RU2686637C1 - Method of viewing user media content - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: information technology.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of information technology. Content browsing method comprises the steps of: initial user content loaded into the server memory is uploaded to the server using the user electronic device. Editing on the server part of the original content elements, placing the selected part in the corresponding area of the at least one current page to create the material content medium. Server software generates at least one label and places it on one of said current pages. Using a printing device, a material content medium is made, comprising a current page with a selected portion of edited and / or source content items and with at least one label, scanning the mark on the tangible media and accessing the entire downloaded content of the server.EFFECT: technical result of the invention is the ability to view content in full, part of which elements is presented on a tangible media, and part of which is not available for viewing on a tangible medium; high efficiency of using server resources owing to possibility of selecting preferable content depending on user preferences.10 cl, 5 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the field of information technology and information retrieval, in particular to methods for generating, displaying and viewing, mainly media content, and allows, upon user request, to view the full amount of user media content in online mode, excerpt of elements of which are presented on a tangible medium information such as a photo book, magazine, calendar, postcard, etc.

The prior art widely known methods of creating prints of photo books, photo albums, posters with custom images and photos. This creates a printed material medium (photo book, poster, etc.), which hosts a limited number of photos of users of their choice.

For example, a photo montage of a photo album page is known; it consists of photographing each individual in the overall wiring diagram, making photolagatives of these individuals and printing several photos using a specially cut out mask onto one sheet of photo paper; the photos of all faces are consistently imprinted on a sheet of photo paper pages of the photo album according to a pre-composed composition, the carrier of which is a template, after which a sheet of photo paper with imprinted photographs is shown and sushi t, then photographs describe and label, as a result, an original layout of the photo album page is reproduced and a photo-negative of the original layout of the photo album page is made, then a photo album page is produced from the received photo-negative of the photo album's original layout (see Patent RU 2149356, published 20.05. 2000).

The disadvantage of such printed photo books, photo albums, etc. is that you can put a limited number of photos on them, it is impossible to display the entire volume of photos, and all the more it is impossible to display video images and sound files, it is impossible to view all user content, there is no possibility for the user to choose and place content items at his discretion, there is no possibility Online viewing of the full amount of content. Also a disadvantage is that when placing a photo in a book grids are used, where they are placed and part of the image often goes beyond the grid, In addition, when viewing a printed book, it is not possible to share it with someone and send it, for example, by e-mail or by means of well-known instant messengers, there is no possibility to download and save content to an electronic device and also share them after, there is no possibility to post videos, there is no possibility to comment and discuss the photo online.

The prior art known ways of placing and viewing user content in the online mode. Such methods are implemented, for example, using well-known social networks, such as Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, etc., where the user places his content and where he or other people can view it online using their electronic devices.

The prior art also describes a method for presenting content to a user who searches for specific content of interest in an aggregate of content that contains content elements, and the property values are associated with the content elements and correspond to properties, containing the steps of:

- take a command from the user, determine on the basis of this command that you want to filter the collection of content, and in response to this definition filter the collection of content to obtain a filtered collection of content using the value of the filtering property, and the value of the filtering property is the property value selected by the user from the mentioned property values

- select the grouping property;

- group the filtered collection of content using the selected grouping property,

the grouping property is selected from the mentioned properties based on at least one of the filtering property value and those of the mentioned property values that are associated with the content elements of the filtered content collection (see Patent RU 2427901, published on 27.08.2011).

The closest to the proposed invention is a method of providing joint access to content, containing access to the resource file associated with the participant, wherein the specified resource file contains information on one or more devices associated with the participant; and determining how to share with the participant one or more content files at least in part based on the information contained in the resource file (see, Patent RU 2411682, published 02/10/2011).

The disadvantages of the known ways of viewing content in online mode are: the inability of the user to adjust the downloaded content; the inability to produce printed content, i.e. tangible media content; the lack of choice, grouping and placement of content in a sequence preferred by the user, followed by the manufacture of a tangible medium with the grouping and content placed on the page of interest to the user; online content can not be donated, put in an accessible place for the possibility of quick viewing, it can not be obtained without access to the Internet; online content may be stolen or blocked for any reason.

