CN101523369A - Capturing and sharing media content and management of shared media content - Google Patents

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CN101523369A
CN101523369A CNA2007800308114A CN200780030811A CN101523369A CN 101523369 A CN101523369 A CN 101523369A CN A2007800308114 A CNA2007800308114 A CN A2007800308114A CN 200780030811 A CN200780030811 A CN 200780030811A CN 101523369 A CN101523369 A CN 101523369A
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Abstract

A media device allows users to watch and capture portions from a media broadcast. The media device receives a media stream, plays the media stream, and caches a portion of the media stream as it is being played. A user can define a media clip by selecting its boundaries in the cached portion of the media stream. The media device creates the media clip based on the user's input and enables the userto transmit the media clip to another system, such as a website. Before providing requested media content, the website may combine it with advertisements. The website may receive advertising revenuefrom advertisers and may share it with owners of the media content in exchange for their permission to provide the media content. The advertisers may provide restrictions on how the advertisements arecombined. The content owners may provide restrictions on how the media content items are provided.

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Seizure and sharing media content and to the management of 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 the user sharing media content, distribute shared media content together with advertisement, and the financial arrangement between dealer, advertiser and the content owner.
Background technology
TV and other video content and other medium of countless versions are applied on the new equipment just more and more.For instance, TV programme no longer only finds on TV.By computer network and other transfer mechanism, TV and other media content can be used on other device just more and more, for example personal computer, mobile phone, PDA and other portable computing.The availability that media content increases day by day also make the beholder can record media content and with other people sharing media content.
The process of record and sharing media content is a trouble and consuming time.The consumer watches that the source (for example TV, DVR, personal computer and mobile phone) of platform and this video of video does not provide through abundant integration and easy-to-use solution and is used for content viewing, seizure, edits and uploads.
For instance, may see the content that causes its interest via the user of DVR (for example TiVo) TV reception of the living room televisor that connects the user.In addition, he may hope and the shared content of watching just now of friend or personal group.If like this, he must participate in a rapid process of multistep, described process may relate to a plurality of application programs of using multiple arrangement to finish seizure, edit and upload task.At first, the user must be connected to DVR another device (for example PC), so that catch for uploading with a certain form.This may relate to via dummycable and DVR is connected to the PC with capure card.The user for example will use, and the application program of windows media scrambler (Windows MediaEncoder) makes the content digitizing to create compressed digital document.In case described file is created, the addressable with that community website of user, described website can have its oneself be used to allow the consumer to upload the instrument of video.As the part of this process, may need code with video to convert form with the website compatibility to, this will increase extra time to described process.This process is unfriendly and be poor efficiency to the user.
If not having, the consumer do not allow it to visit again montage so that the DVR that formats after a while, edits and upload can run into additional problem so.That is to say that the user will need to expect that the video segment that imports into will be its interested and worth record and share.The user is the opening entry Media Stream in advance.For instance, in order to write down the latest news on the TV, the user can understand predetermined news broadcast time from the TV guide, and opening entry TV broadcasting before the described time.Therefore, if the user notices his or she unexpected interesting content in the Media Stream, so the user will to write down described interesting content just too late.
Therefore, from foregoing, as seen, need a kind of improved system and process to share the media content that is write down for the user record media content and with other users.
A kind of conventional route of people's sharing media content is by equity (peer to peer, P2P) computer network, for example Napster.To be the computing power that mainly depends on participant in the network concentrate on network in the relative fewer destination server with bandwidth rather than with it with the P2P computer network.The user of P2P computer network can share the media content that is stored in the computing machine on the network.Yet (for example, music and film) copy is illegal so share described media content under the situation of no copyright owner permission in most area under one's jurisdictions because many media contents of sharing comprise universal content of multimedia protected by copyright.Copyright owner's (being also referred to as the content owner) often disagree with this a little can because they can not receive any interests in return.And the P2P computer network does not provide the ability of the distribution of its media content of control to the content owner.
Another conventional route of sharing media content is that the content owner provides the mechanism of sharing its media content for the user.For instance, the content owner can provide its media content in its website.Want to insert addressable these websites of people of described media content to insert described media content.Yet this approach is inconvenient to the user, because media content is inserted in the place that does not have to concentrate.And, be not that all content owners have financial resources and provide for the user and insert the mechanism of its media content.
Therefore, as seen, also need a kind of system and process from foregoing, it allows user's sharing media content, and the grant content owner controls the right of the use of its media content, and makes the operator of described system and process can produce advertising income.
Summary of the invention
One the inventive embodiment that discloses allow the user to catch media content from described source of media or stream in the playing media source or during stream, and then by integrated user interface in the media apparatus and the shared media content that captures of other users.
In one embodiment, in single interface, media apparatus receiving media stream is play described Media Stream, and when described Media Stream just is being played the part of the described Media Stream of high-speed cache.When watching medium, the user provides seizure installing the order of the fragment of the Media Stream of playing to user interface.The fragment that captures can comprise (for example) video clipping.In one embodiment, the user can use user interface to come to define montage by beginning and end boundary in the cache part of selecting Media Stream, and the metadata of described montage is described in input.Media apparatus is created media clip based on user's input, and described montage is transferred to another system, for example is used for sharing with other users the community website of described montage.
Another embodiment make the community website the user can with other user's sharing media content of described website, the owner who authorizes institute's sharing media content simultaneously controls the right of the use of its content.Embodiments of the invention also make the operator of described website can produce advertising income, and share described income for the content owner shares its content with the content owner.
In one embodiment, the community website is from user's receiving media content, and described media content and advertisement are made up.Answer the request of user to described media content, the community website to described user provide through the combination media content and advertisement.The community website receives advertising fee from advertiser, provides through the media content of combination and the exchange of advertisement as the subtend user.The community website provides the part of described advertising fee to the owner of media content, as permission is provided through the media content of combination and the exchange of advertisement to the user.
In another embodiment, the owner of media content can be provided with constraint to control the use of its media content to its media content.As the exchange of the website being executed described constraint, but content owner's licence distribution content item.In another embodiment, advertiser can be to its advertisement setting constraint, with the combination of control advertisement and media content.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram of explanation according to the structure of the media apparatus of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is used to write down process flow diagram with the process of shared medium montage according to the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 (a) illustrates to Fig. 3 (c) and is used to write down example with the user interface of shared medium montage according to the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of explanation according to the structure of the media content managing system of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 is the interaction figure according to the process that is used for sharing media content of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 is the figure of explanation according to the interaction between website, user, advertiser and the content owner in the business prototype of the use media content managing system of the embodiment of the invention.
The those skilled in the art will recognize easily from following argumentation, under the situation that does not break away from principle of the present invention as herein described, can use the alternate embodiment of illustrated structure of this paper and method.
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Embodiments of the invention provide a kind of integrated user interface watching media content, recording medium montage, edit described montage, described montage is 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 the media content of any kind, comprise in the audio or video perhaps its both.The user can watch Media Stream, its of described Media Stream is thought interesting part of records in media clip, and use 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.The user of media content managing system can upload to media content (for example, media clip) system to share the media content of being uploaded with other people, and other people can be from the described media content of described system downloads.Perhaps, medium can finally be distributed to the beholder via reciprocity distributed system.That is to say that the computing machine that content alternately is stored in the final user of system installs with other.When the user wished to watch montage from described system, described montage derived from one or more in other user or the peer-to-peer.
Embodiments of the invention allow the owner (" content owner ") of sharing media content to control the use of its content.The content owner can be provided with the constraint of relative broad range to limit the use of its media content to its media content.The number that the example of described constraint comprises duration, quality (for example, the bit rate of the frame rate of resolution, video content, audio content) and is allowed to access described media content.
Embodiments of the invention also can make the operator of media content managing system can produce advertising income.Described system is media content and advertisement combination, and answers the user to provide media content and advertisement through combination to the request of media content to the user.The advertising fee of advertiser for providing its advertisement to pay to the user is provided advertising income.Advertising income can be shared with the content owner, because content owner's permission is shared with the user of its content and system.Advertisement can be sold by the operator or the content owner of media content managing system.Advertisement also can be sold by other available metadata of using key word or be associated with montage via using automatic ad buying system.That is to say that small business may wish any montage of relative particular display and placing advertisement.Perhaps by socket, the owner of small business can buy advertisement and upload creationary content, and when the user watches the montage of required displaying, described content just will be showed as advertisement.
Media content managing system described herein also can be by giving the use that the copyright owner controls its media content right and share the advertising income of distributing advertisement to produce by with its media content, promote the legal shared of media content protected by copyright.
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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 editing device module 120 and network client module 130.Media apparatus 100 is connected to media broadcast device 140 and server 150 with communication mode.
Media apparatus 100 comprises hardware and/or software service, and it is configured to make the user can watch media content; Record, edit and make metadata be associated with media clip (" montage "); And share the media clip that is write down by single integrated user interface and other people.Media apparatus 100 is suitable for the computer program module.As used herein, term " module " refers to computer program logic and/or the data that are used to provide appointed function.Module can hardware, the form of firmware and/or software is implemented.
In one embodiment, media apparatus 100 is to go up the software application of operation at any general or multi-purpose device (for example personal computer, mobile device, cellular phone or any other calculation element of having abundant ability at these tasks), thereby has advantageously avoided the user to carry special equipment with to media management server 410 transmitting media contents and/or from the needs of media management server 410 receiving media contents.Perhaps, media apparatus 100 can be a special implement, Play System of for example changing places (place-shifting system) or personal video recorder (PVR).Under the situation of the Play System of changing places (example is the Slingbox from Sling medium (Sling Media)), change places play utensil by content being play from changing places utensil is transmitted client terminal device as a stream and with another device that is positioned at PC for example or mobile phone on software interaction.
Media player module 110 is configured to play the media content that receives from media broadcast device 140, and media broadcast device 140 can be any medium sources, comprises the playing device of changing places.Media content can be sent to media apparatus 100 in many ways, comprises via aerial transmission (analog-and digital-), carries (via wired and wireless method), satellite transmits and by many other methods via cable infrastructure, IP.The model that transmits contents to media apparatus 100 can change, and comprises by watching number of times paying, linear programming, transmit as a stream as required, download and reset, and the on-the-spot stream transmission from the another location, changes places and play etc.
Media editing device module 120 is configured to provide the functional of the media content of record (or seizure) by media player module 110 broadcasts to the user.In one embodiment, the media editing device module 120 cacheable media contents of playing, and provide editor to define media clip from cache content to the user.This allows the user easily to catch, handle, edit and upload the montage that it is watched recently.The media clip that media editing device module 120 can further be configured to be defined is another media formats from a kind of media format conversion, or when needed any other code conversion, coding or other processing is carried out in montage.
The media clip that network client module 130 is configured to be write down is transferred to server 150, perhaps is transferred to other final users in distributed storage and the 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 its combination.Server 150 can be the webserver, e-mail server or other calculation element with network capabilities.
Media broadcast device 140 is transferred to media apparatus 100 with media content.Media apparatus 100 can be the central server that is positioned at the remote broadcast position, or is arranged in the computing machine of user family.Playing device when in one embodiment, media broadcast device 140 can be easy (time-shifting device) (for example, personal video recorder) or the playing device of changing places (for example, personal broadcaster device).Play changing places, the user can watch or listen to on-the-spot medium, write down or be stored in medium on the remote-control device via data network.For instance, the user can transmit the device (for example satellite receiver, cable box or digital video recorder) of content from family as a stream cellular phone, and cellular phone can be from the another side in house, receive described medium from the another side in cities and towns or from the another side in the world.This transmission can be used public or private network.Current this product of changing places and play using that provides is SLINGBQX from the Sling media companies TM, and it is described in the 11/147th, No. 664 common U. S. application case co-pending of on June 7th, 2005 application, and the mode that the content of described application case is quoted in full is incorporated herein.
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Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram of the process that is used for record (or montage) and shared medium montage of media apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.Process illustrated in fig. 2 can software, the form of the combination of hardware or hardware and software is implemented.
Process illustrated in fig. 2 receives (210) media content with media apparatus 100 from media broadcast device 140.Media content can be the form of Media Stream (for example, television broadcasting).In one embodiment, media player module 110 media stream on integrated user interface.An example of this user interface of explanation among Fig. 3 (a).User interface among Fig. 3 (a) comprises and is used for the on-the-spot medium display window 310 that shows the video flowing that receives, it comprises the indicator for the state (for example network transfer speeds, video flowing state and video flowing title) of the control (for example, volume control 312, record button 314) of user's control of video broadcast and instruction video stream.
Once more referring to Fig. 2, media apparatus 100 receives (220) montage or otherwise catches the order of the part of medium from the user.The user can be by submitting described order to integrated user interface interaction.For instance, the user can use pointing device (for example, mouse or touch sensitive screen) or use keypad to trigger and specify control (for example, record button 314).Perhaps, the user for example can use that the device of remote control (remote control that for example, is used for DVR, cable box, satellite receiver or other source of media) comes submiting command.
