Systems and methods for crowd sourcing media content selection

Number: 11877035
Published: 2024-01-16
Filed: 2018-08-27
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Goslin; Michael P. et al.
CPC: H04N21/252; H04N21/4788; H04N21/4667; H04N21/21805; H04N21/4826; H04N21/44204; H04N21/4532; H04N21/2665; H04N7/18; H04N21/44004; H04N21/25891
Verdict: Set aside crowd-sourced content selection, business
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

There is provided a system including a memory storing an executable code and a processor executing the executable code to receive a plurality of video inputs, wherein each video input of the plurality of video inputs includes a video feed from an event, provide the plurality of video inputs to each of a plurality of media devices, receive a plurality of user video inputs each from a different one of the plurality of media devices, wherein each of the plurality of user video inputs is created using the plurality of video inputs, and stream each of the plurality of user video inputs as a separate media channel for display by a plurality of media devices.

Background

BACKGROUND (1) Today, media broadcast companies provide coverage of media events, such as award shows, sporting events, etc., as a single video stream depicting the media event on a single broadcast channel. A production team, including a producer and an editor, view incoming video feeds from the media event and decide which parts of the event are likely to be popular with most viewers, and select those parts of the media event for broadcast. Although this single-stream model provides coverage that appeals to many viewers, this conventional approach does not provide coverage of the entire media event. Further, hiring production teams to create additional broadcast coverage that caters to the interests of all viewers is too expensive and impractical. SUMMARY (2) The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for crowd sourcing media content selection, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.

Claims

1. A system comprising: a non-transitory memory storing an executable code; a hardware processor configured to execute the executable code to: receive a plurality of video feeds from a same event; provide the plurality of video feeds to each of a plurality of media devices including a first media device; receive a plurality of user video inputs including a first user video input, each of the plurality of user video inputs being received from a different one of the plurality of media devices, and each of the plurality of user video inputs including one or more of the plurality of video feeds, wherein the first user video input is received from the first media device; stream to the plurality of media devices including the first media device, over a network, each of the plurality of user video inputs as a separate one of a plurality of media channels; rank the plurality of media channels to determine a first ranked media channel; and display the first ranked media channel. || 11. A method for use by a system including a hardware processor, the method comprising: receiving, using the hardware processor, a plurality of video feeds from a same event; providing, using the hardware processor, the plurality of video feeds to each of a plurality of media devices including a first media device; receiving, using the hardware processor, a plurality of user video inputs including a first user video input, each of the plurality of user video inputs being received from a different one of the plurality of media devices, and each of the plurality of user video inputs including one or more of the plurality of video feeds, wherein the first user video input is received from the first media device; streaming to the plurality of media devices including the first media device, over a network using the hardware processor, each of the plurality of user video inputs as a separate one of a plurality of media channels; ranking, using the hardware processor, the plurality of media channels to determine a first ranked media channel; and displaying, using the hardware processor, the first ranked media channel.