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A method for controlling a treadmill using a workout video comprising receiving a workout video at a treadmill comprising a display, an endless belt, one or more actuators configured to control a speed and incline of the endless belt, and one or more processors. The method may also include displaying, by the one or more processors, the workout video on the display, wherein the workout video includes audio of a song, text of lyrics of the song, and an indication of progress through the lyrics. The method may also include controlling, by the one or more processors, actuators of the treadmill according to control signals associated with the workout video.

Methods and systems of creating a collaborative video for a recipient are disclosed. A video stitching server may receive a collaborative video request from a collaborative video application running on an initiator's mobile device. The video stitching server may store the collaborative video request in a folder that has an identifier. The identifier may be provided to potential contributors. The video stitching server may receive contributor video information—including contributor videos and the identifier—from contributors' collaborative video applications and may store the contributor videos in the folder based on the identifier. The video stitching server may then stitch together at least two videos stored in the folder to create a collaborative video and may deliver the collaborative video to the collaborative video application running on a recipient's mobile device.

The present application describes platform containing a dynamic multilayered media structure which is generated by aggregation of media pieces into a plurality of media layers. The platform allows users to interact with media layers of the dynamic multilayered media structure independently of one another. The platform further provides for a dynamic, customized media channel lineup and a user account that allows individual media pieces within the dynamic multilayered media structure to play across separate devices that are linked to the account. The user account allows for inputs including real-time controls over the media, interaction, preferences, adding additional media content, editing media into a condensed form, and curation options with the dynamic multilayered media structure.

Provided is a disk device, a control method for a disk device, and a program, which enable a rotational latency to be minimized to access a next logical block address (LBA) regardless of which head is used for access in a disk device having a plurality of heads. The disk device of an embodiment includes a storage unit that stores a table in which a track skew value for each head is stored, and a control unit that reads out a track skew value corresponding to a head that is an object of operation from the table and performs track control.

A method includes: accessing an interactive digital ad including a sequence of frames; and compiling the sequence of frames into an image file. This method includes, at an electronic document on a computing device: rendering a first region of the image file within a first overlay; in response to a first scroll event locating an ad slot, at a first vertical position within the electronic document, into the viewing window, rendering a second region of the image file within the ad slot; and, in response to a second scroll event moving the ad slot over a sequence of vertical positions above the first vertical position within the viewing window, rendering a sequence of regions of the image file within the ad slot, the sequence of regions of the image file corresponding to the sequence of vertical positions.

A first playback device is configured to (i) place audio frames representative of audio content in a buffer, each frame including respective playback timing information identifying a time to play back the audio frame, (ii) transmit the audio frames in the buffer to a second playback device, (iii) receive a command to adjust playback of the audio content, (iv) based on the command, identify a range of audio frames previously transmitted, (v) select a new start time for the range of audio frames, (vi) cause the second playback device to update the playback timing information for each audio frame in the range based on the new start time, (vii) update, in the buffer, the playback timing information for each audio frame in the range based on the new start time, and (viii) play back the audio content in synchrony with the second playback device based on the updated playback timing information.

Methods and systems of creating a collaborative video for a recipient are disclosed. A video stitching server may receive a collaborative video request from a collaborative video application running on an initiator's mobile device. The video stitching server may store the collaborative video request in a folder that has an identifier. The identifier may be provided to potential contributors. The video stitching server may receive contributor video information—including contributor videos and the identifier—from contributors' collaborative video applications and may store the contributor videos in the folder based on the identifier. The video stitching server may then stitch together at least two videos stored in the folder to create a collaborative video and may deliver the collaborative video to the collaborative video application miming on a recipient's mobile device.

To provide a cartridge management device, a cartridge management system, an operation method of the cartridge management device, and a program that can inhibit unauthorized reuse of a magnetic tape cartridge.SOLUTION: When no registered information indicating that a cartridge has been registered in a cartridge management system is stored in a cartridge memory provided in the cartridge, a library controller equipped with a storage performs first registration processing for registering the identification information identifying the cartridge and the registered information in the cartridge memory, overwrite prohibition processing for prohibiting overwriting the identification information and the registered information registered in the cartridge memory, second registration processing for registering the identification information in the storage, and execution processing to read and write user data to and from the cartridge when the identification information stored in the storage and the identification information stored in the cartridge memory match.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

In other embodiments, a method to perform image-based searching may include receiving a group of images from a content owner; creating an index using the group of images; receiving a further image from a mobile computing device of a user; determining a correlation between the further image and the index; and / or directing the mobile computing device of the user to content of the content owner, responsive to the determining of the correlation.