The technical problem solved by the invention is the improvement of resources that allow forming, placing, displaying and viewing user-generated media content, both in its entirety and in its limited scope.

The technical result of the invention, providing a solution to a technical problem, is the ability to view the content in full, part of the elements of which are presented on a tangible medium of information (print edition), and part of which is not available for viewing on a tangible medium, expanding the arsenal of technical means to view the content, enabling the user to independently form content that he would like to provide for others to view, the definition will follow content viewing, including additional media content, increasing the efficiency of server resource utilization due to the possibility of choosing preferred content depending on user preferences and the type of content item selected, ensuring the possibility of classifying and combining content elements presented through appropriate software interfaces, providing optimized user interface for generating and displaying custom content, reducing Time spent on producing a material carrier of information containing user content, as well as reducing the time required to gain access to viewing the full volume of user content, part of which is presented on a material carrier.

The technical result of the invention is achieved by implementing a method for viewing content, comprising the steps of:

- using the electronic device of the user who has access to the Internet and is connected to the server via a data network, the original content is stored on the server and stored in the server's memory;

- using the electronic device user edit on the server at least some of the elements of the original content;

- using the electronic device of the user, select at least part of the edited and / or original content items and place the specified selected part in the corresponding area of at least one current page hosted on the server to create a tangible media content;

- using the server software to generate at least one tag and place it on at least one of the specified current pages;

- using a printing device associated with the server, make a tangible content carrier containing at least one current page with a selected at least part of the edited and / or original content elements and with the specified at least one label;

- using the electronic device of the user, scan the specified at least one tag on the tangible media content and get access to view the entire source content uploaded to the server and / or view the edited part of the downloaded content.

In addition, the source content uploaded to the server may include photo and / or video images, and / or audio files, and / or text information.

In addition, at least part of the loaded original photo images can be edited on the server by cropping, and / or rotating, and / or by changing their size, and / or contrast, and / or brightness, and / or sharpness.

In addition, editing at least a portion of the loaded original video images on the server can be accomplished by setting the beginning and end of the video playback and / or by stabilizing the video images.

Also, before placing at least a portion of the edited and / or original video images in the corresponding area of the current page, they can select at least one frame of the edited or original corresponding video image and can produce a tangible media content containing this at least one frame;

In addition, at least one area of the specified at least one current page may be able to re-edit the content item located in this area.

As a tangible media content can use a photo book, or a photo album, or a poster, or a magazine, or a calendar, or a postcard, or a photo magnet, or a printed photo.

As an electronic device user can use a smartphone, or a tablet, or a laptop, or a personal computer with peripheral devices.

In addition, at least one tag can be scanned by the user's electronic device camera.

In addition, a QR code, a bar code, graphic labels, or an image in which a url page can be encoded, which contains all the original content uploaded to the server and / or the edited part of the downloaded original content, can be used as a label. .

The invention is illustrated by drawings, where in FIG. 1 shows a diagram of the communication and interaction of the elements with which the method is implemented; in fig. 2 schematically shows the user's electronic device with a user interface implemented on the server site for creating and viewing an online photo book; in fig. 3 shows an example of an online editor interface; in fig. 4 shows an example of the implementation of an online photo book (a window for viewing additional content); in fig. Figure 5 shows an example of online viewing of a particular content item (for example, a photo).

The way to view user content (additional content owned by the user) is carried out using technical, software and other means related to each other and allowing the user (client) to download their content (mainly media content), edit their downloaded content and view the user, or any other person (whom the user will provide for this access), both the original content of the user (initial, not subject to editing), and the edited The user's nrent, some of the elements of which (both original and edited) are presented on the tangible medium of content, i.e. on the printed edition (material medium).

