Messaging and commenting for videos
OwnerRobert Brouwer, Ahmed Abdulwahabinventors
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Abstract
Methods, processes and systems for contextually augmenting and annotating moving pictures or images with tags using region tracking on computing devices with screen displays, including mobile devices and virtual reality headsets. The present invention enables both content authors and viewers to directly tag and link supplementary content, such as text and video messages, to locations representative of objects in a moving picture or image and share these tags with other authorized users, thereby facilitating messaging.
Claims20
A method to facilitate communications, the method comprising:
- receiving a selection of a location in a starting video frame from a user;
- identifying a first group of pixels in proximity to the selected location;
- determining whether the first group of pixels can be tracked through subsequent video frames for a predetermined period of time;
- permitting the user to attach a tag to the selected location if the first group of pixels can be tracked for the predetermined period of time;
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- enabling the user to associate a message with the tag.
A system to facilitate communications, the system comprising:
- a source of video content;
- a database of tags, each tag being associated with an element in a video content for a predetermined period of time;
- a database of messages, each message being associated with a tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.