IP Library Granted Patent US 10,424,339
Granted Patent B2
US 10,424,339 · App. 15/649,690 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Marking media files

Inventor: Steven N. Tischer (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
G11B27/031G06F16/78G06F16/7867H04N5/93H04N21/4325H04N21/4333
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Patent No.
US 10,424,339
App. No.
15/649,690
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and products insert markers into recorded media modules. A pair of reference points is received that marks a position and another position in a recorded media module. A copy of the recorded media module is retrieved from memory. Portions of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position, and occurring after the another position, are discarded. The copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position is then presented to a user.

Claims (34)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, a request to pause a play associated with a media file;

retrieving, by the server, an electronic copy of the media file;

inserting, by the server, an electronic marker into the electronic copy of the media file, the electronic marker denoting a position within the media file at which the play is paused; and

resuming, by the server, the play from the electronic marker inserted into the electronic copy of the media file.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a request to resume the play.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the electronic marker with a date.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the electronic marker with a user.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the electronic marker with a device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sharing the electronic copy of the media file having the electronic marker inserted therein.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending the electronic copy of the media file from the electronic marker to a client device.

8. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a request to pause a presentation associated with a media file;

retrieving an electronic copy of the media file;

inserting an electronic marker into the electronic copy of the media file, the electronic marker denoting a position within the media file at which the presentation is paused; and

resuming the presentation from the electronic marker inserted into the electronic copy of the media file.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a request to resume the presentation.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic marker with a date.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic marker with a user.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic marker with a device.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic marker with a date and a device.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the electronic copy of the media file from the electronic marker to a client device.

15. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a request sent from a device, the request requesting to pause a presentation associated with a media file;

retrieving an electronic copy of the media file;

inserting electronic markers into the electronic copy of the media file, the electronic markers associated with positions within the media file at which the presentation is paused; and

resuming the presentation from the electronic markers inserted into the electronic copy of the media file.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a request to resume the presentation.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic markers with a date.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic markers with a user.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic markers with the device.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the electronic markers with a date and the device.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2017
From: TISCHER, STEVEN N.
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043017/0736 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2017
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 043017/0787 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 17, 2017
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 043209/0674 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 17, 2017
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 043209/0677 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 17, 2017
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 043248/0220 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14322974 · Jul 3, 2014
Continuation 13299395 · Nov 18, 2011
Continuation 11612334 · Dec 18, 2006
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