User media content (hereinafter referred to as content) may be entertaining, informational or other. At the same time, the content may include photographic images (for example, photographs of the user or persons close to him, or photographs of any other objects captured by the user), any other images of the user (illustrations, pictures, drawings, etc.), video images (video clips), audio files (any sound files, for example, greetings, poems, music, songs, appeals, etc.), text information (for example, comments to a photo, video clips, etc.). The specified content may include, for example, only photographs, or only video images, or only drawings, etc., or the content may include all of the above components, i.e. and photographs, and video images, and sound files, and text information, or it is possible that the user's content includes some combinations, that is, for example, photographs and sound files, or video clips and text information, etc. combinations depending on user preferences.

A photo book, photo album, a poster, a magazine, a calendar, a postcard, a photo magnet, a printed photo, or any other tangible media content that can be made (printed by any known method) with the appropriate content selected by the user can be used as a tangible media content. depending on his preferences, which can be applied to any of these material carriers 4.

Technical and other means that are used to implement the proposed method include the following:

a) user’s electronic device 1, which is either a personal computer with peripheral devices and a monitor, or a laptop, or a tablet, or a smartphone, or a communicator, or any other electronic device 1 (mobile device) with Internet access, having a camera, memory , operating system and special software (application), allowing to read QR codes or other special tags. At the same time, the initial content of the user is stored in the memory of his electronic device 1. In the variant version, the electronic device 1 of the user may have a special mobile application that allows accessing the resource that hosts the user content when reading special tags.

b) server 2, which has special software that allows you to download and process user content, as well as using which functions are performed to edit the downloaded content (online editor) and view the original or edited user content, or view both the user's original and edited content . The server 2 is connected via a data transmission network with the electronic device 1 of the user, while the server 2 serves the website to the Internet, through which the user interacts with the content uploaded to the server 2. The website on server 2 has a simple and easy-to-use user interface that allows the user to create, display, edit and then place his content in designated areas 6 for the subsequent manufacture of tangible media 4 content.

c) a printing device 3 (for example, a printer, plotter or any other printing device) associated with server 2 and with which the material carrier 4 of content is produced with the corresponding content of the user he chose to be placed on the material carrier 4 (on the printed edition ).

The proposed method for viewing content contains a number of steps and consists in the following.

A user (site client) using his electronic device 1, which stores its original content and which is connected to server 2 via a data network, goes to the home page of the site (for example, albomix.ru, or another site on the Internet), which is implemented on server 2. Next, the user is registered on the server 2 site and creates a profile (his personal account), so that his files (source content), actions and drafts are automatically stored in server 2 with the help of server 2 software. uzhaet server 2 with its own electronic apparatus 1, the original content, which is stored in the memory of the server 2 (the user's original content downloaded to the server 2 is referred to as additional content with respect to the carrier material). At the same time, the source user content uploaded to server 2 may include photo images, illustrations, video images, text information, sound files, and the like. When uploading videos (videos), they appear in the editor in the video tape with the note “original”.

Then the user enters the site for creating a photo book online (or creating an online poster, or other material carrier 4 mentioned above). Additional content is available by default for all types and sizes of photo books, as well as for calendars, photomagnets, cards, magazines, etc. Hereinafter, the photobook will be used as a tangible content carrier, however, it should be understood that as the tangible media 4, any other aforementioned tangible media content 4 can be used, which will later be produced in the printed version with the content selected by the user.

After uploading source content to server 2 and after selecting a section on creating a photo book online, the user sees area 5 in the online photo book editor for creating a photo book, as well as the ability to upload photos, sound, text files and a separate bookmark to download a video file. To quickly get acquainted with the service of additional content in the video tape there is a test downloaded video by default. The user interface implemented on the server site 2 provides the user with the ability to independently form his own content, which he would like to view later in an online photo book (in an interactive photo book), or which he would like to provide for others to view. At the same time, when creating an online photobook in the online editor, the user can determine the further sequence of viewing the content, including additional content, and also has the ability to classify and combine the corresponding content elements through appropriate software interfaces, depending on their preferences. Classification and integration of content items by the user is possible, for example, by subject or by the type of content item (for example, photos with photos, video from video, drawings with pictures, etc.), or by date of creation of content elements or other criteria and parameters .

