# US 11,310,568 B2 · Systems and methods for securely providing preview samples of media content distributed to in-flight entertainment systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,568 B2 - Document ID: US11310568B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/867,456 - Filed: 2020-05-05 - Published: 2021-11-11 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-05 - Assignees: Panasonic Avionics Corporation - Applicants: Panasonic Avionics Corporation - Inventors: Michael Valdez; Ivan Jo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310568B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/8549: Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer {(retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739)} - H04N 21/2146: {located in mass transportation means, e.g. aircraft, train or bus (flight-deck installations for entertainment or communications B64D11/0015; arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62; moving wireless networks H04W84/005)} - H04N 21/439: Processing of audio elementary streams - H04N 21/44: Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs - H04N 21/8106: {involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages} - H04N 21/8153: {comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image} - H04N 21/8358: involving watermark {(protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Systems and methods for providing preview samples of media content, such as early window movies, which is secure against unauthorized copying of the media content. The system includes a media receiving server configured to receive secure media content, such as early window movies, from a movie provider. The media receiving server generates a preview sample including a video sample including a series of still digital images from the video file, each separated by a time interval in the video file from the other still digital images in the series of still digital images; and an audio sample including a series of audio clips from the video file, each separated by a time interval in the video file from the other audio clips in the series of audio clips. A customer of the media content can review the sample preview on a customer portal, but cannot access the original media content. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for providing preview samples of media content, comprising: a media receiving server including a computing system having a processor, a storage device, a network adapter and a media sampling software application; the media sampling software application configured to program the computing system to perform the following process: access a video file for a video title; generate a video sample including a series of still digital images from the video file, each still digital image separated by a first time interval in the video file from the other still digital images in the series of still digital images; generate an audio sample including a series of audio clips from the video file, each audio clip separated by a second time interval in the video file from the other audio clips in the series of audio clips; and associate the video sample and the audio sample with the video file and video title; wherein the first time interval is determined by dividing a full running time of the video file by a number of still digital images included in the video sample. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the number of still digital images included in the video sample is from 100 to 500 still digital images. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the still digital images include a watermark having information which can be used to identify a customer having access to the video sample via a customer portal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: a web server including a computer server, the web server having a media management application configured to provide a customer portal accessible by users via the internet, the customer portal configured to avow the user to preview the video title ordered by a respective customer by sequentially displaying each of the still digital images of the video sample and sequentially playing the audio clips of the audio sample; and wherein the media receiving server is in communication with the web server via a communication network for transferring the video sample and audio sample to the web server. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the media receiving server is in communication with a video provider server via a communication network for downloading the video the from the video provider server. ### Claim 6 A system for providing preview samples of media content, comprising: a media receiving server including a computing system having a processor, a storage device, a network adapter and a media sampling software application; the media sampling software application configured to program the computing system to perform the following process: access a video file for a video title; generate a video sample including a series of still digital images from the video file, each still digital image separated by a first time interval in the video file from the other still digital images in the series of still digital images; generate an audio sample including a series of audio clips from the video file, each audio clip separated by a second time interval in the video file from the other audio clips in the series of audio clips; and associate the video sample and the audio sample with the video file and video title; wherein the second time interval is determined by dividing a full running time of the video file by a number of audio clips to be included in the audio. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the number of audio clips included in the video sample is from 10 to 50 clips, each having a duration of from 5 to 10 seconds. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, further comprising: a web server including a computer server, the web server having a media management application configured to provide a customer portal accessible by users via the internet, the customer portal configured to allow the user to preview the video title ordered by a respective customer by sequentially displaying each of the still digital images of the video sample and sequentially playing the audio clips of the audio sample; and wherein the media receiving server is in communication with the web server via a communication network for transferring the video sample and audio sample to the web server. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the media receiving server is in communication with a video provider server via a communication network for downloading the video file from the video provider server. ### Claim 10 A method for providing preview samples of media content, comprising: accessing a video file for a video title; generating a video sample including a series of still digital images from the video file, each still digital image separated by a first time interval in the video file from the other still digital images in the series of still digital images; generating an audio sample including a series of audio clips from the video file, each audio clip separated by a second time interval in the video file from the other audio clips in the series of audio clips; and associating the video sample and the audio sample with the video file and video title; wherein the first time interval is determined by dividing a full running time of the video file by a number of still digital images included in the video sample. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the number of still digital images included in the video sample is from 100 to 500. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: providing a customer portal accessible by a user via the internet; providing a preview of the video title to a user via the customer portal, the preview including sequentially displaying each of the still digital images of the video sample and playing the audio cups of the audio sample. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: providing a customer portal accessible by a user via the internet, the customer portal including a video title review page, the video title review page including a list of a plurality of video titles ordered by a user including the video title, the video title review page configured to avow the user to select a video title from the list and obtain a preview; receiving a selection of the video title from the video title review page from a user via the customer portal; providing a preview of the selected video title to the user via the customer portal, the preview including sequentially displaying each of the still digital images of the video sample and sequentially playing the audio clips of the audio sample. ### Claim 14 A method for providing preview samples of media content, comprising: accessing a video file for a video title; generating a video sample including a series of still digital images from the video file, each still digital image separated by a first time interval in the video file from the other still digital images in the series of still digital images; generating an audio sample including a series of audio clips from the video file, each audio clip separated by a second time interval in the video file from the other audio clips in the series of audio clips; and associating the video sample and the audio sample with the video file and video title; wherein the second time interval is determined by dividing a full running time of the video file by a number of audio clips to be included in the audio. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the number of audio clips included in the audio sample is from 10-50 clips each having a duration of from 5 to 10 seconds. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: providing a customer portal accessible by a user via the internet; providing a preview of the video title to a user via the customer portal, the preview including sequentially displaying each of the still digital images of the video sample and playing the audio clips of the audio sample. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: providing a customer portal accessible by a user via the internet, the customer portal including a video title review page, the video title review page including a list of a plurality of video titles ordered by a user including the video title, the video title review page configured to allow the user to select a video title from the list and obtain a preview; receiving a selection of the video title from the video title review page from a user via the customer portal; providing a preview of the selected video title to the user via the customer portal, the preview including sequentially displaying each of the still digital images of the video sample and sequentially playing the audio clips of the audio sample.