Granted Patent B2

US 8,755,673 · App. 11/439,600 · Granted Jun 17, 2014

Abstract

Claims (36)

1. A method of editing movies in a distributed scalable media environment, comprising:

applying, by a software program executing on a computer, a predetermined function to each frame of a movie to produce a texture strip, wherein the texture strip represents the movie in its entirety and comprises a sequence of textured frame representations corresponding to frames of the movie;

at the computer, receiving a selection of a location in the texture strip from a user device, wherein the user device is indirectly or directly coupled to the computer over a network connection;

utilizing the selected location in the texture strip to locate a temporal position of a frame relative to the entirety of the movie; and

displaying, on the user device, the frame of the movie corresponding to the selected location in the texture strip.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the texture strip is produced at a first location at the computer and used at a second location at the user device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the movie comprises frames stored in a linear sequence, and wherein the displayed frame is provided from the first location to the second location without prior provision of the frames of the movie preceding the selected frame in the linear sequence.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

prior to the receiving step, providing the texture strip from the first location to the second location, wherein the first location is remote from the second location.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the texture strip further comprises information indicating special effects applied to the movie.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the texture strip further comprises information indicating advertising inserted in the movie.

7. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by at least one processor to perform:

applying a predetermined function to each frame of a movie to produce a texture strip, wherein the texture strip represents the movie in its entirety and comprises a sequence of textured frame representations corresponding to frames of the movie;

at a computer, receiving a selection of a location in the texture strip from a user device, wherein the user device is indirectly or directly coupled to the computer over a network connection;

utilizing the selected location in the texture strip to locate a temporal position of a frame relative to the entirety of the movie; and

displaying, on the user device, the frame of the movie corresponding to the selected location in the texture strip.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the texture strip is produced at a first location at the computer and used at a second location at the user device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the movie comprises frames stored in a linear sequence, and wherein the displayed frame is provided from the first location to the second location without prior provision of the frames of the movie preceding the selected frame in the linear sequence.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

prior to the receiving step, providing the texture strip from the first location to the second location, wherein the first location is remote from the second location.

11. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the texture strip further comprises information indicating special effects applied to the movie.

12. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the texture strip further comprises information indicating advertising inserted in the movie.

13. A system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

applying a predetermined function to each frame of a movie to produce a texture strip, wherein the texture strip represents the movie in its entirety and comprises a sequence of textured frame representations corresponding to frames of the movie;

at a computer, receiving a selection of a location in the texture strip from a user device, wherein the user device is indirectly or directly coupled to the computer over a network connection;

utilizing the selected location in the texture strip to locate a temporal position of a frame relative to the entirety of the movie; and

displaying, on the user device, the frame of the movie corresponding to the selected location in the texture strip.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the texture strip is produced at a first location at the computer and used at a second location at the user device.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the movie comprises frames stored in a linear sequence, and wherein the displayed frame is provided from the first location to the second location without prior provision of the frames of the movie preceding the selected frame in the linear sequence.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor to perform:

prior to the receiving step, providing the texture strip from the first location to the second location, wherein the first location is remote from the second location.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the selected location in the texture strip corresponds to a temporal position of the frame relative to an entirety of the movie.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the texture strip further comprises information indicating special effects applied to the movie.

19. The system of claim 13 , wherein the texture strip further comprises information indicating advertising inserted in the movie.

Assignments (19)