Then the user, using his electronic device 1 in the online editor of server 2, edits, at his own discretion, either part of the downloaded files (some of the elements of the downloaded original content) or all downloaded files (all content). The user-edited content is also additional content on server 2 with respect to the tangible medium 4.

When you start editing videos, the user can hover over the original video and the “edit video” icon will appear, when clicked, the “online video editor” opens (Fig. 3), which allows you to edit the downloaded original video. In this case, editing one or several video images (video clips) on server 2 is performed using an editor by setting the beginning and end of video playback, as well as by stabilizing video images. Thus, the user can determine the length of the video playback, which will be placed in the onlan photobook and which will be available for later viewing. In addition, the online server editor 2 allows the user to select any frame from the original and / or edited video clip, which will later be printed on the printed version of the photo book (or on other material medium 4). The user can choose either one frame or several frames, which will later be printed on a tangible medium of content 4.

Editing on the server 2 or part of the downloaded original photo images (drawings, pictures, any illustrations), or all the original photo images, the user can perform by trimming them and / or turning, and / or by changing their size and / or contrast, and / or brightness and / or sharpness. Thus, the user may, at his own discretion, edit, for example, one or several photographic images (other illustrations) by cropping them, other photographic images (illustrations) by changing their size, others by changing their brightness, etc. Or it is possible to simultaneously change both the size of the photo (illustration) and the brightness and angle of inclination (i.e., rotate an angle with any degree), etc.

The user can also edit the original sound (audio) files, for example, by setting the beginning and end of the sound file, or its volume, etc.

The user can edit text files by selecting a specific part of the text of interest or by changing a part of the text.

After the user edits his original downloaded content on server 2 using his electronic device 1, the user selects either a part of the edited content elements (photo, video, audio, text), or all edited content elements, or part of the original content elements, or all the original content elements (as desired by the user, depending on what he wants to place on the photobook) and places the selected edited and / or source elements cients content either in one or in several areas of the current page 6 7 online photo books placed on the server 2 to create the content material carrier 4 (Fig. 2, 4). The current pages 7 of the online photo book (i.e. those that the user sees in real time) can be from one or more depending on how many pages the material medium 4 contains. At the same time, each area 6 of the current page 7 corresponds to its content ( designed to accommodate relevant content), i.e. one area 6 corresponds, for example, to one edited or original photo image, another area 6 to another, third area 6, for example, an edited or original video image, fourth area, for example, text, and so on, each current page 7 photobook has either one area 6, or several areas 6. Thus, it is possible for the user to independently create content that he would like to view online, or to provide for viewing to other persons, as well as Otori he would like to place on a physical medium 4. The user has the ability to determine the sequence of the content viewing both on a physical medium 4, and in the online mode, select the preferred content for it. Due to the fact that the user has the opportunity to independently determine the content, the time for the subsequent production of the material carrier 4 containing the user content is significantly reduced, as well as to gain access to view the full amount of user content, some of which will be presented on the material carrier 4. The reduction of such time is provided by eliminating the need for the manufacturer to agree the material carrier 4 with the user of the content that he would like to once estit 4 on a tangible medium.

Since video images cannot be printed on tangible media 4, before placing the selected edited and / or original video images in the corresponding area 6 of the current page 7, the user selects one or more frames of the edited or original corresponding video image, which are placed on the tangible content media 4 during its production. Those. after video editing, a copy of the video appears in the tape and when dragging this video to the corresponding working area 6 of the photobook, the frame selected by the user is placed in the photobook with the “VIDEO” icon.

In addition, in a variant implementation of the invention, one or more areas 6 of one or more current pages 7 to create a tangible media content 4 has the ability to re-edit placed in this area 6 of the corresponding selected content item. Those. you can either re-crop the photo image, re-expand it, etc., or you can re-crop the video image, or change the frame that the user wants to print in the photo book, or you can edit text or sound files, etc.