Receive described order in case install 100, media editing device module 120 just can eject the media editing window in integrated user interface.The media editing window allows the user to select the user to wish the starting point and the end point of the media content of catching.In one embodiment, when media player module 110 media stream, last five minutes (or a certain other cycles fixed time) of media editing device module 120 continuous capturings and high-speed cache institute playing media content.Media editing device module 110 can be configured to abandon the earliest the content of record when cache stream is hit five minutes (or a certain other cycle fixed time), make the most recent medium that the medium of high-speed cache have always been play.This allows the user to select the part of current content in cache memory.In another embodiment, for example about PVR, just the Media Streams of being play by device 100 may be stored in the storer, therefore do not need the part of the medium that high-speed cache just is being played.In the case, the montage that captures only be stored in the storer than the media giant file through the cutting version.
An example of this user interface of explanation among Fig. 3 (b).User interface among Fig. 3 (b) shows the media editing window 320 that is adjacent to media play window 310.The media editing window comprises the video window 322 that shows the cached media content.The video editing window also comprises the sliding part 324 that is positioned at the video window below, the duration of the cache part of its expression video flowing.Shown in Fig. 3 (b), media editing window 320 is adjacent to media play window 310 and shows, yet media editing window 320 can be used as individual window and shows or by showing at the required any other method of user interface.
Referring to Fig. 2, media apparatus 100 receives (230) user and selects to be used to define required media clip once more.In one embodiment, the user can select required starting point and end point by the media editing window.For instance, in the illustrated user interface, the user can begin to make a choice with end point by mark on sliding part 324 in Fig. 3 (b).In one embodiment, institute is contained or constraint otherwise associated therewith in the metadata of media apparatus 100 verifications and compulsory execution Media Stream.For instance, if the duration of described constrained montage, media apparatus 100 will not allow media clip to surpass described restriction so.The user also can select the representative thumbnails picture (thumbnail image) of the interior frame of media clip as described media clip.Media apparatus 100 is selected and the establishment media clip based on the user.
Media apparatus 100 also can mark (240) information to media clip, for example describes the metadata of described montage.Information to be marked can be associated with montage automatically by the manual input of user and/or its.For instance, in case capture montage, but just input characters, phrase, picture, URL, title, performer, network, channel or user believe other metadata that should be associated with described montage to the user.Perhaps or in addition, can use to be used for other method of mark automatically, for example determine about the information of clip content automatically and mark the method for described montage with described information.Can retrieve this information from many sources, comprise the setting value on electronic program guides (EPG) or the calculation element.Other observed information also can be the source of markup information, when comprising day, title of time zone or position, channel number, displaying, collection of drama (episode), network etc.Described information can further comprise the information that clearly is associated with video clipping, and it can be via VBI, via IP network or by a certain other method transmission.Out of Memory (for example, closed caption (closed captioning)) also can be the source of automatic mark.The information of marking media clip can be stored in its metadata.In certain embodiments, the user also can change the form of media clip and other coding parameter, for example bit rate are set.
Media apparatus 100 can transmit (250) media clip when user instruction.The user can submit instruction to by integrated user interface.For instance, the media editing window can comprise the designated button that is used for media clip is uploaded to the community website.The configurable described button of user with automatic transmission, manually drop or otherwise media clip uploaded to the community website or other is at line position.The configurable described button of user is to link with its account in the website.The user can click described button, and network client module 130 is with the upload of media client.Perhaps, the media editing window can comprise drop-down menu, and it allows the user to select the recipient of email notification.After media clip is uploaded, notice will be sent to selected recipient's e-mail address, thereby notify described recipient user to upload montage, and described notice has to be quoted the pointer that is stored in the montage on the website.This allows user and communities of users rather than regioselective people's content shared.Community's Share Model also realizes hereinafter some commerce and advertisement scheme in greater detail.In other embodiments, but the user also instruction media device 100 media clip is kept in the Local or Remote position.
Perhaps, replace in the upload of media montage, media apparatus 100 is adjustable with email client (or other local communication customer end) creating new email message, and media clip is appended to described message.The user then can select the set recipient of message and send message.If the recipient of video clipping or destination determine that media apparatus 100 also can send described message automatically so.Address book database can be can be from email client such as for example Microsoft Outlook, LotusNotes and any address book database that obtains based on the message passing service of the Internet of MSN message tool for transmitting (MSN Messenger) and AOL instant message tool for transmitting (AOL Instant Messenger) for example.
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Can further specify process mentioned above 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 computers.Media apparatus 100 is from the Play System of changing places (for example, SLINGBOX TM) receiver, video stream, and play described video flowing to the user in the integrated user interface on computer screen.
When watching described video flowing, the user sees certain content that it is wished and friend shares.The user presses the record button on the integrated user interface, and it starts the media editing window in the application program immediately.In the media editing window, the user can use last five minutes (or a certain other duration) of the video of watching, and it is cached on the hard disk of described laptop computer.The user is provided with starting point and end point, title is added in montage, and press recipient's button, and it ejects list of friends.The user selects set friend.Also can be manually or add the metadata that is associated with described montage automatically.Then the user clicks the button of uploading on the integrated user interface.Media apparatus 100 uploads to the community website with video clipping, and will have the informing E-mail that the pointer of uploading video clipping is quoted and send to selected friend.
After receiving informing E-mail, user's friend can click described pointer, and watches described video clipping in the community website.
Similarly experience also is possible to other device and solution.For instance, can have similar experience at mobile phone from the playing device receiver, video stream of changing places.Perhaps, described interface can be integrated among the DVR that is connected to the Internet, and wherein the montage experience is presented to the user via televisor and controlled via remote control.In yet another alternative, described interface can be used on the PC, and described PC comes received content not via the playing device received content of changing places but directly import (for example, concentric cable) via the audio frequency and video among the arrival PC.Therefore, watch, the process of montage and transmission montage can advantageously use in many varying environments.
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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 coupled with communication mode by network 440.
Media management server 410 comprises and is configured to by network 440 from client terminal device 430 receiving media contents and/or provide the hardware and/or the software service of received media content to client terminal device 430.Media content can comprise the data of media format, for example text, audio frequency, rest image, video and figure, with and combination.Media content can have different-format.For instance, audio content can Windows Media Audio (Windows Media Audio, WMA) form or with MPEG-1 audio layer 3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3, MP3) form coding.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 (for example, e-mail server), but Fig. 4 has for the sake of clarity omitted these a little assemblies.
