- Number
- 11716376
- Published
- 2023-08-01
- Filed
- 2016-09-26
- Assignee
- DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
- Inventors
- Grosse; Max et al.
- CPC
- H04N21/251; H04N21/8455; H04N21/44226; H04N21/26603; H04N21/858; H04N21/00; H04N21/25866; H04L67/10; H04N21/84
- Verdict
- Set aside transmedia content data management, business
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
A system for managing non-linear transmedia content data is provided. Memory stores a plurality of transmedia content data items and associated linking data which define time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content data items. The plurality of transmedia content data items are arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content data items and different content links therebetween. A control engine receives one or more instructions to create a new time-ordered content link between at least two of the plurality of transmedia content data items. The control engine modifies the linking data stored in the memory to include the new time-ordered content link.
Background
FIELD OF DISCLOSURE (1) The present disclosure relates to apparatus, systems and methods for processing transmedia content. For example, the present disclosure implements interconnected devices for managing the processing of transmedia content in a networked environment, where such content may be generated by multiple users and shared between them. 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 ofte
Claims
1. An apparatus for managing non-linear transmedia content data comprising: a memory configured to store a plurality of transmedia content data items and associated linking data which define time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content data items, the plurality of transmedia content data items being arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content data items and different time-ordered content links therebetween, wherein the time-ordered content links indicate an order in which linked transmedia content data items are presented; a processor, in communication with the memory, configured to utilize a control engine to: receive, from an electronic device, one or more instructions to create a new time-ordered content link between at least two of the plurality of transmedia content data items; modify the associated linking data stored in the memory to include the new time-ordered content link; identify a plurality of content characterization data items that characterizes the plurality of transmedia content data items stored in the memory and a plurality of user data items for a user that identify previously consumed transmedia content data items of the user, the content characterization data items comprising visual characterization data pertaining to one or more visual components of the plurality of transmedia content data items; identify, using a recommender engine, from the content characterization data items, one or more new transmedia content data items that are associated with one or more first content characteristic metadata that match one or more second content characteristic metadata that specifies at least one of: similar characters, similar or identical factual times, or similar or identical fictional times of the previously consumed transmedia content data items of the user, wherein the one or more new transmedia content data items comprise at least one of: stories, story arcs, or story systems to be extended with new content; and generate a graph structure with nodes representing transmedia content data items and connections representing the time-ordered content links to notify the user of the one or more new transmedia content data items, wherein the graph structure graphically illustrates an evolution in the transmedia content data items and the time-ordered content links since a last login of a given user in a time lapse rendering of changes of the linked transmedia content subsets and non-linear networks in an order in which the changes occurred. ||
5. A system comprising: an apparatus for managing non-linear transmedia content data, the apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store a plurality of transmedia content data items and associated linking data which define time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content data items, the plurality of transmedia content data items being arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content data items and different time-ordered content links therebetween, wherein the time-ordered content links indicate an order in which linked transmedia content items are presented; a processor, in communication with the memory, configured to utilize a control engine to: receive, from an electronic device, one or more instructions to create a new time-ordered content link between at least two of the plurality of transmedia content data items; modify the associated linking data stored in the memory to include the new time-ordered content link; identify a plurality of content characterization data items that characterizes the plurality of transmedia content data items stored in the memory and a plurality of user data items for a user that identify previously consumed transmedia content data items of the user, the content characterization data items comprising visual characterization data pertaining to one or more visual components of the plurality of transmedia content data items; identify, using a recommender engine, from the content characterization data items, one or more new transmedia content data items that are associated with one or more first content characteristic metadata that match one or more second content characteristic metadata that specifies at least one of: similar characters, similar or identical factual times, or similar or identical fictional times of the previously consumed transmedia content data items of the user, wherein the one or more new transmedia content data items comprise at least one of: stories, story arcs, or story systems, to be extended with new content; and generate a graph structure with nodes representing transmedia content data items and connections representing the time-ordered content links to notify the user of the one or more new transmedia content data items, wherein the graph structure graphically illustrates an evolution in the transmedia content data items and the time-ordered content links since a last login of a given user in a time lapse rendering of changes of the linked transmedia content subsets and non-linear networks in an order in which the changes occurred; and an electronic device configured to be in communication with the apparatus, and further configured to receive user input and thereby communicate with the processor and provide the one or more instructions to create each new time-ordered content link between the at least two of the plurality of transmedia content data items. ||
36. A computer-implemented method for managing non-linear transmedia content data comprising: providing a memory configured to store a plurality of transmedia content data items and associated linking data which define time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content data items; arranging the plurality of transmedia content data items into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content data items and different time-ordered content links therebetween, wherein the time-ordered content links indicate an order in which linked transmedia content items are presented; receiving one or more instructions to create a new time-ordered content link between at least two of the plurality of transmedia content data items; modifying the associated linking data stored in the memory to include the new time-ordered content link; identifying a plurality of content characterization data items that characterize the plurality of transmedia content data items stored in the memory and a plurality of user data items for a user that identify previously consumed transmedia content data items of the user, the content characterization data items comprising visual characterization data pertaining to one or more visual components of the plurality of transmedia content data items; identifying, using a recommender engine, from the content characterization data items, one or more new transmedia content data items that are associated with one or more first content characteristic metadata that match one or more second content characteristic metadata that specifies at least one of: similar characters, similar or identical factual times, or similar or identical fictional times of the previously consumed transmedia content data items of the user, wherein the one or more new transmedia content data items comprise at least one of: stories, story arcs, or story systems to be extended with new content; and generating a graph structure with nodes representing transmedia content data items and connections representing the time-ordered content links to notify the user of the one or more new transmedia content data items, wherein the graph structure graphically illustrates an evolution in the transmedia content data items and the time-ordered content links since a last login of a given user in a time lapse rendering of changes of the linked transmedia content subsets and non-linear networks in an order in which the changes occurred.