- Number
- 10706097
- Published
- 2020-07-07
- Filed
- 2017-09-26
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Laeuchli; Rebekkah, Simo; Isabel, Grosse; Max, Gross; Markus, Schriber; Sasha, Cabral; Maria, Richter; Merada
- CPC
- G06F16/9024; G06F16/44; G06F16/90348; G06F16/435
- Verdict
- Set aside transmedia content data management, business
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
The invention relates to systems and methods for navigating, outputting and displaying non-linearly connected groups of transmedia content. Specifically, the invention involves retrieving, from a database, an ordered group of transmedia content data objects comprising a plurality of transmedia content data objects and linking data, whereby each element of the linking data defines a directional link from one of the transmedia content data objects to another of the transmedia content data objects; generating a two-dimensional graph structure representing the ordered group of transmedia content data objects whereby each graph node corresponds to a transmedia content data object and each graph edge corresponds to an element of the linking data; and outputting the graph structure on a display screen.
Background
FIELD OF DISCLOSURE(1) The present disclosure relates to apparatus, systems and methods for manipulating non-linearly connected transmedia content, such as creating, processing and managing non-linearly connected transmedia content. In one example, the disclosure provides for improved navigation of non-linearly connected transmedia content.BACKGROUND(2) Influenced by a variety of different multimedia content types, new digital distribution channels, mobile communication devices and an ever increasing use of social media, industry is currently experiencing a disruption in how media is created, distributed and consumed. Classical production pipelines have become less effective as audiences move towards anytime, anywhere, personalized consumption, substituting TV-centric models with multi-device, multichannel models. Individual customers and groups of customers have also become more interactive and participatory, contributing significantly to the creation of new media. The cycles in the traditional creation-distribution-consumption loop become much shorter as consumers constantly provide feedback, resulting in a trend towards ultrashort form content.(3) Existing delivery platforms, for example YouTube and Facebook, allow for the creation and editing of simple channel based content, using a basic model whereby content creators can upload content such as video, text or images, and users can consume the content in an isolated, linear and mono-medial manner. This can often be done i
Claims
1. A computer-implemented method for navigating non-linearly connected transmedia content data objects comprising: retrieving, from a database, linking data and an ordered group of transmedia content data objects, wherein the ordered group is logically separated into two or more linear groups of transmedia content data objects, wherein each linear group comprises a plurality of transmedia content data objects, wherein each element of the linking data defines a directional link from one of the transmedia content data objects to another of the transmedia content data objects, and wherein the linking data comprises one or more branching points, each branching point corresponding to a single transmedia content data object from which each of two or more directional links originates, and wherein each of the two or more directional links terminates at a different transmedia content data object; generating a two-dimensional graph structure representing the ordered group of transmedia content data objects, wherein each graph node of the two-dimensional graph structure corresponds to a transmedia content data object and each graph edge of the two-dimensional graph structure corresponds to an element of the linking data, wherein generating the two-dimensional graph structure comprises: generating a one-dimensional graph representing a first linear group of transmedia content data objects; generating the graph node in a second dimension as an indication of other linear groups of the transmedia content data objects in the second dimension at the one or more branching points; and generating thumbnail representations of each linear group, wherein the thumbnail representations of each linear group are used as the graph node of the two-dimensional graph structure as indications of branching points; and outputting the two-dimensional graph structure on a display screen.
16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer readable instructions which, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to: retrieve, from a database, linking data and an ordered group of transmedia content data objects, wherein the ordered group is logically separated into two or more linear groups of transmedia content data objects, wherein each linear group comprises a plurality of transmedia content data objects, wherein each element of the linking data defines a directional link from one of the transmedia content data objects to another of the transmedia content data objects, and wherein the linking data comprises one or more branching points, each branching point corresponding to a single transmedia content data object from which each of two or more directional links originates, and wherein each of the two or more directional links terminates at a different transmedia content data object; generate a two-dimensional graph structure representing the ordered group of transmedia content data objects wherein each graph node of the two-dimensional graph structure corresponds to a transmedia content data object and each graph edge of the two-dimensional graph structure corresponds to an element of the linking data, wherein generating the two-dimensional graph structure comprises: generate a one-dimensional graph representing a first linear group of transmedia content data objects; generate the graph node in a second dimension as an indication of other linear groups of the transmedia content data objects in the second dimension at the one or more branching points; generate thumbnail representations of each linear group, and wherein the thumbnail representations of each linear group are used as the graph node of the two-dimensional graph structure as indications of branching points; and output the two-dimensional graph structure on a display screen.
18. An electronic device comprising: processing circuitry; and a memory coupled with and readable by the processing circuitry comprising one or more processors and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed cause the one or more processors to: retrieve, from a database, linking data and an ordered group of transmedia content data objects, wherein the ordered group is logically separated into two or more linear groups of transmedia content data objects, wherein each linear group comprises a plurality of transmedia content data objects wherein each element of the linking data defines a directional link from one of the transmedia content data objects to another of the transmedia content data objects, and wherein the linking data comprises one or more branching points, each branching point corresponding to a single transmedia content data object from which each of two or more directional links originates, and wherein each of the two or more directional links terminates at a different transmedia content data object; generate a two-dimensional graph structure representing the ordered group of transmedia content data objects whereby each graph node corresponds to a transmedia content data object and each graph edge corresponds to an element of the linking data, wherein generating the two-dimensional graph structure comprises: generate a one-dimensional graph representing a first linear group of transmedia content data objects; generate the graph node in a second dimension as an indication of other linear groups of the transmedia content data objects in the second dimension at the one or more branching points; generate thumbnail representations of each linear group, wherein the thumbnail representations of each linear group are used as the graph node of the two-dimensional graph structure as indications of branching points; and output the two-dimensional graph structure on a display screen.