After the user places content in areas 6 of the corresponding current page 7, server 2 generates one or several tags 8 using the software, which are automatically placed either on one of the current pages 7 to create a tangible medium of content 4 or on several current pages 7 or on each page 7. Ie at the time the user first places content in the appropriate area 6 for making a photo book, a special program of server 2 generates and creates a unique tag 8, which is also automatically placed on the current page 7 of the photo book. This tag 8 user can arbitrarily move on page 7 of the photobook to any place with the mouse cursor, but you can’t remove it, as it is an obligatory link between the printed version of the photobook (material carrier 4) and the online version of viewing the same photobook with additional content. At the same time, as a label 8, they use a QR code, or a bar code, or graphic labels, or an image in which the url page is encoded, on which all the original content uploaded to server 2 or the edited part of the downloaded original user content is placed, or simultaneously both original and edited user content.

Further, after the user has posted in the online version of the photo book in the relevant areas 6 all the selected content that he would like to view online, as well as some of which he would like to see on the printed version of the photo book (on the material medium 4), using the printing device 3 connected to the server 2 is made of a material medium 4 of content (a printed version of a photo book), which contains one or more current pages 7 with the edited and / or selected and placed in the respective areas 6 and source content items (text and images) and with said one or more labels 8 (e.g., QR-code).

After the user has received a printed version of a photo book (material carrier 4 of content), the user or another person whom the user has provided such an opportunity has the opportunity to view the selected and printed content at any time, and can also view the server at any time 2 all original and / or edited content in full. For this, the user with the help of his electronic device 1, namely by means of the camera of the electronic device 1, scans one or several marks 8 (QR code) on the page of the material carrier 4 (photo books) and gets access to view all the original content downloaded to server 2 and / or to view the edited part of the downloaded content. Thus, when reading a QR code by any device with a display and an installed application for reading QR codes, a link opens with a unique url address that, when you click on it, opens an online version of a photobook in which additional content is available, which cannot be printed on tangible media physically. This applies to video images, either to the full version (not cropped) photos, or to audio files, or text files that the user added, for example, as comments to the uploaded photos and videos.

Additional content when opening a link in the browser of the electronic device 1 user includes:

- All pages of photo books that can be viewed and scrolled;

- user photos can be viewed by clicking on them in the book, while if only part of the photo was used in the printed photo book (cropped), then in the additional content on server 2 you can see the whole photo as it is loaded in the original, thus clicking on the photo , it will open additionally and in full.

- you can run and view video files placed on the pages of a printed photo book as photos. Such photos are indicated by the video playback icon, when clicked on the full screen of the device 1, the downloaded source and / or edited video is opened in the online editor.

- sound files, greetings, poems, music.

Also additional content may be other elements that were not placed on the tangible medium 4, but which are available on the server 2.

On server 2, an adaptive layout is also possible for a variable (arbitrary) screen size of the electronic device 1, including the vertical and horizontal location of the device 1.

For the convenience of the user, viewing additional content, online viewing is equipped with buttons that allow you to select individual groups of the content of the book:

- view a photo book page by page;

- viewing photos used in the book (slide show);

- view video clips.

A link to additional content can be sent in any way and thus give the opportunity to view the book and its contents to any person. Also, any person can download all photos, video and audio materials to his electronic device 1.

Security and Privacy

As protection against downloading materials prohibited by the legislation of the Russian Federation, additional photobook content becomes available for viewing after the book is placed in print, the book and the book content are moderated by administrators and only after making sure that the downloaded videos do not contradict the laws of the Russian Federation, the book is sent to print for production.

The proposed invention allows to improve the resources with the help of which the formation, placement, display and viewing of user content is carried out both in its entirety and in its limited scope.

