US 12,556,771 B1
Video system with intra-video user input and related methods
Daniel H. Thompson, Goldenrod, FL (US)
Assigned to SPINCAST, INC., Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by Spincast, Inc., Goldenrod, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/749,551.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/513,096, filed on Jul. 11, 2023.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/47815 (2013.01) [H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/845 (2013.01); H04N 21/858 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video system comprising:
a server configured to store a plurality of video files; and
at least one wireless communications device in communication with the server and configured to
render a video playback graphical user interface (GUI) for at least one video file from the plurality of video files, the video playback GUI comprising a video rendering window, and a user input GUI element associated the video rendering window, and
when the user input GUI element is activated while the at least one video file is playing, send a unique identifier of the at least one video file, and a time stamp for when the user input GUI element is activated to the server;
the server configured to
segment a video frame from the at least one video file temporally adjacent to the time stamp for when the user input GUI element is activated,
generate metadata for the video frame, the metadata being associated with a commercial source for at least one item in the video frame,
store the metadata along with the video frame, the unique identifier of the at least one video file, and the time stamp, and
transmit the metadata for the video frame to the at least one wireless communications device.