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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2016
Applicant:

Animoto Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas M. Clifton, New York, NY (US);

Stephen J. Clifton, Jersey City, NJ (US);

Tim Wharton, Keighley, GB;

Krister Wombell, The Nexus, SG;

Brian Rhee, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Peter Sharp, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Assignee:

Animoto Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/034 (2006.01); G11B 27/031 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/031 (2013.01); G06K 9/00718 (2013.01); G06K 9/00765 (2013.01); G11B 27/034 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01);
Abstract

A digital video builder system with methodology for designer-controlled user interaction is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises receiving, from interactive controls on a graphical user interface, configuration of a storyboard block of a storyboard of a target digital video to be created. The storyboard block represents a scene of the target digital video, comprises a media element slot and a scene parameter for configuring the media element slot, and corresponds to a scene specification having a plurality of scene variants for rendering the scene of the target digital video. The received configuration comprises a setting for the scene parameter. Based on the scene parameter setting, the method further includes automatically selecting one of the plurality of scene variants for use in rendering as part of the scene of the target digital video.


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