Dynamic synchronization tool

Inventors: Art Raymond (Highlands Ranch, CO); Dave Lamy (Owens X Rds, AL); Danny Gold (Denver, CO)

Assignee: LEVELS BEYOND

G06F3/0484 G06F3/0482 G06F3/04817 G06F17/2235 G11B27/10 G11B27/105

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Patent No.: US 9,904,443
App. No.: 15/155,369
Granted: Feb 27, 2018
Kind: B2

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for synchronizing one or more mediatations with a video timeline. A mediatation may refer to any media content displayed in a separate window from a video stream. Example mediatations include, but are not limited to, portable document format (PDF) documents, text documents, and image documents. Mediatations are associated with a timeline for a video stream. As the video stream is played, different indications of mediatations may appear in a window separate from the window playing the video. A user may then select an indication of a mediatation to display the entirety of the mediatation.

Claims (54)

1. A method for synchronizing display of media content with a video timeline, the method comprising:

receiving a base video stream, wherein the base video stream is streaming from a server;

displaying a thread window separate from the base video stream, wherein the thread window displays a first thread and a second thread;

receiving, at the thread window, a selection of the first thread, wherein the first thread includes a first mediatation associated with a first period of a base video timeline;

receiving a list of one or more mediatations from the first thread, wherein the list of one or more mediatations is separate from the base video stream and separate from the thread window;

playing the base video stream, including displaying the base video stream;

when the base video stream reaches the first period of the timeline, displaying the first mediatation separate from the base video stream and separate from the list of one or more mediatations;

receiving, at the thread window, a selection of the second thread, wherein the second thread includes a second mediatation;

updating the list of mediatations to reflect the one or more mediatations in the second thread;

receiving, at the list of mediatations, a selection of the second mediatation, wherein the second mediatation is associated with a second period of the timeline;

in response to a command to display the second mediatation, advancing the base video stream to the second period of the timeline; and

displaying the second mediatation separate from the base video stream.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a first indication of the first mediation.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first indication of the first mediatation is a thumbnail that comprises a link to the first mediatation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the list of one or more mediatations further comprises filtering the list of one or more mediatations by classification.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a selection of the second period of the timeline; receiving a request to associate a third mediatation with the second period of the timeline; and associating the third mediatation with the second period of the timeline; and displaying a third indication of the third mediatation when playback of the base video stream is within the second period of the timeline.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the list of one or more mediatations includes a plurality of authors of the one or more mediatations, the method further comprising: receiving a selection in the list of one or more mediatations of a first author of the plurality of authors; and filtering the list of one or more mediatations to display in the list only one or more mediatations associated with the first author.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first mediatation is authored by the first author and a third mediatation in the list of one or more mediatations is authored by a second author and is associated with the second period of the timeline, the method further comprising, after the step of filtering, not displaying a third indication of the third mediatation during the second period of the timeline.

8. A method for synchronizing display of media content with a video timeline, the method comprising:

streaming a base video stream from a server;

monitoring a timeline of the base video stream;

sending a list of one or more threads for display separate from the base video stream, wherein the list of one or more threads comprises a first thread associated a list of one or more mediatations and a second thread associated with a list of one or more mediatations;

receiving a request for a list of one or more mediatations in the first thread, wherein the one or more mediatations are not incorporated into the base video stream;

sending the list of one or more mediatations to the client;

determining a first mediatation from the list of one or more mediations, wherein the first mediatation is associated with a first period in the timeline of the base video stream;

receiving a request for the first mediatation when the base video stream is in the first period of the timeline;

sending the first mediatation to the client for display separate from the base video stream, list of mediatations, and the thread window;

receiving a request to update the list of mediatations with one or more mediatations associated with the second thread; and

sending an updated list of mediatations associated with the second thread.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising sending a first indication of the first mediation.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first indication of the first mediatation is a thumbnail that comprises a link to the first mediatation.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the list of one or more mediatations comprises different types, wherein the different types include portable document format (PDF), word files, and picture files.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: receiving an upload of a mediatation with a period in the timeline; and storing the mediatation separately from the base video stream; and storing a link between the mediatation and the period in the timeline such that the mediatation is associated with the period in the timeline for display.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: receiving confirmation that the base video stream has stopped playing at the client; pausing the monitoring of the timeline; receiving confirmation that the base video stream is playing at a new period in the timeline; and determining whether a mediation on the list of one or more mediatations is associated with the new period in the timeline.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: receiving confirmation that the list of mediatations at the client has been filtered based on mediatations added by a first author; determining a third mediatation added by the first author from the list of one or more mediations, wherein the third mediatation is associated with a third period in the timeline of the base video stream; upon reaching the third period in the timeline, retrieving a third indication of the third mediatation associated with the first author; and sending the third indication of the third mediatation to the client for display.

15. A system for synchronizing display of media content with a video timeline, the system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and containing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method, the method comprising: