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US 2016/0259494 A1Published application
System and method for controlling video thumbnail images
OwnerChase McMichael, Chris Murphyinventors
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Abstract
A system for controlling video thumbnail images, comprising an analytics engine that collects statistics related to user behavior regarding electronic media content, and a distribution engine that receives electronic media content and determines an optimal distribution of content to network-connected user devices, and a method for controlling video thumbnail images using the system of the invention.
Claims8
A system for controlling video thumbnail images, comprising:
- an analytics engine comprising at least a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory operating on a network-connected computing device and adapted to collect at least a plurality of statistics related to at least a user behavior regarding a plurality of electronic media content, the media content comprising at least a video clip;
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- a distribution engine comprising at least a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory operating on a network-connected computing device and adapted to receive at least a plurality of electronic media content and determine an optimal distribution of content to a plurality of network-connected user devices.
A method for controlling video thumbnail images, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at a distribution engine, a plurality of video media content;
- processing at least a portion of the media content;
- producing a plurality of still images based at least in part on at least a portion of the processing results;
- processing at least a portion of the plurality of static images;
- presenting at least a portion of the static images to a user;
- and
- tracking user behavior based at least in part on at least a portion of the presented static images.
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