Systems and methods to associate multimedia tags with user comments and generate user modifiable snippets around a tag time for efficient storage and sharing of tagged items

Abstract

Example methods and apparatus to add a tagged snippet of multimedia content to a playlist are disclosed. An example apparatus comprises an automatic content recognition search service to search a fingerprint database to find a match between query fingerprints for a snippet of multimedia content captured from a multimedia program at a timestamp and reference fingerprints of matching reference multimedia content stored in the fingerprint database, a tag service to generate a tag representing the snippet of multimedia content, wherein the tag, the timestamp, meta information associated with the matching reference multimedia content, and a monitored variable for a number of viewers of the snippet of multimedia content are stored in a database storage as a tagged snippet of multimedia content, and to add the tagged snippet of multimedia content to a playlist for an identified multimedia program if the number of viewers of the tagged snippet exceeds a threshold.

1 . A method for tagging media content, the method comprising:
 receiving, by a user device, a user command to tag a segment of a stream of media content;   generating, by the user device, one or more fingerprints for the segment of the media content;   determining, based on the one or more fingerprints, timing information for the segment in the media content;   receiving, from a user, user-generated comment information;   responsive to receiving the user-generated comment information, generating a tag comprising an association between the user-generated comment information and the timing information for the segment; and   causing a remote server to store the tag comprising the user-generated comment information and the timing information associated with the user-generated comment information.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein generating the one or more fingerprints comprises capturing, using a microphone of the user device, an audio component of the media content. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein generating the one or more fingerprints comprises capturing, using a camera of the user device, a video component of the media content. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user-generated comment information comprises a text comment. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user-generated comment information comprises at least one comment selected from a group consisting of: an audio comment, a video content, and a photo comment. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein generating the tag further comprises associating user identification information with the timing information and the user-generated comment information. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein causing the remote server to store the tag comprises transmitting the timing information, the user-generated comment, and information identifying the media content to the remote server. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein transmitting the information identifying the media content comprises the one or more fingerprints. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating, based on the tag, a snippet that comprises the segment of the media content; and   storing, in a snippet storage database, the snippet in association with the user-generated comment.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 displaying, by a display device of the user device, a playlist comprising the tag;   receiving, by a user input device, a user input selecting the tag; and   responsive to the user input selecting the tag, displaying the snippet and the user-generated comment information on the display device of the user device.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 matching the one or more fingerprints with one or more reference fingerprints stored in a fingerprint database; 
 responsive to matching the one or more fingerprints with the one or more reference fingerprints, retrieving metadata associated with the one or more reference fingerprints; and 
 storing the tag in association with the metadata. 
 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising: sharing the tag with users in a user group specified in sharing primitives stored with the tag. 
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon, program instructions that when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
 receiving a user command to tag a segment of a stream of media content;   generating one or more fingerprints for the segment of the media content;   determining, based on the one or more fingerprints, timing information for the segment in the media content;   receiving, from a user, user-generated comment information;   responsive to receiving the user-generated comment information, generating a tag comprising an association between the user-generated comment information and the timing information for the segment; and   causing a remote server to store the tag comprising the user-generated comment information and the timing information associated with the user-generated comment information.   
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 13 , wherein generating the one or more fingerprints comprises causing a microphone to capture an audio component of the media content. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 13 , wherein generating the one or more fingerprints comprises causing a camera to capture a video component of the media content. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 13 , wherein the user-generated comment information comprises a text comment. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 13 , wherein generating the tag further comprises associating user identification information with the timing information and the user-generated comment information. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 13 , wherein causing the remote server to store the tag comprises transmitting the timing information, the user-generated comment, and information identifying the media content to the remote server. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 generating, based on the tag, a snippet that comprises the segment of the media content; and   storing, in a snippet storage database, the snippet in association with the user-generated comment.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 13 , further comprising: sharing the tag with users in a user group specified in sharing primitives stored with the tag.