Systems and methods for manipulating and/or concatenating videos

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to manipulating and/or concatenating videos, and more particularly to (i) compression/decompression of videos; (ii) search and supplemental data generation based on video content, (iii) concatenating videos to form coherent, multi-user video threads; (iv) ensuring proper playback across different devices; and (v) creating synopses of videos.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method of embedding supplemental data in a video file, the method comprising
 retrieving, by a server, a transcription of an audio component of a video file from a database; and   generating, by the server, supplemental data to embed in the video file based on a transcription of the audio component of the video file and a comparison of words or phrases included in the transcription to a library of words.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 embedding the supplemental data in the video file programmatically upon determining that one of the words or phrases included in the transcription are also included in the library of words.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein embedding the supplemental data comprises embedding the supplemental data in the video file so that display of the supplemental data is aligned with an occurrence of the one of the words or phrases during playback. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the supplemental data includes a selectable object that is selectable during playback of the video file and selection of the selectable object causes one or more actions to be performed. 
     
     
         5 . A system for embedding supplemental data in a video file, the system comprising:
 a data storage device storing a video file and a transcription of an audio component of the video file; and   a server having a processor operatively coupled to the data storage device, wherein the server is operative coupled to a communication network and is programmed to:   generate supplemental data to embed in the video file based on the transcription of the audio component of the video file and a comparison of words or phrases included in the transcription to a library of words.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the server is further programmed to:
 embed the supplemental data in the video file upon determining that one of the words or phrases included in the transcription are also included in the library of words.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the server is programmed to embed the supplemental data in the video file so that display of the supplemental data is aligned with an occurrence of the one of the words or phrases during playback. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the supplemental data includes a selectable object that is selectable during playback of the video file and selection of the selectable object causes one or more actions to be performed.