The webserver 412 is front ends of media management server 410, and plays the communication gate of media management server 410.The webserver 412 receives from client terminal device 430 and is transferred to the media content of media management server 410 by network 440, and the media content that receives is stored in the media storage device 418.The webserver 412 also receives the request to the specific media content unit from client terminal device 430, from the media content unit that media storage device 418 retrievals are asked, and provides it to client terminal device 430.In one embodiment, the webserver 412 is Internet servers of one or more websites of trustship.
The webserver 412 can support a plurality of communication protocols to send and the request media content to be used for client terminal device 430.For instance, the webserver 412 can be configured to support file transfer protocol (FTP) (file transfer protocol FTP), makes client terminal device 430 can use FTP to provide and/or insert media content.As another example, but the webserver 412 trustships are uploaded and/or the webpage of media content download for the user.The webserver 412 can be with media content to be fit to offering client terminal device 430 via the media file of network 440 transmission or the form of Media Stream, and wherein the final user can watch described Media Stream at client terminal device 430 places.
Apps server 414 is configured to media content and advertisement are made up, and will be provided to the webserver 412 through the media content and the advertisement of combination.Be similar to media content, advertisement can comprise the data of media format, for example text, Voice ﹠ Video.In certain embodiments, be alternative in advertisement, apps server 414 makes up media content and the out of Memory information of the theme of media content (for example, about).
Paying server 416 is configured to the balance between revenue and expenditure of following the tracks of related side (for example, advertiser, copyright owner, user) based on payment model.Paying server 416 also can be worked so that the online access to its account to be provided to the related side with the webserver 412.The related side can verify the account balance between revenue and expenditure by visiting its account, pays, and with the transfer of funds other account to them.Paying server 416 also can periodically send invoice and the report of account balance between revenue and expenditure to the related side.In one embodiment, paying server 416 can be configured so that the related side can make its account be connected with its bank account, and authority to pay server 416 automatic deposits are to its bank account and/or withdraw the money from its bank account.
In one embodiment, paying server 416 also is configured to follow the tracks of the relation between media content and the related side.Describedly concern the content owner and media content, advertiser and advertisement thereof, and user and its media content of uploading and/or downloading.In many ways can have owner's equity to a media content unit.For instance, video clipping can have a plurality of copyright holders and a plurality of licensee.These content owners' identity can provide in the metadata of following the media content unit.In one embodiment, paying server 416 is created account at each content owner, and makes described account and content owner have the media content cell link of rights and interests.For instance, the account of Ward Disney operating room (Walt Disney Studios) can be associated with all other media content in all video contents with Mickey Mouse image and graphical content and Ward Disney operating room.Similarly, paying server 416 also can be created account at each advertiser, and described account is associated with its advertisement, and creates account at each user, and the media content unit that makes described account and user upload and/or download is associated.This information can be used for determining described side's balance between revenue and expenditure.Accounts information can be kept in the media storage device 418 together with media content.
The data that media storage device 418 storages receive from the webserver 412, apps server 414 and paying server 416.These data comprise the media content that receives from client terminal device 430, the information (for example, entitlement information) that is associated with media content and about related side's information (for example, accounts information).Media storage device 418 can be relational database or store the database of any other type of above-mentioned data.Media storage device 418 can be inserted by the webserver 412, apps server 414 and paying server 416.Can store and operational network server 412, apps server 414, paying server 416 and media storage device 418 on the single computing machine or on the independent computer system that is communicating with one another by network.
Advertisement Server 420 comprises hardware and/or the software service that is configured to provide to media management server 410 and/or client terminal device 430 advertisement.In one embodiment, Advertisement Server 420 comprises Advertising application server 422 and ad storage device 424.
Advertising application server 422 (being similar to the webserver 412 in the media management server 410) is configured to receive the advertisement that is transferred to Advertisement Server 420, and with the ad storage that receives in ad storage device 424.The advertisement that receives can comprise the entitlement information that is associated.
Advertisement that ad storage device 424 storage receives from Advertising application server 422 and the entitlement information that is associated.Be similar to media storage device 418, ad storage device 424 can be the database of relational database or any other type.Can be on single computing machine centralized storage and operation ad storage device 424.Perhaps, ad storage device 424 can comprise a plurality of databases, its each keep individually by advertiser.
In one embodiment, Advertisement Server 420 can make up with media management server 410.For instance, the 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 the entitlement information that originally will be stored in the advertisement in the ad storage device 424 and be associated.
Client terminal device 430A comprises to 430C and is configured to media management server 410 and/or Advertisement Server 420 transmitting media contents and/or from the hardware and/or the software service of media management server 410 and/or Advertisement Server 420 receiving media contents.Client terminal device 430 can randomly comprise display (for example, lcd screen) and loudspeaker.In one embodiment, one or more in the client terminal device 430 can be media apparatus 100.Can there be many client terminal devices 430 in the system 400.Fig. 4 for the sake of clarity only shows three client terminal devices 430.
In one embodiment, client terminal device 430 is configured to play media content and the advertisement through combination that receives from media management server 410 and/or Advertisement Server 420.For instance, client terminal device 430 can comprise media player client as indicated above, and it can play the video clipping that receives from media management server 410 to the final user.
In one embodiment, media management server 410, Advertisement Server 420 and client terminal device 430A to 430C through the structure to comprise processor, storer, memory storage, network interface and suitable operating system and other functional software (for example, 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 its combination.
The operation of media content managing system
Fig. 5 is the interaction figure of the process that is used for sharing media content of media content managing system 400 according to an embodiment of the invention.In this process, media management server 410 trustship community websites, at place, described community website, the user of website can upload, downloads, share and switched-media content (for example, video clipping).Process illustrated in fig. 5 can software, the form of the combination of hardware or hardware and software is implemented.
Process illustrated in fig. 5 receives (510) Media Stream with client terminal device 430A and begins.Described referring to Fig. 5 as mentioned, client terminal device 430A can comprise media apparatus 100, and it is from a plurality of sources receiving media content and/or the Media Stream of for example TV radio network.Client terminal device 430A can be configured to play described Media Stream to the user when receiving Media Stream.
Client terminal device 430A catches (520) media clip in the Media Stream that receives.In one embodiment, the Media Stream that receives of client terminal device 430A continuous capturing and high-speed cache most recent.The user can use the graphical interfaces that is provided by client terminal device 430A to select user in the cache part of Media Stream to wish the beginning and the end of the montage of catching.
The communication protocol that client terminal device 430A uses the webserver 412 to be supported sends (530) to the community website with the media clip that captures.The webserver 412 can require the user at first to become the community member by registering an account the user can upload any media content in the community website before.Client terminal device 430A can be configured to use user account that media clip is sent (530) to the community website.
After the media clip that receives from client terminal device 430A, the webserver 412 is stored in described media clip in the media storage device 418.In one embodiment, the webserver 412 also receives the identifying information relevant with the media clip that receives, and it is stored in the media storage device 418 together with media clip.The webserver 412 can provide received media clip to insert for the member on the community website.An example of the community website of received media clip is listed in explanation among Fig. 3 (c).Webpage shown in Fig. 3 (c) is listed the media clip that receives from the member of community website.The user who visits this webpage can insert described media clip by clicking on listed media clip.
Apps server 414 makes up (540) with advertisement and the media clip that receives.Described referring to Fig. 4 as mentioned, apps server 414 can receive advertisement from Advertisement Server 420 by the webserver 412 and network 440.
Apps server 414 can make up (540) media clip and advertisement by different way.As indicated above, media content and advertisement can comprise the data of media format, for example text, audio frequency, rest image, video and figure.Apps server 414 can be determined the mode of combined medium montage and advertisement based on the form of the information that is comprised in media clip and the advertisement.For instance, if both all comprise video and/or audio, apps server 414 can be with its gang so, makes advertisement guide in the media clip or follows media clip.As another example, apps server 414 can be in webpage present advertisement on the media clip next door, makes users interest can be described media clip and visits described webpage, and therefore watch described advertisement.As another example, apps server 414 can be placed as advertisement the covering to the video section of media clip.Apps server 414 can be when the webserver 412 receives described media clip for the first time or is receiving after the request to described media clip, and advertisement and described media clip are made up.Perhaps, apps server 414 can periodically be carried out described combination (540).
In one embodiment, apps server 414 can be configured to compulsory execution and media content and advertisement constraints associated.Advertisement can have the constraint of the restricting media content that is associated with it.For instance, advertiser can forbid that its advertisement is associated with the media content that comprises adult's data.As another example, the media content that advertisement (for example, automotive advertising) can require to be associated comprises the content relevant with the theme of advertisement (for example, the video clipping of matching about car).Media content also can have restriction can with the constraint of described media content associated advertisement.
In one embodiment, apps server 414 identifications and media clip and/or advertisement constraints associated, and only satisfying just combination (540) described media clip and described advertisement under the situation of described associated constraints.For instance, apps server 414 can make up (540) media clip and advertisement in the following manner: at first discern the advertisement of satisfying with the media clip constraints associated, one or more with selected advertisement constraints associated and combination (540) described media clip and selected advertisement are not violated in combination described in the advertisement of then selecting to be discerned.
Another user of community website uses client terminal device 430B to send (550) request to described media clip to the community website.After receiving described request, the webserver 412 will provide (560) to give client terminal device 430B by network 440 through the media clip and the advertisement of combination.The webserver 412 can provide media clip and the advertisement through combination by different way.For instance, the webserver 412 can send the Email that contains associated advertisement and the pointer of described media clip is quoted to the user.The user can quote and inserts described media clip by clicking described pointer.Perhaps, the webserver 412 can provide to the user and comprise through the media clip of combination and the webpage of advertisement.After receiving described media clip and advertisement through making up, client terminal device 430B can play (570) described media clip and advertisement through combination to the user.
The operator of community website can receive (580) advertising fee from advertiser, as the subtend user provide (560) through combination media clip and the exchange of advertisement.The relation described referring to Fig. 4 as mentioned, that paying server 416 is followed the tracks of between advertiser and its advertisement.Therefore, paying server 416 can be discerned and the advertisement associated advertisement merchant who is made up, and determines the payable advertising fee of advertiser, and correspondingly advertiser is charged.
In one embodiment, by the standard advertising model determined by operator and advertiser (for example, pay-per-click advertisement (Pay Per Click Advertising, PPC), per thousand advertisement payings (Pay Per Thousand Advertising, PPM), nontraffic sensitive) are determined advertising fee.Disclosing in the 60/780th, No. 709 U.S. Provisional Application case of application on March 8th, 2006 can be with the various advertising model of system's 400 uses, and the mode that the content of described provisional application case is quoted in full is incorporated herein.Described advertising model can provide the advertising fee scope based on multiple factor, for example character of advertisement (for example, video, audio frequency or text) and related mode (for example, advertisement and video clipping associating).Paying server 416 can be collected advertising fee by gray account is debted from advertiser.
The operator of community website also can provide the part of (590) advertising fee to the content owner, as to the permission to the user provide (560) through the combination media clip and the exchange of advertisement.The entitlement information described referring to Fig. 4 as mentioned, that paying server 416 is followed the tracks of media content.Therefore, paying server 416 can be discerned the content owner of media clip, determines to give in the described advertising fee content owner's part, and correspondingly the content owner is credited.
In one embodiment, determine described payment by the royalty rate of determining by operator and content owner.Be similar to advertising model, royalty rate can provide royalty payment scope based on the factor of the character of for example media content.In one embodiment, royalty is by the fixed percentage of the advertising income that advertisement produces is provided together with the media content that the content owner had.The content owner also can be provided with fixed expense at its media content.For instance, the owner of home videos montage can collect 5 Euros to the described video clipping of each access.Paying server 416 can credit by the account with the content owner to the content owner provides (590) royalty payment.
The business prototype of media content managing system
Fig. 6 is the figure that describes the interaction between the entity related 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 software, the form of the combination of hardware or hardware and software is implemented.
As illustrated in fig. 6, system 400 can operate so that the user can share with the switched-media content, produce advertising income by the advertisement that distributes together with media content, and share described income with the content owner, as the exchange that permission is provided media content together with advertisement to the user.Replace or except sharing the income with the content owner, system 400 also can make the content owner can control the use of its media content by providing permission together with advertisement to the constraint that the user provides content owner's media content.
Related entity comprises operator 610, advertiser 620, content owner 630 and the user 640 of community website in the operation of system 400.Operator's operation media management server 410 supplies user's 640 storages, shares and the switched-media content so that community website 610 to be provided, and distributes advertisements together with media content to user 640.Advertiser 620 provides advertisement to community website 610, and described advertisement will offer user 640 together with media content, as the exchange to payment.User 640 is by community website 610 sharing media content.Content owner 630 gives the right that its media content is distributed to user 640 in community website 610, as the exchange to payment and/or control.
