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US 9,756,392 B2Granted
Non-linear navigation of video content
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsLeon Silverman, Mark Arana
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for non-linear navigation of video content comprising receiving a video content asset comprising a plurality of video content clips tagged with information tags, the information tags connecting the video content clips to form a plurality of navigation paths; presenting a first video clip from the plurality of video clips; displaying a set of navigation options for selection by a user, each of the navigation options corresponding to a particular navigation path; receiving a navigation option selection from the user; and presenting a second video clip from the plurality of video clips based on the navigation path corresponding to the navigation option selected by the user.
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A method for non-linear navigation of video content organized according to a prescribed linear storyline, the method comprising:
- receiving a video content asset, wherein the video content asset comprises at least one of a movie and a series of episodic video content, the video content asset comprising a plurality of video clips that have been previously organized according to the prescribed linear storyline, wherein the prescribed linear storyline defines an order for presenting each of the plurality of video clips;
- receiving a plurality of information tags including one or more information tags for each of the plurality of video clips, the plurality of information tags connecting the plurality of video clips in a plurality of navigation paths, each of the navigation paths defining a particular order for presenting a particular set of the plurality of video clips determined at least in part by the plurality of information tags, wherein the particular order for presenting the particular set of the plurality of video clips defined by each of the navigation paths differs from the order for presenting each of the plurality of video clips defined by the prescribed linear storyline;
- presenting a first video clip from the plurality of video clips, according to the prescribed linear storyline;
- displaying a set of navigation options for selection by a user, each of the navigation options corresponding to one of the navigation paths, wherein each of the set of navigation options is presented based on the one or more information tags of the first video clip or based on a user search of information tags;
- receiving a navigation option selection corresponding to one of the navigation paths;
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- presenting a second video clip from the plurality of video clips based on the navigation path corresponding to the navigation option selection, in order to provide a curated, non-linear navigation through video content of the video content asset,
- wherein the plurality of information tags comprise one or more subplot information tags, each of the one or more subplot information tags corresponding to a particular subplot of the prescribed linear storyline, and wherein displaying the set of navigation options comprises displaying a plurality of video feeds, each of the plurality of video feeds corresponding to one of the particular subplots of the prescribed linear storyline.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising an instruction set configured to cause a computing device to perform:
- receiving a video content asset, wherein the video content asset comprises at least one of a movie and a series of episodic video content, the video asset content comprising a plurality of video clips that have been previously organized according to a prescribed linear storyline, wherein the prescribed linear storyline defines an order for presenting each of the plurality of video clips;
- receiving a plurality of information tags including one or more information tags for each of the plurality of video clips, the plurality of information tags connecting the plurality of video clips in a plurality of navigation paths, each of the navigation paths defining a particular order for presenting a particular set of the plurality of video clips determined at least in part by the plurality of information tags, wherein the particular order for presenting the particular set of the plurality of video clips defined by each of the navigation paths differs from the order for presenting each of the plurality of video clips defined by the prescribed linear storyline;
- presenting a first video clip from the plurality of video clips, according to the prescribed linear storyline;
- displaying a set of navigation options for selection by a user, each of the navigation options corresponding to one of the navigation paths, wherein each of the set of navigation options is presented based on the one or more information tags of the first video clip or based on a user search of information tags;
- receiving a navigation option selection corresponding to one of the navigation paths;
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- presenting a second video clip from the plurality of video clips based on the navigation path corresponding to the navigation option selection, in order to provide a non-linear navigation through video content of the video content asset,
- wherein the plurality of information tags comprise one or more subplot information tags, each of the one or more subplot information tags corresponding to a particular subplot of the prescribed linear storyline, and wherein displaying the set of navigation options comprises displaying a plurality of video feeds, each of the plurality of video feeds corresponding to one of the particular subplots of the prescribed linear storyline.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.