Asynchronous video collaboration

Abstract

Video may be edited to include collaborations by users. Collaborations may be added to the video and associated with a span of the video. The span of the collaborations may be determined according to an action that is received from a user contemporaneously with the playback of the video. In some cases, the span of the collaborations may be determined automatically by analyzing the collaboration and the video frames to which the user initial added the collaborations. Analysis of the collaborations and video frame may be used to determine span criteria for the frames of the video that should be associated with the collaborations.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 presenting, in an electronic user interface, a base video;   responsive to receiving an indication of a collaboration action in the electronic user interface, identifying at least one of a frame of the base video and a region within the frame of the base video that is presented in the user interface contemporaneously with receiving the indication;   generating a collaboration for the base video based on a type of the collaboration action and a duration of the collaboration action; and   producing a collaboration video that includes the base video and the generated collaboration that commences at the identified at least one of the frame of the base video and the region of the frame of the base video and lasting for a duration based on the duration of the collaboration action.