media Stream.
Method the most according to claim 1, at least a part of which partly inputs the described information of reception from user.
Method the most according to claim 1, at least a part of which receives described information partially by extracting the metadata embedded in described Media Stream.
Method the most according to claim 1, wherein transmits described editing and includes described editing is uploaded to media content sharing website.
Method the most according to claim 1, wherein said Media Stream is television broadcasting.
8., for a method for sharing media content, described method includes:
Local computing de receives Media Stream from remote media source；
By the Media Stream cache of described reception in the memorizer of described local computing de；
Integrated user interface is play described Media Stream；
The first user order catching described Media Stream is received via described integrated user interface；
In response to receiving described first user order, show media editing window via described integrated user interface；
Select for the user defining a part for cached Media Stream via described media editing window reception, wherein, a described part for the cached Media Stream defined by border and end boundary define；
Select in response to receiving described user, when described Media Stream is received from described remote media source, select based on described user and include the editing being defined part of described Media Stream from the described cached part establishment of described Media Stream, wherein when described Media Stream is received from described remote media source, from the copy of the cache described Media Stream the described memorizer of described local computing de, extract described editing；
The information relevant to described editing is received via described integrated user interface；
The described information making reception is associated with described editing；
The second user command that described editing is transferred to calculating system is received via described integrated user interface；And
In response to receiving described second user command, described editing and the information being associated are transferred to described calculating system,
At least a part of which is partly from the automated procedure described information of reception for obtaining the information about described editing；And
Wherein said automated procedure automatically determines the information about described editing, and marks described editing by described information.
Method the most according to claim 8, the described information wherein received is manually entered by user.
10. for a device for sharing media content, comprising:
For receiving the device of Media Stream from remote media source；
For the Media Stream cache that will the be received device in the memorizer of local computing de；
For playing the device of described Media Stream on the display of described local computing de；
For receiving the device of the user command of the part catching described Media Stream while playing described Media Stream via user interface；
For being used described user interface to create the device of editing in response to receiving user's selection when described Media Stream receives from described remote media source, wherein said editing include by the cached part of described Media Stream border and end boundary defined received by Media Stream at least some of, and wherein when described Media Stream is received from described remote media source, from the copy of the cache described Media Stream the described memorizer of described local computing de, extract described editing；
For receiving the information about described editing in response to creating described editing, described information is associated with described editing and the device to remote computing system being transmitted in described editing and the described information being associated with described editing；And
For receiving the device of described information at least in part from the automated procedure being used for the information about described editing that obtains, and
Wherein said automated procedure automatically determines the information about described editing, and marks described editing by described information.
11. devices according to claim 10, it farther includes for inputting the device receiving described information at least in part from user.
12. devices according to claim 10, it farther includes at least partially through extracting the metadata embedded in described Media Stream to receive the device of described information.
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