Data segment service
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorChristopher J. Kennedy
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to the delivery of media content over a network. Specifically, aspects are directed to identification and/or extraction of a selected data such as a video clip from content and providing identifying information to a user to retrieve, view, and/or share the selected video clip. Aspects described herein provide the ability to identify a starting point and stopping point of a video clip on a media gateway device and generate a URL that can be used and/or shared in order to access the selected video clip. The URL may identify a stored media clip, or may contain information from which a video clip can be recreated.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- receive, from a first device associated with a user, a first user input that was entered at the first device at a first time during an output, by the first device, of a media program;
- determine, based on the media program, a clip length;
- and
- generate, based on the media program and based on the first user input and the clip length, a media clip that comprises a portion of the media program.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device and from a first device associated with a user, a first user input that was entered at the first device at a first time during an output, by the first device, of a media program,
- determining, based on the media program, a clip length;
- and
- generating, based on the media program, the first time and the clip length, a media clip that comprises a portion of the media program.
A method comprising:
- determining an address based on an identification of a user;
- receiving, by a computing device, a location corresponding to a first media clip corresponding to a first portion of a media program, wherein the location is created based on:
- a first user input, which was input, by the user, at a first time via a user device during an output of the media program, and
- a clip length, which is based on the media program;
- and
- sending, to the address, information for accessing the media clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.