Providing revisory scenes in a media environment
A system and method for providing revisory scenes in a media environment is provided. A digital item of media may be revised by dividing an item of digital media into one or more segments. A tag may be assigned to the one or more segments. The item of digital media may be then be revised according to the tag.
1 . A method for revising an item of digital media comprising:
dividing an item of digital media into one or more segments;
assigning a tag to the one or more segments; and
revising the item of digital media according to the tag.
2 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the revising includes skipping at least one of the one or more segments according to the tag.
3 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the item of digital media comprises a game.
4 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the item of digital media comprises a movie.
5 . The method recited in claim 1 , further comprising inserting a revisory scene according to the tag.
6 . The method recited in claim 5 , wherein the revisory scene is inserted to replace at least one of the one or more segments.
7 . The method recited in claim 5 , wherein the revisory scene is inserted to add to at least one of the one or more segments.
8 . The method recited in claim 5 , wherein the revisory scene comprises a digital segment of media generated in association with the item of digital media.
9 . The method recited in claim 5 , further comprising assigning a rating to the revisory scene.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein assigning the rating to the revisory scene is pass code controlled.
11 . The method recited in claim 5 , further comprising providing the revisory scene to one or more users via a menu comprising one or more of the revisory scenes.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein access to the menu providing the revisory scenes is pass code controlled.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the pass code determines a selection of scenes that are offered to the one or more users through the menu.
14 . A system for revising an item of digital media comprising:
a segmenting module configured to divide an item of digital media into one or more segments;
a tag assignment module configured to assign a tag to the one or more segments; and
a media modifier module configured to revise the item of digital media according to the tag.
15 . The system recited in claim 14 , wherein the media modifier module is configured to skip at least one of the one or more segments according to the tag.
16 . The system recited in claim 14 , wherein the item of digital media comprises a game.
17 . The system recited in claim 14 , wherein the item of digital media comprises a movie.
18 . The system recited in claim 14 , wherein the media modifier module is further configured to insert a revisory scene according to the tag.
19 . The system recited in claim 18 , wherein the revisory scene is inserted to replace at least one of the one or more segments.
20 . The system recited in claim 18 , wherein the revisory scene is inserted to add to the at least one of the one or more segments.
21 . The system recited in claim 18 , wherein the revisory scene comprises a digital segment of media generated in association with the item of digital media.
22 . The system recited in claim 18 , further comprising a rating assignment module configured to assign a rating to the revisory scene.
23 . The system of claim 22 , wherein assigning the rating to the revisory scene is pass code controlled.
24 . The system recited in claim 18 , further comprising a menu comprising one or more of the revisory scenes, the menu configured to provide the revisory scenes to one or more users.
25 . The system of claim 24 , wherein access to the menu is pass code controlled.
26 . The system of claim 25 , wherein the pass code determines a selection of scenes that are offered to the one or more users through the menu.
27 . A computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for revising an item of digital media, the method comprising:
dividing an item of digital media into one or more segments;
assigning a tag to the one or more segments; and
revising the item of digital media according to the tag.
28 . The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 27 , wherein the revising includes skipping at least one of the one or more segments according to the tag.
29 . The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 27 , wherein the item of digital media comprises a game.
30 . The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 27 , wherein the item of digital media comprises a movie.
31 . The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 27 , the method further comprising inserting a revisory scene according to the tag.
32 . The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 31 , wherein the revisory scene is inserted to replace at least one of the one or more segments.
33 . The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 31 , wherein the revisory scene is inserted to add to the at least one of the one or more segments.
34 . The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 31 , wherein the revisory scene comprises a digital segment of media generated in association with the item of digital media.
35 . The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 31 , the method further comprising assigning a rating to the revisory scene.
36 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 35 , wherein assigning a rating to the revisory scene is pass code controlled.
37 . The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 31 , the method further comprising providing the revisory scene to one or more users via a menu comprising one or more of the revisory scenes.
38 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 37 , wherein access to the menu is pass code controlled.
39 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 38 , wherein the pass code determines a selection of scenes that are offered to the one or more users through the menu.
40 . A method for revising an item of digital media comprising:
dividing an item of digital media into one or more segments;
assigning a tag to the one or more segments;
generating a revisory scene to associate with the tag;
allowing one or more users to select the revisory scene from a menu; and
revising the item of digital media with the revisory scene selected.
41 . The method of claim 40 , wherein the menu is pass code controlled and the pass code determines a selection of offered scenes.
42 . The method of claim 40 , wherein the assignment of the tag to the one or more segments and the revision of the item of digital media is associated with an individual user.
43 . The method of claim 42 , further comprising displaying the revised item of digital media with the selected revisory scene based an identification of the individual user.
44 . The method of claim 40 , wherein subsequent segments of the item of digital media are automatically revised with available revisory scenes based upon one or more patterns identified in prior revisory scene selections by the user.
45 . The method of claim 44 , wherein the one or more patterns includes a rating for the prior revisory scene selections.
46 . The method of claim 45 , wherein the automatic revision includes replacement of segments with a first rating with revisory scenes of a second and lesser rating.
47 . The method of claim 45 , wherein the automatic revision includes replacement of segments with a first rating with revisory scenes of a second and higher rating,