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Method and system for sharing digital media content

US8606848B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 9, 2010
Grant dateDec 10, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L65/611
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for generating and sharing media clips are described. Consistent with some embodiments, while a selection of digital media content (e.g., a movie, television program, audio track, and so on) is being presented at a media player, a user creates one or more sets of waypoints (e.g., time markers) that define the boundaries (e.g., beginning and end) of one or more media clips. These waypoints are communicated from one media player device to another, enabling the receiving media player device to retrieve and play back the media clips from a source other than the media player device where the waypoints were generated.

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