Thanks to the above implementation of the proposed method for viewing content, it is possible to view user’s content on the server 2 in full, some of the elements are presented on the tangible media 4, and some of which are not available for viewing on the tangible media 4. As a result of using electronic devices 1 with a special software software expands the arsenal of technical tools for viewing content. Due to the possibility of editing the original content implemented using special software on the server 2, the user is allowed to independently form his content, which he would like to provide for others to view, and also whom he would like to view later on independently in the volume that he interested in. The server software 2 allows the user to determine the sequence of viewing content, including additional content. Due to the fact that the user determines for himself the preferred content for viewing, as well as the order of location of the selected content items, the utilization efficiency of server 2 is significantly increased. Also, the server 2 software and the corresponding program interfaces (including devices 1) allow the user to classify and combine content items by any parameter, criterion and by any type of content item. The server site 2 has an optimized user interface that allows the user to generate and display the content of interest without any effort and time. Due to the fact that the user, using his electronic device 1, independently edits his content on server 2, and also independently selects any content of interest for placement on a photo book (both in the online version and in print), and significantly reduces the time and labor costs for the manufacture of a tangible medium 4 of content containing user content. In addition, by placing on the material carrier a special tag 8, which is associated with the resource that hosts the user's original and / or edited content, as well as by reading this tag with the user's electronic device 1, the time taken to access the full volume is reduced user content, part of which is presented on a tangible medium 4.

Thanks to the implementation of the proposed method, the user or any other person to whom the user provided the opportunity, can take and see at any time the printed version of the photobook (album, poster, etc.), and if you want to see its extended version in online mode. Moreover, the user generates both the print version and the expanded online version independently without any effort, since the link to the url page is automatically created when creating a photo book to a special online server 2 software, where everything is played and shown online. In addition, thanks to the implementation of all actions on server 2, access to the online version always remains constant and does not change over time, is not deleted (only if the user deletes his account), does not change the link or the conditions for providing content by reference. Thanks to the automation on the server 2 of the process of forming a photo book, any errors are excluded when forming the content both on the tangible medium 4 and in the online version.

Claims (16)

1. A method for viewing content comprising the steps of: - using the electronic device of the user who has access to the Internet and is connected to the server via a data network, the original content is stored on the server and stored in the server's memory; - using the electronic device user edit on the server at least some of the elements of the original content; - using the electronic device of the user, select at least part of the edited and / or original content items and place the specified selected part in the corresponding area of at least one current page hosted on the server to create a tangible media content; - using the server software to generate at least one tag and place it on at least one of the specified current pages; - using a printing device associated with the server, make a tangible content carrier containing at least one current page with a selected at least part of the edited and / or original content elements and with the specified at least one label; - using the electronic device of the user, scan the specified at least one tag on the tangible media content and get access to view the entire source content uploaded to the server and / or view the edited part of the downloaded content. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the source content uploaded to the server includes photos, and / or video images, and / or audio files, and / or text information. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein editing on the server at least a portion of the loaded original photo images is performed by cropping and / or rotating and / or by changing their size, and / or contrast, and / or brightness, and / or sharpness . 4. The method of claim 2, wherein editing on the server at least a portion of the downloaded original video images is performed by setting the beginning and end of the video playback and / or by stabilizing the video images. 5. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one frame of the edited or original corresponding video image is selected before placing the selected at least part of the edited and / or original video images in the corresponding area of the current page and the material media containing this at least least one frame. 6. A method according to claim 1, in which at least one area of the specified at least one current page has the ability to re-edit placed in this area of the content item. 7. A method according to claim 1, wherein a photo book, or a photo album, or a poster, or a magazine, or a calendar, or a postcard, or a photo magnet, or a printed photo is used as a tangible medium of content. 8. A method according to claim 1, wherein a smartphone, a tablet, or a laptop, or a computer is used as the user's electronic device. 9. A method according to claim 1, wherein scanning at least one tag is performed by means of a camera of an electronic device of a user. 10. A method according to claim 1, wherein a QR code, or a barcode, or graphic labels, or an image in which the url page is coded, which contains all the original content uploaded to the server and / or the edited part of the downloaded content is placed, is used as a label. source content.

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