ANNOTATING AND LINKING MEDIA CONTENT DATA

摘要

A method of linking multiple media data using a time line for context and replay is disclosed. The method allows for various kinds of media to be linked and may use a time line to facilitate such linking, either from an existing media file, such as a video clip, or by creating a new file. The time line may be leveraged to start, open, display, or seek to specific points in other unstructured data. The original artifacts of the file are not changed, but the user may be provided the opportunity to view multiple artifacts (like video or an e-book, along with annotations added in by a teacher or friend) together and gain a comprehensive contextual understanding.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processing unit of a computing device creates an artifact module with multiple linked media file artifacts, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
establishing a master time line; receiving a selection of a file as a starting artifact for the artifact module; creating an artifact module comprising a set of artifact linking designations that incorporate a set of artifacts to the starting artifact; receiving selections for a set of actions to add to the artifact module at specific time points along one of the master time line and a native time line of a media content artifact; and replaying the set of actions added to the media content module.