Method for collaborative comments or metadata annotation of video
AssigneeIpv
InventorsJames Varndell, Alex Ferris, David Cole
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Abstract
A logger or annotator views video in a window or user interface (UI) of a computing device and enters time-stamped metadata or commentary; that metadata or commentary is then automatically displayed on a timeline or other time-based index in a different window or user interface of a second computing device used by a viewer or editor of that video. The metadata or commentary is represented by a marker or icon appearing on a timeline displayed in the window or user interface of a second computing device, and the metadata or commentary is shown when the viewer or editor selects that marker or icon.
Claims31
A method of annotating real-time video in a non-linear editing environment (NLE), the method including the steps of:
- (i) a first computing device displaying the real-time video in the non-linear editing environment in a window or user interface (UI) of the first computing device, in which the real-time video is generated remotely to the first computing device, and receiving time-stamped metadata or commentary from entry from a logger or annotator at the first computing device, in which commentary is received from the logger or annotator, wherein the editor's window or UI of the non-linear editing environment on a second computing device enables definition of clip boundaries, e.g. in and out points, based on the time-stamped metadata or commentary, or wherein an editing application on the second computing device automatically generates clip boundaries, e.g. in and out points, based on the time-stamped metadata or commentary, and the receiving commentary comprising receiving selected words from a controlled vocabulary displayed on the window or UI at the first computing device to ensure consistency and eliminate ambiguity, in which the controlled vocabulary is automatically stamped with provenance data that includes time, or is identified with provenance data that includes time, wherein reversion to a precise version of the controlled vocabulary is possible;
- in which the controlled vocabulary is derived from a semantic description or from a semantic schema;
- (ii) automatically displaying the metadata or commentary on a timeline or other time-based index in a different window or user interface of the second computing device used by a viewer or editor of the real-time video;
- and the window or UI of the second computing device returns or filters a list or set of video or clips that each include metadata or commentary matching a specific search term.
A computer system including a first computing device and a second computing device, wherein (i) the first computing device is configured to display a real-time video in a non-linear editing environment in a window or user interface (UI) of the first computing device, in which the real-time video is generated remotely to the first computing device, and wherein the first computing device is configured to receive time-stamped metadata or commentary from entry from a logger or annotator at the first computing device, in which commentary is received from the logger or annotator, wherein the second computing device is configured such that an editor's window or UI of the non-linear editing environment on the second computing device enables definition of clip boundaries, e.g. in and out points, based on the time-stamped metadata or commentary, or wherein the second computing device is configured such that an editing application on the second computing device automatically generates clip boundaries, e.g. in and out points, based on the time-stamped metadata or commentary, and the first computing device is configured to receive commentary comprising received selected words from a controlled vocabulary displayed on the window or UI at the first computing device to ensure consistency and eliminate ambiguity, the first computing device configured to automatically stamp with provenance data that includes time, or to identify with provenance data that includes time, the controlled vocabulary, wherein the first computing device is operable to revert to a precise version of the controlled vocabulary;
- in which the controlled vocabulary is derived from a semantic description or from a semantic schema;
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- (ii) the second computing device is configured to receive and to automatically display the metadata or commentary on a timeline or other time-based index in a different window or user interface of the second computing device which is usable by a viewer or editor of the real-time video;
- and the second computing device is configured such that the window or UI of the second computing device returns or filters a list or set of video or clips that each include metadata or commentary matching a specific search term.
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