VIEWER-AUTHORED CONTENT ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IN-THE-MOMENT BROADCAST IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEDIA PROGRAMS

摘要

A method, apparatus, and system for providing viewer-derived content for broadcast presentation in conjunction with a broadcast of a media program by a provider of the media program is disclosed. The disclosed system and method (1) simplifies the process for viewers to provide viewer-authored media to broadcasters, while minimizing the data transmission requirements between portable viewer devices and the broadcaster, (2) allows advance approval for the broadcasters to use that viewer-generated content to generate and disseminate viewer-authored-content and (3) provides for management of viewer-generated content (4) integrates with social networks that can be used to at least preliminarily assess the popularity and suitability of the viewer-generated content for broadcast to other viewers.

主权项

1. A method for providing viewer-derived content for broadcast presentation in conjunction with a broadcast of a media program by a provider of the media program, comprising:
(a) receiving viewer registration information uniquely associated with a viewer via an application executing on a viewer device, the application for collecting the viewer registration information, viewer-authored content and viewer-authored content metadata associated with the viewer-authored content; (b) receiving the viewer-authored content and the viewer-authored content metadata in a content management system (CMS); (c) processing the viewer authored content according to the viewer authored metadata to generate the viewer-derived content; (d) queuing the viewer-derived content with other viewer-derived content generated from viewer-authored content from other viewers for consideration for the broadcast presentation in conjunction with the broadcast of the media program; (e) determining if the viewer-derived content complies with broadcast regulations or quality standards; (f) selecting the viewer-derived content for broadcast presentation in conjunction with the live broadcast of the media program if the viewer-derived content complies with the broadcast regulations or the quality standards; and (g) providing the viewer-derived content for broadcast in conjunction with the live broadcast of the media program; wherein: the viewer authored content comprises a plurality of independent media files, each media file comprising an intra-compressed image; the step of processing the viewer authored content according to the viewer authored metadata to generate the viewer derived content comprises the steps of:
generating an animated image file from the plurality of independent media files;generating a compressed video file from the plurality of independent media files, the compressed video file mimicking and serving as a proxy for the animated image file; andtransmitting the compressed video file to the viewer device for presentation by the application executing on the viewer device.