Capturing and sharing media content
AssigneeSling Media, Inc.
InventorsJason Krikorian, Blake Krikorian
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Abstract
A media device allows users to watch and capture portions from a media stream. Users may then share the captured media content with other users. In one embodiment, the media device receives a media stream, plays the media stream, and caches a portion of the media stream as it is being played. A user can define a media clip by selecting its boundaries in the cached portion of the media stream. The media device creates the media clip based on the user's input and enables the user to transmit the media clip to another system, such as a community website for sharing it with other users.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for sharing media content from a first device over a digital network, the method comprising:
- receiving a media stream at the first device from a remotely-located media source;
- receiving user commands that define a portion of the received media stream bounded by a start point and an end point;
- responsive to receiving the user commands, capturing the defined portion of the received media stream that is bounded by the start point and the end point to thereby create a clip from the;
- and
- transmitting the clip to a second device via the digital network.
A computer program product for sharing media content from a first device to a second device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for performing a method comprising:
- receiving a media stream at the first device from a remotely-located media source;
- receiving user commands that define a portion of the received media stream bounded by a start point and an end point;
- responsive to receiving the user commands, capturing the defined portion of the received media stream that is bounded by the start point and the end point to thereby create a clip of the defined portion of the received media stream;
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- transmitting the clip of the defined portion of the received media stream to a second device via the digital network.
A media device comprising:
- an interface to a digital network;
- a cache configured to temporarily store at least a portion of a media stream as the media stream is received from a remotely-located media source;
- and
- a processor configured to output the cached portion of the media stream for presentation on a display as the media stream is received, to receive user commands that define a portion of the received media stream bounded by a start point and an end point while the cached portion of the media stream is being output for presentation, to create a clip of the defined portion of the media stream by copying data from the cached portion of the media stream, and to transmit the clip to a second device via the digital network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.