Video review workflow process

Abstract

Subject matter disclosed herein relates to video content editing, and in particular, to video review workflow.

1 . A method, comprising:
 performing, by a server computer:
 initiating a review cycle in response to receiving a request including information for a workflow schedule from a video editor on a computer for a review initiator; 
 customizing said workflow schedule according to said received information, wherein said customizing comprises specifying one or more tasks to be completed by one or more reviewers with respect to one or more video clips; 
 in response to the request to initiate the review, transmitting, to respective review applications on respective one or more computers for said one or more reviewers, a respective notification of a respective task of said one or more tasks according to said workflow schedule; 
 in response to receiving a respective indication that each respective task is complete from each review application of said one or more computers for said one or more reviewers, uploading respective comments from the respective review applications of said one or more computers; 
 synchronizing said respective comments with said one or more video clips; 
 transmitting, to the video editor on said computer for the review initiator, a task indicating that the review cycle is complete, such that the task appears within the video editor on said computer for the review initiator; and 
   providing the synchronized comments to said video editor on said computer for the review initiator.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein after said workflow schedule is customized:
 messaging said one or more reviewers or said one or more editors regarding said one or more tasks with respect to said one or more video clips; and   providing said one or more video clips to said one or more reviewers or said one or more editors for completion of said one or more tasks in accordance with said workflow schedule.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said synchronizing comprises associating said comments with said one or more video clips, and wherein said comments are each associated with a same time code. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 maintaining said comments in a database; and   associating said maintained comments with a time corresponding to the one or more video clips.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 ,
 wherein a task for a first reviewer comprises commenting upon said one or more video clips,   wherein a task for a second reviewer comprises commenting upon said one or more video clips, and   wherein, prior to completion of the workflow schedule, a comment from the first reviewer is provided to the second reviewer while both the first reviewer and the second reviewer are online.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 transmitting said maintained comments to said one or more reviewers or said one or more editors.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 creating new video content by combining said one or more video clips with said comments; and   encrypting said new video content.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 managing digital rights for said encrypted new video content.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 implementing levels of user permission access to said encrypted new video content.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining and implementing one or more video formats for said one or more video clips.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein said one or more video formats are determined based at least in part on devices employed by said one or more editors or said one or more reviewers. 
     
     
         12 . A system, comprising:
 one or more computers; and   a memory storing program instructions that when executed by the one or more computers causes the one or more computers to perform:
 initiating a review cycle in response to receiving a request including information for a workflow schedule from a video editor on a computer for a review initiator; 
 customizing said workflow schedule according to said received information, wherein said customizing comprises:
 specifying one or more tasks to be completed by one or more reviewers with respect to one or more video clips, and 
 
 in response to the request to initiate the review, transmitting, to respective review applications on respective one or more computers for said one or more reviewers, a respective notification of a respective task of said one or more tasks according to said workflow schedule; 
 in response to receiving a respective indication that each respective task is complete, from each review application of said one or more computers for said one or more reviewers, uploading respective comments from the respective review applications of said one or more computers; 
 synchronizing said respective comments with said one or more video clips; 
 transmitting, to the video editor on said computer for the review initiator, a task indicating that the review cycle is complete, such that the task appears within the video editor on said computer for the review initiator; and 
 providing the synchronized comments to said video editor on said computer for the review initiator. 
   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein said program instructions, when executed by the one or more computers further causes the one or more computers to perform:
 messaging said one or more reviewers or said one or more editors regarding said one or more tasks with respect to said one or more video clips after said workflow schedule is created; and   providing said one or more video clips to said one or more reviewers or one or more editors for completion of said one or more tasks in accordance with said workflow schedule.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein said synchronizing comprises associating said comments with said one or more video clips, and wherein said comments are each associated with a same time code. 
     
     
         15 .- 22 . (canceled) 
     
     
         23 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform:
 initiating a review cycle in response to receiving a request including information for a workflow schedule from a video editor on a computer for a review initiator;   customizing said workflow schedule according to said received information, wherein said customizing comprises specifying one or more tasks to be completed by one or more reviewers with respect to one or more video clips;   in response to the request to initiate the review, transmitting, to respective review applications on respective one or more computers for said one or more reviewers, a respective notification of a respective task of said one or more tasks according to said workflow schedule;   in response to receiving a respective indication that each respective task is complete from each review application of said one or more computers for said one or more reviewers, uploading respective comments from the respective review applications of said one or more computers;   synchronizing said respective comments with said one or more video clips;   transmitting, to the video editor on said computer for the review initiator, a task indicating that the review cycle is complete, such that the task appears within the video editor on said computer for the review initiator; and   providing the synchronized comments to said video editor on said computer for the review initiator.   
     
     
         24 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 23 , wherein said instructions, when executed by said computer, further cause said computer to perform:
 messaging said one or more reviewers or said one or more editors regarding said one or more tasks with respect to said one or more video clips; and   providing said one or more video clips to said one or more reviewers or said one or more editors for the completion of said one or more tasks in accordance with said workflow schedule.   
     
     
         25 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 23 , wherein said instructions, when executed by said computer, further cause said computer to perform:
 synchronizing comments by said one or more reviewers or said one or more editors with said one or more video clips,
 wherein said synchronizing comprises associating the comments with said one or more video clips, and 
 wherein said comments are each associated with a same time code. 
   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a process management engine executing on the server computer performing:
 determining available bandwidth between the server computer and a given computer of said one or more computers for said one or more reviewers; and 
 in response to said determining available bandwidth, changing stream quality of said one or more video clips to be higher or lower in accord with the available bandwidth. 
   
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a process management engine executing on the server computer performing:
 determining, in response to said receiving the request to initiate the review, said one or more reviewers based on one or more of past review cycles, past requests, or availability of reviewers. 
   
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining, in response to said receiving the request to initiate the review, an order in which said one or more reviewers are assigned tasks.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining a format compatibility of a given computer of said one or more computers for said one or more reviewers;   in response to said determining the format compatibility of the given computer, transforming a video format of the one or more video clips into a video format compatible with the format compatibility of the given computer; and   repeating said determining the format compatibility and said transforming the video format for each remaining computer of the one or more computers.