# US 12,015,811 B1 · Transmission method shortens the transmission of a copyrighted video/audio without infringing on copyright

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- Number: US 12,015,811 B1
- Document ID: US12015811B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 17/959,974
- Filed: 2022-10-04
- Granted: 2024-06-18
- Earliest claimed: 2022-10-04
- Applicants: Derek Stuart Morton
- Inventors: Derek Stuart Morton
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015811B1

## CPC

- H04N 21/23439: {for generating different versions}
- G11B 27/34: Indicating arrangements {(indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D)}
- H04N 21/8456: {by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments}
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)

## Abstract

The Transmission Method discloses how a service provider who is licensed to transmit a copyrighted video/audio, pre-selects segments, or parts, of a copyrighted video/audio, based on their running time, or numerical order of film frames, in a video/audio, and transmits only the pre-selected segments, thereby shortening a copyrighted video/audio without infringing on copyright.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method comprising:
A service provider who has a license to transmit a copyrighted video/audio;
Who pre-selects segments, or parts, of a copyrighted video/audio, using an executable script, based on a suitable scripting language, to control the transmission of a copyrighted video/audio by transmitting only pre-selected segments, according to their start/stop running time, or numerical order of film frames, in a video/audio;
Who uses a simple interpreter to read and execute the script, thereby, transmitting a shortened video/audio without infringing on copyright.