Authoring System for IPTV Network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsHisao Chang, Javier Arellano
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a system and method permit a network subscriber to display on a channel of the network video data from a subscriber video database. The system may include, in addition to the network and the subscriber database, a server and a set top box. The set top box is configured to receive commands causing the set top box to retrieve video data from a network subscriber database, display the video data on a display unit; and to transmit the video data over the network to the server. The server is configured to transmit the video data from the server over the network such that the video data is displayable on a channel of the network.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- receiving multimedia data from equipment of a content provider;
- parsing the multimedia data to identify video data and audio data;
- storing the video data;
- receiving a voice command;
- retrieving the video data in accordance with the voice command, wherein the retrieved video data comprises a sequence of frames;
- receiving a verbal narrative;
- recording the verbal narrative;
- associating the verbal narrative with the sequence of frames, wherein an interframe transition in the sequence is generated in accordance with an editing command, wherein a duration of a frame of the sequence of frames is based on a duration of the verbal narrative between successive interframe transitions;
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- transmitting the sequence of frames with the verbal narrative for storage in a database.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system including a processor, multimedia data from equipment of a content provider;
- parsing, by the processing system, the multimedia data to identify video data and audio data;
- storing, by the processing system, the video data;
- receiving, by the processing system, a voice command;
- retrieving, by the processing system, the video data in accordance with the voice command, wherein the retrieved video data comprises a sequence of frames;
- receiving, by the processing system, a verbal narrative;
- recording, by the processing system, the verbal narrative;
- associating, by the processing system, the verbal narrative with the sequence of frames, wherein each frame of the sequence of frames includes an audio track associated with the frame, wherein an interframe transition in the sequence is generated in accordance with an editing command, wherein a duration of a frame of the sequence of frames is based on a duration of the verbal narrative between successive interframe transitions;
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- transmitting, by the processing system, the sequence of frames with the verbal narrative for storage in a database;
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- presenting, by the processing system, the sequence of frames and the associated verbal narrative as a presentation on a display device coupled to the processing system.
A machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- receiving multimedia data from equipment of a content provider;
- parsing the multimedia data to identify video data and audio data;
- storing the video data;
- receiving a voice command;
- retrieving the video data in accordance with the voice command, wherein the retrieved video data comprises a sequence of frames;
- receiving a verbal narrative;
- recording the verbal narrative;
- associating the verbal narrative with the sequence of frames, wherein each frame of the sequence of frames includes an audio track associated with the frame, wherein an interframe transition in the sequence is generated in accordance with an editing command, wherein a duration of a frame of the sequence of frames is based on a duration of the verbal narrative between successive interframe transitions;
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- transmitting the sequence of frames with the verbal narrative for storage in a database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.