# US 11,451,736 B2 · Data segment service > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,736 B2 - Document ID: US11451736B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/617,433 - Filed: 2012-09-14 - Published: 2013-01-10 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2010-12-09 - Assignees: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC - Applicants: Christopher J. Kennedy - Inventors: Christopher J. Kennedy - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451736B2 ## CPC - H04N 5/76: Television signal recording - H04N 21/4788: communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} - H04N 21/8456: {by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments} - H04N 21/8586: {by using a URL (processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the apparatus to: before receiving the first user input, determine an address based on an identification of the user; and send, to a second device associated with the address, information for accessing the media clip. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the apparatus to: before receiving the first user input, determine an address based on an identification of the user; and send, to a second device associated with the address, information for accessing the media clip, wherein the information for accessing the media clip comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising: an indication of a program identifier, a start timestamp, and an end timestamp. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the apparatus to: before receiving the first user input, determine an address based on an identification of the user; and send, to a second device associated with the address, information for accessing the media clip, wherein the address is an e-mail address or a telephone number associated with the user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first device associated with the user comprises a set top box (STB) associated with the user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the apparatus to store the media clip using a media clip storage device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the clip length is based on a length of the media program. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the clip length is a predetermined percentage of a length of the media program. ### Claim 9 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: before receiving the first user input, determining an address based on an identification of the user; and sending, to a second device associated with the address, information for accessing the media clip. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: before receiving the first user input, determining an address based on an identification of the user; and sending, to a second device associated with the address, information for accessing the media clip, wherein the information for accessing the media clip comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising an indication of a program identifier, a start timestamp, and an end timestamp. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9 wherein the media program comprises a stored media file of a network and the method further comprising generating the media clip from the media program by retrieving the stored media file. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the clip length is based on a length of the media program. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the clip length is a predetermined percentage of a length of the media program. ### Claim 15 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. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising generating, based on the information, the media clip. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the information for accessing the media clip comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising: an indication of a program identifier corresponding to the media program, a start timestamp of the media clip, and an end timestamp of the media clip. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 wherein the media program comprises a stored media file of a network and the method further comprising generating the media clip from the media program by retrieving the stored media file. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the media program comprises a live television program, and the output of the live television program is not interrupted due to the first user input. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the clip length is based on a length of the media program. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the clip length is a predetermined percentage of a length of the media program.