Systems and Methods for Streaming Media Contents Based on Attribute Tags

Number: 20180004746
Published: 2018-01-04
Filed: 2016-06-30
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Hedinsson; Skarphedinn et al.
CPC: G06F16/44; H04L65/613; G06F16/48; H04L65/612
Verdict: Set aside attribute-tag-based media streaming, content plumbing
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

There is provided a system including a non-transitory memory storing a media library including an ordered plurality of media contents, each including a plurality of attribute tags, and a hardware processor configured to provide a user interface for display on a user device for navigating the media contents, receive a user input from the user device for playing one or more of the ordered media contents based on a first attribute tag of the plurality of attribute tags, stream a first portion of a first media content to the user device, based on the first attribute tag of the media content selected by the user input, and stream a second portion of a second media content to the user device following the first portion of the first media content, based on the first attribute tag of the media content selected by the user input.

Background

BACKGROUND

Television shows, movies, and other media contents typically include elements that appear in more than one episode, including storylines that span multiple episodes, characters that appear in more than one episode, story archetypes that appear in more than one episode, etc. Media contents are conventionally presented such that a scene portraying one storyline follows a scene from a different storyline, where each storyline may include some of the same characters and/or different characters. Alternating between various storylines allows media contents to portray scenes that happen at the same time, but in different locations, without breaking the continuity of the story. Presentation of multiple storylines in alternating scenes also allows characters to cross between the various storylines in the media content. However, viewing media contents in the conventional manner may cause the viewer to forget or miss details from one scene that are important to a storyline before the media content presents the next scene from that storyline.SUMMARY

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for streaming media contents based on attribute tags, 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 a media library including an ordered plurality of media contents, each of the ordered plurality of media contents including a plurality of attribute tags; a hardware processor configured to: provide a user interface for display on a user device for navigating the ordered plurality of media contents; receive a user input from the user device for playing one or more media contents of the ordered plurality of media contents based on a first attribute tag of the plurality of attribute tags; stream a first portion of a first media content of the media library to the user device for playing on a display, based on the first attribute tag of the media content selected by the user input; and stream a second portion of a second media content of the media library to the user device for playing on the display following the first portion of the first media content, based on the first attribute tag of the media content selected by the user input. 11. A method for use with a system including a media library having an ordered plurality of media contents, a non-transitory memory and a hardware processor, the method comprising: providing, using the hardware processor, a user interface for display on a user device for navigating the plurality of media contents; receiving, using the hardware processor, a user input from a user device for playing one or more ordered media contents of the ordered plurality of media contents based on a first attribute tag of the plurality of attribute tags; streaming, using the hardware processor, stream a first portion of a first media content of the media library to the user device for playing on a display, based on the first attribute tag of the media content selected by the user input; and streaming, using the hardware processor, a second portion of a second media content of the media library to the user device for playing on the display following the first portion of the first media content, based on the first attribute tag of the media content selected by the user input.