Community website 610 is from user's 640 receiving media contents.Described referring to Fig. 4 as mentioned, community website 610 can require user 640 become accredited members with to community website 610 upload of media contents and/or from the community website 610 media content downloads.The media content that receives comprise user 640 itself interested and/or sensation will listen (sight) crowd to have the media content of extensive attractive force to majority.User 640 also can provide descriptive information about described media content to community website 610.
Community website 610 is from the constraint of content owner's 630 receiving media contents.In one embodiment, the media content unit can have one or more constraints associated, and it limits the use of described media content unit.In one embodiment, these constraints can provide in the metadata of media content that is associated.For instance, with the video clipping constraints associated can be when described video clipping be transferred to media management server 410 vertical blanking interval (VerticalBlanking Interval, VBI) during transmission.VBI be in the video transmission when information still in when transmission but be not presented at the time cycle between the time frame on the screen in described information.Perhaps, the webserver 412 can be configured to be independent of the media content that is associated and accept these constraints.For instance, content owner 630 can be by being applicable to all or part of constraint of its media content with the webserver 412 interaction settings.Content owner 630 also can be provided with and be applicable to its not constraint of the media content in media management server 410 as yet.
In one embodiment, community website 610 can make the content owner that the constraint of relative broad range can be set its media content, for example: duration, quality (frame rate of resolution, video content, the bit rate of audio content) and the number that is allowed to access described media content.For instance, the content owner can be provided with general rule, as " all " hot Fields " (Seinfeld) video clipping all show with low resolution, and length can not be above 2.5 minutes ".Contain in identification after one section media content of " hot Field " video clipping, community server 610 can allow only to insert described media content under the situation of not violating constraint.Community website 610 can be configured to revise media content (for example, reducing the duration and/or the resolution of video) to execute constraints associated.Perhaps, described modification can be carried out (for example, client terminal device 430 can be configured to execute described constraint) at user side.
Content owner 630 also can retrain the access to its media content.For instance, content owner 630 can be constrained to the access to the media content unit only by inviting (for example, sharing video clipping with friend and acquaintance) or only can be used for accredited members.Therefore, community website 610 will only allow user 640 to insert the media content unit under the situation that the set associated constraints of content owner is met.
Content owner 630 also can retrain can with its media content associated advertisement.For instance, the media content unit can have and forbids related constraint any and automotive advertising.As another example, one section media content can have the constraint of the duration of restriction associated video advertisement.
Under this business prototype, content owner 630 can have stronger power and allow to share its media content with the public, takes in the more royalty of popularizing and produce that promotes media content, even do not receive the part of any advertising income.For instance, Ward Disney operating room can specify its Mickey Mouse media content in constraint be publicly available, to promote the visit that reissues or promote its theme park of Mickey Mouse film.The content owner can append to video content through montage by allowing the advertisement that it is own of third party advertiser, then by receiving a part of or whole advertising fee has extra power.
Community website 610 receives advertisement from advertiser 620.Community website 610 also can receive constraint from advertiser 620.Be similar to the constraint that content owner 630 is provided, these constrained media contents and advertisement are made up, thereby and make advertiser 620 can better its advertisement be aimed at correct tin (sight) crowd.
Media content and advertisement are made up in community website 610.Both constraints of being provided of content owner 630 and advertiser 620 must be provided usually in this combination.Community website 610 then provides media content and advertisement through combination to user 640.
Operator is for distributing advertisement to receive advertising fee from advertiser 620 to user 640.Operator can provide media content and share these incomes with content owner 630 to user 640 together with advertisement at permission in 630 pairs of media contents of content owner have the scope of right.
In one embodiment, advertising income is distributed between related all entities in community website 610 in the operation of system 410, comprises operator, content owner 630 and even uploads and/or the user 640 of media content download.In other embodiments, advertising fee can only be shared between described side's subclass, for example content owner 630 and operator.In other embodiments, can share advertising fee with other participant in the distribution claim of media content, for example initiate TV service operator's (cable provider for example is especially under media content sources freely is associated the situation of the content that set-top box serves), the ISP (ISP) of the employed bandwidth in source (playing device of for example changing places) is provided and/or the ISP (for example being to use wireless network provider under the situation of mancarried device of wireless network at client terminal device 430) of client terminal device 430 employed bandwidth is provided.
As indicated above, but operator's operating system 400 is to produce advertising income by the media content of being supplied together with the advertisement distributing user.Described income can be shared with content owner 630 by operator, as the exchange that permission is provided media content together with advertisement to user 640.System 400 also provides the ability of the use of its media content of control to content owner 630, to solve it to losing the misgivings to the control of its media content.
The example procedure of media content managing system
Can further specify principle described herein 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 websites 610,610 places in the community website, the user of website can share audio/video clips.
Described example is watched previous TV program " hot Field " beginning that captures by personal video recorder (PVR, client terminal device 430) with user 640.User 640 finds that a certain section of videos is more interesting, and the graphical interfaces that calls PVR is to catch described section by the beginning and end of selecting the video section.PVR creates and contains the video clipping (" hot Field " montage) of the video section that captures, and uses described user's account that described " hot Field " montage is uploaded to community website 610.
Apps server 414 uses the metadata of storing during the VBI of video clipping to discern the theme of the montage that receives, described montage is associated with content owner (video display Digit of Sony (Sony Pictures Digital Inc.)), and with described montage be stored in for information about in the media storage device 418.
Second user 640 of community website 610 use a computer subsequently (client terminal device 430) in website 610, search for and " hot Field " relevant video clipping and previous " hot Field " montage that receives in location.Second user 640 then submits the request to described " hot Field " montage to.
In response to second user's 640 request, the constraint that is applicable to described " hot Field " montage is verified in community website 610.Content owner (video display Digit of Sony) has been provided with the constraint that is applicable to all " hot Field " video clippings, and its duration of limiting described video clipping is no more than 2.5 minutes.After confirming that described " hot Field " montage continues to be no more than 2.5 minutes, the advertisement (Eachnet advertisement) that is used to promote its " hot Field " relevant auction project of 610 identification Eachnets (eBay), community website.The advertiser Eachnet is provided with constraint, described constraint with the Eachnet ad constraints be only with the video clipping relevant combination with " hot Field ".Apps server 414 confirms to make up described " hot Field " montage and the Eachnet advertisement is not violated and described montage or advertisement constraints associated, then described advertisement and described montage are unified into montage, make the Eachnet advertisement guide described " hot Field " montage into through making up.Subsequently, community website 610 produces and comprises the webpage of quoting through the pointer of combination montage described, and second user 640 is redirected to the webpage that is produced, and at described webpage place, second user 640 downloads described montage through combination.
