# US 2013/0156404 A1 · System and method for distributed and parallel video editing, tagging and indexing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0156404 A1 - Document ID: US20130156404A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/624,481 - Filed: 2012-09-21 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2007-06-18 - Inventors: Nils B. Lahr; Garrick Barr - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130156404A1 ## CPC - H04N 9/87: Regeneration of colour television signals (H04N9/80 takes precedence) - G11B 27/02: Editing, e.g. varying the order of information signals recorded on, or reproduced from, record carriers - G11B 27/034: on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) - 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 A system and method for having a media engine, client, workflow engine and server. The media engine takes digital or analog real-time video or video-on-demand as an input. Clients connect to the media engine, workflow engine and server. Depending on the client's capabilities, including software features, training and location, the workflow engine will drive required units of work to the client asking them to be fulfilled. This system enables efficient offline, real-time or faster than real-time editing, tagging and indexing of media by one or more clients at the same time. Unlimited numbers of users, tags and indexing functions to take place in parallel on a single video feed at the same time and managed through a rule based workflow engine. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for video editing comprising: importing at least one of an analog and a digital media from a video source; transcoding the at least one analog and at least one digital media to form a transcoded media; acquiring an annotation service; uploading the transcoded media to a server; reviewing the transcoded media on a client device; and annotating at least a portion of the transcoded media using the annotation service. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein annotating includes posting an annotated portion of the transcoded media on a public accessible website. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein posting the annotated portion is viewable by the public accessing the public accessible website. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the annotation service includes recruiting an on-line labor pool having definable annotation repertoires. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein recruiting includes confirming the availability of the on-line labor pool for assigning annotation duties. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein assigning annotation duties includes partitioning into the definable annotation repertoires. ### Claim 7 A system for video editing comprising: a media engine to import at least one of an analog media and a digital media, and to transcode the analog and digital media to form a transcoded media file; a server for receiving the transcoded media file; an annotation service available to annotate at least a portion of the transcoded media file; and a workflow engine utilizable by the annotation service to annotate the portion of the transcoded media file to form an annotated media file. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the annotated media file is stored on the server. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the annotated media file is accessible by the public. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the annotated media file accessible by the public is viewable by the public. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the annotated media file include Windows Media and MPEG 4. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the server matches image segments of the annotated media file with video segments. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the annotation service reviews and configures the transcoded media file to be responsive to commands from a user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the commands are sent to the media engine to create media elements from a video archive extractable from the server. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the media elements include fast forward, play, pause, stop, and fast reverse keys. ### Claim 16 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the digital media include video-on-demand for at least one of a live digital video file and a stored digital video file. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the live digital video file and the stored digital video file are deliverable to the annotation service upon request by the annotation service. ### Claim 18 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the workflow engines manages the delivery of the transcoded media file.