IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,811,056
Granted Patent B2
US 10,811,056 · App. 15/253,063 · Granted Oct 20, 2020

Methods, systems, and computer program products for annotating video content

Inventor: James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr. (Gainesville, GA)
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
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Patent No.
US 10,811,056
App. No.
15/253,063
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Recorded video information is managed by annotation markers. The recorded video information is annotated with at least one marker and the annotated video information is saved in an electronically searchable file.

Claims (42)

1. A device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations by the device, the operations comprising:

recording video content, wherein the video content comprises a plurality of video frames;

receiving user-generated input comprising a selected marker for a scene change within the video content;

annotating the video content using the selected marker, resulting in annotated video content, wherein the annotating the video content using the selected marker comprises adding a burst of audio to the video content, wherein the burst of audio has a frequency that is undetectable by a user through manual review during a presentation of the video content; and

storing the annotated video content in a file that is electronically searchable based on the selected marker.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the selected marker is one of a video marker, audio marker, text marker, icon or any combination thereof.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a plurality of markers; and

presenting a graphical user interface that includes the plurality of markers, wherein the selected marker is selected from the plurality of markers.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the selected marker includes time information.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the selected marker comprises an audio marker that is audible to a user during a fast-forward operation of the video content.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein annotating the video content using the selected marker comprises embedding the selected marker in pixels of a first line of a video image.

7. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations by a computing device, the operations comprising:

recording video content, wherein the video content comprises a plurality of video frames;

receiving user-generated input comprising a selected marker for a scene change within the video content;

annotating the video content using the selected marker, resulting in annotated video content, wherein the annotating the video content using the selected marker comprises adding a burst of audio to the video content, wherein the burst of audio has a frequency that is undetectable by a user through manual review during a presentation of the video content; and

storing the annotated video content in a file that is electronically searchable based on the selected marker.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the selected marker is one of a video marker, audio marker, text marker, icon or any combination thereof.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a plurality of markers; and

presenting a graphical user interface that includes the plurality of markers, wherein the selected marker is selected from the plurality of markers.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the selected marker includes time information.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the selected marker comprises an audio marker that is audible to a user during a fast-forward operation of the video content.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the annotating the video content using the selected marker comprises embedding the selected marker in pixels of a first line of a video image.

13. A method, comprising:

recording, by a processing system including a processor, video content, wherein the video content comprises a plurality of video frames;

receiving, by the processing system, user-generated input comprising a selected marker for a scene change within the video content;

annotating, by the processing system, the video content using the selected marker, resulting in annotated video content, wherein the annotating the video content using the selected marker comprises adding a burst of audio to the video content, wherein the burst of audio has a frequency that is undetectable by a user through manual review during a presentation of the video content; and

storing, by the processing system, the annotated video content in a file that is electronically searchable based on the selected marker.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the selected marker is one of a video marker, audio marker, text marker, icon or any combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 13 , comprising:

generating, by the processing system, a plurality of markers; and

presenting, by the processing system, a graphical user interface that includes the plurality of markers, wherein the selected marker is selected from the plurality of markers.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the selected marker comprises an audio marker that is audible to a user during a fast-forward operation of the video content.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the annotating the video content using the selected marker comprises embedding the selected marker in pixels of a first line of a video image.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the selected marker includes time information.

19. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

presenting, by the processing system, a graphical user interface that includes annotation options; and

receiving the user-generated input, by the processing system, via the annotation options of the graphical user interface.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the graphical user interface includes presentation controls and a window for presenting the plurality of video frames.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2016
From: BEDINGFIELD, JAMES CARLTON, SR
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039815/0245 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2016
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 039815/0292 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 21, 2016
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 040095/0365 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 21, 2016
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 040095/0377 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 21, 2016
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 040095/0379 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14192317 · Feb 27, 2014
Continuation 11411330 · Apr 26, 2006
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