US 9,753,924 B2Granted

Selection of clips for sharing streaming content

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsBrandon Bilinski, Jai John Mani

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Abstract

A method for sharing digital media may include receiving an indication from a first user for sharing a clip selection from a digital media item (DMI) with a second user. A start point and an end point of the clip selection may be determined. The determination may be based on a number of times the first user has previously consumed the digital media item. An indication of the clip selection may be communicated to the second user. The indication for the sharing may be received in response to a sharing query. The query may be displayed to the first user during a consumption of the DMI by the first user. If the first user has not previously consumed the DMI, then during the consumption, the end point may be set as a current location in the digital media item at a time when the indication for the sharing was received.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method for sharing digital media, the method comprising:

receiving an indication from a first user for sharing a clip selection from a digital media item with a second user;
communicating, to a media backend, a request for a number of times that the first user has consumed the digital media item;
determining that the first user has previously consumed the digital media item based on a response from the media backend;
during a consumption by the first user, based on the determining that the first user has previously consumed the digital media item, setting a first start point of a first clip selection as a current location in the digital media item at a time when the indication for the sharing was received;
setting a first end point of the first clip selection at a location in the digital media item that is later than the current location by a predetermined time interval;
determining a second start point and a second end point of a second clip selection to coincide with a third start point and a third end point of another clip selection of the digital media item, the other clip selection being a popular selection of a plurality of other users that have previously consumed the digital media item;
determining, for sharing with the second user, a selection between the first clip selection and the second clip selection;
and
communicating an indication of the selection to the second user.

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A system for sharing digital media, the system comprising:

one or more circuits comprising in a user device, the one or more circuits being operable to:
receive an indication from a first user for sharing a clip selection from a digital media item with a second user;
communicate, to a media backend, a request for a number of times that the first user has consumed the digital media item;
determine that the first user has previously consumed the digital media item based on a response from the media backend;
during a consumption by the first user, based on the determining that the first user has previously consumed the digital media item, set a first start point of a first clip selection as a current location in the digital media item at a time when the indication for the sharing was received;
set a first end point of the first clip selection at a location in the digital media item that is later than the current location by a predetermined time interval;
determine a second start point and a second end point of a second clip selection to coincide with a third start point and a third end point of another clip selection of the digital media item, the other clip selection being a popular selection of a plurality of other users that have previously consumed the digital media item;
determine, for sharing with the second user, a selection between the first clip selection and the second clip selection;
and
communicate an indication of the selection to the second user.

7 more elements

A system for sharing digital media, the system comprising:

one or more circuits comprising in a user device, the one or more circuits being operable to:
receive an indication from a first user for sharing a clip selection from a digital media item with a second user;
communicate, to a media backend, a request for a number of times that the first user has consumed the digital media item;
determine, for a first clip selection based on a response from the media backend, a first start point and a first end point, wherein the response indicates the number of times the first user has previously consumed the digital media item;
determine a second start point and a second end point of a second clip selection to coincide with a third start point and a third end point of another clip selection of the digital media item, the other clip selection being a popular selection of a plurality of other users that have previously consumed the digital media item;
determine, for sharing with the second user, a selection between the first clip selection and the second clip selection;
and
communicate an indication of the selection to the second user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.