After described montage through combination was downloaded in second user's 640 the computing machine, described computing machine was play the advertisement of described Eachnet and described " hot Field " montages to second user 640.Advertising fee is calculated in 416 pairs of advertisers of paying server Eachnet, and deducts described expense from its account.Paying server 416 also calculates the royalty payment to content owner (video display Digit of Sony), and account to described content owner is returned in described payment.
Sum up
Embodiments of the invention can be the user Web portal of sharing with the switched-media content are provided, and the grant content owner controls the right of the use of its media content simultaneously.The operator of described Web portal can be by distributing advertisement to produce advertising income together with media content to the user, and share described income to provide the permission of its media content at content owner's subtend user and the content owner is compensated with the content owner.
Any step described herein, operation or process are carried out or implemented to available one or more hardware or software module separately or in conjunction with other device.In one embodiment, implement software module with computer program, described computer program comprises the computer-readable media that contains computer program code, described computer program code can by computer processor carry out be used to carry out described arbitrary or institute in steps, operation or process.For instance, employed entity component can be depending on the method that media content is sent to one or more users of described media content in the system.
Presented above description for purposes of illustration, do not wished that described description is detailed or limit the invention to the precise forms that disclosed the embodiment of the invention.The those skilled in the art can understand, and according to above teaching, many modifications and variations are possible.Therefore wish that scope of the present invention is not limited by this embodiment, but limited by appended claims.
At last, it should be noted that mainly and selected employed language in the instructions with instructing purpose, and described language can not be selected as delimiting or limiting subject matter of the present invention for readable.Therefore, wish disclosure of the present invention explanation and the scope of the present invention stated in the unrestricted appended claims.

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1. computer-implemented method that is used for sharing media content, described method comprises:
Media stream on the display of wood ground calculation element;
When playing described Media Stream, receive the user command of a part of catching described Media Stream via user interface;
Select in response to receiving the user, create the montage of at least a portion that comprises described received Media Stream; And
In response to the described montage of establishment,
Receive the information relevant with described montage,
Described information is associated with described montage, and
With described montage and the described information transmission that is associated to remote computing system.
2. method according to claim 1 wherein receives described Media Stream from the playing media system that changes places.
3. method according to claim 1, it further comprises:
Described received Media Stream is cached in the storer of described local calculation element.
4. method according to claim 1, it further comprises:
The user who is received in the starting point that defines described montage in the described Media Stream and end point selects, and described user is chosen in when creating described montage and uses.
5. method according to claim 4 wherein receives described user's selection via the graphical interfaces that allows to look back described Media Stream.
6. method according to claim 1 is wherein imported the described information that receives from the user at least in part.
7. method according to claim 1 is wherein at least in part from being used to obtain to receive described information about the automated procedure of the information of described montage.
8. method according to claim 1 wherein receives described information by extracting the metadata that embeds in the described Media Stream at least in part.
9. method according to claim 1 is wherein transmitted described montage and is comprised described montage is uploaded to the media content sharing website.
10. computer program that is used for sharing media content, described computer program comprises the computer-readable media that contains computer program code, described computer program code is used to carry out the method that may further comprise the steps:
Media stream on the display of local calculation element;
When playing described Media Stream, receive the user command of a part of catching described Media Stream via user interface;
Select in response to receiving the user, create the montage of at least a portion that comprises described received Media Stream; And
In response to the described montage of establishment,
Receive the information relevant with described montage,
Described information is associated with described montage, and
With described montage and the described information transmission that is associated to remote computing system.
11. computer program according to claim 10 wherein receives described Media Stream from the playing media system that changes places.
12. computer program according to claim 10, it further comprises:
Described received Media Stream is cached in the storer of described local calculation element.
13. computer program according to claim 10, it further comprises:
The user who is received in the starting point that defines described montage in the described Media Stream and end point selects, and described user is chosen in when creating described montage and uses.
14. computer program according to claim 13 wherein receives described user's selection via the graphical interfaces that allows to look back described Media Stream.
15. computer program according to claim 10 is wherein imported the described information that receives from the user at least in part.
16. computer program according to claim 10 is wherein at least in part from being used to obtain to receive described information about the automated procedure of the information of described montage.
17. computer program according to claim 10 wherein receives described information by extracting the metadata that embeds in the described Media Stream at least in part.
18. computer program according to claim 10 wherein transmits described montage and comprises described montage is uploaded to the media content sharing website.
19. an integrated medium system that is used for sharing media content, described system comprises:
Media player module, it is used for media stream, and described Media Stream is received by described integrated medium system;
Media editing device module, it is used for the described Media Stream of high-speed cache, the user who receives described cached media stream selects, create the montage of at least a portion that comprises described cached media stream based on described user's selection, receive the information relevant, and described information is associated with described montage with described montage; And
Network client module, it is used for described montage and the described information transmission that is associated to remote computing system.
20. a method that is used for sharing media content, described method comprises:
Receiving media stream on local calculation element;
On integrated user interface, play described Media Stream;
Receive first user command of catching described Media Stream via described integrated user interface;
In response to receiving described first user command, via described integrated user interface display media editor;
The user who receives a part that is used to define described Media Stream via described media editing window selects;
Select in response to receiving described user, create the described montage of defining part that comprises described Media Stream based on described user's selection;
Receive the information relevant via described integrated user interface with described montage;
Described received information is associated with described montage;
Receive second user command that described montage is transferred to computing system via described integrated user interface; And
In response to receiving described second user command, described computer system is arrived in described montage and the described information transmission that is associated.
21. a computer program that is used for sharing media content, described computer program comprises the computer-readable media that contains computer program code, and described computer program code is used to carry out the method that may further comprise the steps:
Receiving media stream on local calculation element;
On integrated user interface, play described Media Stream;
Receive first user command of catching described Media Stream via described integrated user interface;
In response to receiving described first user command, via described integrated user interface display media editor;
The user who receives a part that is used to define described Media Stream via described media editing window selects;
Select in response to receiving described user, create the described montage of defining part that comprises described Media Stream based on described user's selection;
Receive the information relevant via described integrated user interface with described montage;
Described received information is associated with described montage;
Receive second user command that described montage is transferred to computing system via described integrated user interface; And
In response to receiving described second user command, described computer system is arrived in described montage and the described information transmission that is associated.
