Digital network-based video tagging with tag filtering

Abstract

A method modifies a tag to be displayed during playback of a video distributed over a computer network. The method may be performed by a server computer on the computer network. The server computer may be part of or operate in conjunction with a social networking site. According to one example, the method compares content of the tag against a database of one or more keywords, such as, for example, profanity; detects at least one matching word in both the content of the tag and the one or more keywords; and performs a modification to data associated with the tag in response to detecting the at least one matching word. The modification may comprise removing a matching word from the content of the tag so that the tag is displayed in a modified form without the matching word during playback of the video.

1 . A method for modifying a tag to be displayed during playback of a video distributed over a computer network, the method being performed by a server computer on the computer network, the method comprising:
 comparing content of the tag against a database of one or more keywords, wherein the database is stored at the server computer;   detecting at least one matching word in both the content of the tag and the one or more keywords; and   performing a modification to data associated with the tag in response to detecting the at least one matching word.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein performing a modification to data associated with the tag comprises removing the at least one matching word from the content of the tag so that the tag is displayed in a modified form without the at least one matching word during playback of the video. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein performing a modification to data associated with the tag comprises performing a modification so as to prevent the tag from being displayed during playback of the video. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 substituting a new tag in place of the tag that is prevented from being displayed.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the new tag comprises advertising information. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein performing a modification to data associated with the tag comprises adding to the tag a link to a destination so that content from the destination is displayed when the link is activated. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the tag comprises content associated with one or more items in the video, and the content is displayed in synchronization with playback of the video. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more keywords comprise profanity. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving data associated with the tag, including tag content, from a source; and   publishing the video in conjunction with the data associated with the tag, as modified by the modification, to one or more video distribution sites.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein one or more of the database or the modification depends on an identity of at least one of the one or more video distribution sites. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the database comprises one or more keywords relating to copyrights associated with the video. 
     
     
         12 . A server computer connected to a computer network, the network comprising at a tag-authoring computer that generates at least one tag to be displayed during playback of a video, the network further comprising a plurality of computers configured to display the video with the at least one tag, the server computer comprising:
 a connection to the tag-authoring computer, the connection being configured so that the server computer receives, from the tag-authoring computer, data associated with the at least one tag to be displayed during playback of the video; and   a video tag filtering module configured to remove undesirable content from of the at least one tag according to a filtering criteria, thereby resulting in modified data associated with the at least one tag, wherein the server computer provides, for viewing at the plurality of computers in conjunction with the video, the at least one tag as modified by the tag filtering module in accordance with the modified data so as not to include the undesirable content.   
     
     
         13 . The server computer of  claim 12 , wherein the at least one tag comprises content associated with one or more items in the video, and the content is displayed in synchronization with playback of the video. 
     
     
         14 . The server computer of  claim 12 , wherein the undesirable content comprises profanity. 
     
     
         15 . The server computer of  claim 12 , wherein the undesirable content is content not authorized by copyright. 
     
     
         16 . The server computer of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 connections to the plurality of computers configured to display the video, wherein the server computer provides to the plurality of computers the video with the at least one tag as modified by the tag filtering module in accordance with the modified data associated with the at least one tag so as to cause display, at the plurality of computers, of the video with the at least one tag modified so as to not include the undesirable content.   
     
     
         17 . The server computer of  claim 12 , wherein the server computer is part of a social networking site. 
     
     
         18 . The server computer of  claim 12 , wherein the network further comprises a video server separate from the server computer, the server computer provides to the video server the modified data associated with the at least one tag, and the plurality of computers configured to display the video with the at least one tag is configured to access the video with the at least one tag via the video server. 
     
     
         19 . The server computer of  claim 18 , wherein video server is part of a social networking site. 
     
     
         20 . A computer-readable medium comprising instructions to be executed by a computer to cause the computer to modify a tag to be displayed during playback of a video, the instructions comprising:
 instructions to compare content of the tag against a database of one or more keywords;   instructions to detect at least one matching word in both the content of the tag and the one or more keywords; and   instructions to perform a modification to data associated with the tag in response to detecting the at least one matching word, wherein the modification comprises removing the at least one matching word from the content of the tag so that the tag is displayed in a modified form without the at least one matching word during playback of the video.