US 12,283,290 B2
Template-based excerpting and rendering of multimedia performance
Jeffrey Christopher Smith, Atherton, CA (US); Perry Raymond Cook, Jacksonville, OR (US); David Adam Steinwedel, San Francisco, CA (US); and Ka Yee Chan, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Smule, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Smule, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/072,357.
Application 18/072,357 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/729,790, filed on Apr. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,900,967.
Application 17/729,790 is a continuation of application No. 16/939,679, filed on Jul. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,315,603.
Application 16/939,679 is a continuation of application No. 16/509,688, filed on Jul. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,726,874, issued on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095431 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G11B 27/036 (2006.01); H04N 9/87 (2006.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01)
CPC G11B 27/036 (2013.01) [H04N 9/8715 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for customizing media content for a plurality of social media platforms, the computer-implemented method comprising:
capturing, at a media device, a content instance, wherein the content instance comprises a plurality of structural elements;
identifying a first template associated with a first social media platform of the plurality of social media platforms;
identifying a second template associated with a second social media platform of the plurality of social media platforms;
displaying, on the media device, a graphical user interface that includes a first user interface element configured to display a plurality of duration options and a second user interface element configured to display at least a portion of the content instance, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to receive a first user input for selecting a duration option of the plurality of duration options and a second user input selecting a subset of the plurality of structural elements, and wherein the duration option is associated with a social media platform, wherein the second user interface element further comprises a graphical overlay for visually representing the duration option, and wherein the graphical overlay is displayed over the at least the portion of the content instance;
generating a modified content instance based on the first user input and the second user input, wherein the modified content instance includes the subset of the plurality of structural elements; and
transmitting the modified content instance to the social media platform.