22. a computer-implemented method that is used for providing to the user media content, described method comprises:
Receive described media content from the user of community website;
Advertisement and described received media content are made up;
According to request, provide described media content and advertisement through combination to described user to described media content;
Receive advertising fee from one or more advertisers, as the exchange that described advertisement is provided to described user; And
Provide the part of described advertising fee to one or more owners of described media content, as the exchange that permission is provided described media content to described user.
23. method according to claim 22 wherein receives described media content and comprises by network and receive described media content from least one that is selected from the group that is made up of personal video recorder, change places Play System and media player client.
24. method according to claim 22, wherein said media content comprises video clipping.
25. method according to claim 22, it further comprises:
Receive and described media content constraints associated from the described owner, described constraint indication offers described media content to how one or more restrictions of described user.
26. method according to claim 25, wherein said intrafascicular approximately one or more restrictions can with the described advertisement of described media content combination.
27. method according to claim 25, the length of the described media content that wherein said intrafascicular approximately one or more restrictions can provide to described user.
28. method according to claim 25, the mass property of the described media content that wherein said intrafascicular approximately one or more restrictions can provide to described user.
29. method according to claim 28, wherein said mass property is selected from the group that is made up of resolution, frame rate and bit rate.
30. method according to claim 25, wherein said intrafascicular approximately one or more restrictions can provide user's the number of the specific project of described media content to it.
31. method according to claim 25, the specific project that can not provide to described user of the wherein said intrafascicular approximately described media content of one or more identifications.
32. method according to claim 22, it further comprises:
Receive and described advertisement constraints associated from described advertiser, described constraint indication to described media content how with one or more restrictions of described advertisement combination; And
When described advertisement and described media content are made up, use described constraint.
33. method according to claim 32, wherein said intrafascicular approximately one or more restrictions can with the theme of the described media content of particular advertisement combination.
34. method according to claim 32, wherein said intrafascicular approximately one or more restrictions can provide the number of times of particular advertisement to described user.
35. method according to claim 22 wherein makes up described advertisement and described media content and comprises described advertisement is shown as covering to described media content.
36. method according to claim 22 is wherein determined described advertising fee by one or more in the operator of the described owner, described advertiser and described community website.
37. method according to claim 22, it further comprises:
The described user that Xiang Congqi receives described media content provides the part of described advertising fee.
38. a computer-implemented method that is used for content shared project between the member of community, it comprises:
From first member's received content project;
From the request of second member reception to described content item;
Provide described content item together with advertisement to described second member, described advertisement is associated with advertiser;
Receive advertising fee from described advertiser, the exchange of described advertisement is provided as described second member of subtend; And
Provide the part of described advertising fee to the owner of described content item, as the exchange that permission is provided described content item to described second member.
39., wherein receive described content item and comprise by network and receive described content item from least one that is selected from the group that forms by personal video recorder, change places Play System and media player client according to the described method of claim 38.
40. according to the described method of claim 38, wherein said content item comprises video clipping.
41. according to the described method of claim 38, it further comprises:
Receive and described content item constraints associated from the described owner, described constraint indication provides one or more restrictions of described content item to how to described second member.
42. according to the described method of claim 38, it further comprises:
Receive and described advertisement constraints associated from described advertiser, described constraint indication to described content item how with one or more restrictions of described advertisement combination; And
Based on described constraint described advertisement and described content item are made up, wherein provide described content item to comprise described content item and advertisement through combination is provided to described second member together with described advertisement.
43. a computer program that is used for providing to the user media content, described computer program comprises the computer-readable media that contains computer program code, and described computer program code is used to carry out the method that may further comprise the steps:
Receive described media content from the user of community website;
Advertisement and described received media content are made up;
According to request, provide described media content and advertisement through combination to described user to described media content;
Receive advertising fee from one or more advertisers, as the exchange that described advertisement is provided to described user; And
Provide the part of described advertising fee to one or more owners of described media content, as the exchange that permission is provided described media content to described user.
44., wherein receive described media content and comprise by network and receive described media content from least one that is selected from the group that forms by personal video recorder, change places Play System and media player client according to the described computer program of claim 43.
45. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said media content comprises video clipping.
46. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said method further comprises:
Receive and described media content constraints associated from the described owner, described constraint indication provides one or more restrictions of described media content to how to described user.
47. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said method further comprises:
Receive and described advertisement constraints associated from described advertiser, described constraint indication to described media content how with one or more restrictions of described advertisement combination; And
When described advertisement and described media content are made up, use described constraint.
48. a system that is used for providing to the user content, it comprises:
The webserver, it is used for the user's receiving media content project from the website, and the described webserver is configured to receive the request of items of media content purpose from the user, and provide the described media content item of asking that makes up with advertisement to the described request user in response to described request, described advertisement is associated with one or more advertisers, and described media content item is associated with one or more owners;
Apps server, it is coupled to the described webserver, and described apps server is configured to described media content item and one or more advertisements are made up; And
Paying server, it is used for will debting with the described advertiser that the described advertisement that provides is associated at advertising fee, as to the exchange of described advertisement is provided, and will credit with the described owner that the described media content item that provides is associated at the royalty payment, as permission being provided described items of media content purpose exchange.
49., wherein receive described media content item from least one that is selected from the group that forms by personal video recorder, change places Play System and media player client by network according to the described system of claim 48.
50. according to the described system of claim 48, wherein said media content item comprises video clipping.
51. according to the described system of claim 48, the wherein said webserver further is configured to receive and described media content item constraints associated from the described owner, and how described constraint indication is to providing described one or more restrictions of items of media content purpose to described user.
52. according to the described system of claim 48, the wherein said webserver further is configured to receive and described advertisement constraints associated from described advertiser, described constraint indication to described media content item how with one or more restrictions of described advertisement combination; And when being made up, described advertisement and described media content item use described constraint.
53. a computer-implemented method that is used for providing to the user media content, described method comprises:
From user's receiving media content project of community website, at least some projects in the described content item with have the right to distribute described items of media content purpose content owner to be associated;
One or more constraints associated from described content owner's reception and described media content item, how described constraint indication is to providing described one or more restrictions of items of media content purpose to described user;
Receive the request of described items of media content purpose from the user of described community website; And
Provide described media content item of asking in response to described request to described user, described content item only provides according to described associated constraints.
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