One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.

Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for repetitive-motion activity enhancement based upon media content selection are provided. An example media-playback device for enhancement of a repetitive-motion activity includes a media-output device that plays media content items, a plurality of media content selection engines, and a repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine. The plurality of media content selection engines includes a cadence-based media content selection engine and an enhancement program engine. The cadence-based media content selection engine is configured to select media content items based on a cadence associated with the repetitive-motion activity. The enhancement program engine is configured to select a media content items according to an enhancement program for the repetitive-motion activity. The repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine is configured to select a media content selection engine from the plurality of engines and to cause the media-output device to playback media content items selected by the selected engine.

Multiple music samples and multiple images corresponding to the music samples can be stored in a database. The multiple music samples can be sorted in priority order. Information associated with the multiple music samples can be sent to a user device. The user device can display the multiple images corresponding to the multiple music samples in priority order. In response to receiving user input indicating the selection of an image from the multiple images, the user device can receive information indicating at least one video associated with a music sample. The user device can display at least one sample video image corresponding to at least one video associated with a music sample.

The present invention provides method for customizing video, said method comprisingthe steps of:determine original video, metadata which includes at least partial information to generate the new video file and parameter which effect / customize video content—in association to creating a new basic standard video file, wherein the partial information include at least an ID or link of the basic video original;upon opening the video the by a client player reading the metadata;checking metadata predefined conditions for playing the video as is;playing video as is in case the video initial condition are met;in case initial condition require user intervention prompting user to update the video rabbling user to input change in customization parameters data;in case user selected option of update providing the user option of update / edit the video Enabling user to input change in customization parameters data.

One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.

Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for repetitive-motion activity enhancement based upon media content selection are provided. An example media-playback device for enhancement of a repetitive-motion activity includes a media-output device that plays media content items, a plurality of media content selection engines, and a repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine. The plurality of media content selection engines includes a cadence-based media content selection engine and an enhancement program engine. The cadence-based media content selection engine is configured to select media content items based on a cadence associated with the repetitive-motion activity. The enhancement program engine is configured to select a media content items according to an enhancement program for the repetitive-motion activity. The repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine is configured to select a media content selection engine from the plurality of engines and to cause the media-output device to playback media content items selected by the selected engine.

A method and apparatus for synchronizing event media content including remote audio and video content recorded by spectator or fan users at an event performance, wherein the remote audio content is recorded from the speakers of the event performance and directly from source audio content recorded at the performance by originators, clubs, etc. The source audio content has higher quality than the remote audio content recorded by the spectators. The higher quality audio source content replaces the lower quality audio content recorded by the spectators. The resulting source audio / remote video media content provides a pure recording clear audio quality for the user's personalized event memento.

The invention relates to a method for managing a first stream (FX_1) and a second stream (FX_2), the first and second streams each being of audio or video type, the first stream (FX_1) being received as input by a device called the primary (D1) and the second stream (FX_2) being received as input by a device called the secondary (D2), the first stream (FX_1) and the second stream (FX_2) each being composed of one or more elements, the primary and secondary devices having storage means (M_1, M_2) configured to store each element of the first and second streams as well as an associated timecode (TC). Figure to be published with the abstract: Figure 1

A method includes: accessing an interactive digital ad including a sequence of frames; and compiling the sequence of frames into an image file. This method includes, at an electronic document on a computing device: rendering a first region of the image file within a first overlay; in response to a first scroll event locating an ad slot, at a first vertical position within the electronic document, into the viewing window, rendering a second region of the image file within the ad slot; and, in response to a second scroll event moving the ad slot over a sequence of vertical positions above the first vertical position within the viewing window, rendering a sequence of regions of the image file within the ad slot, the sequence of regions of the image file corresponding to the sequence of vertical positions.

A production method and device for multimedia works, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring a target audio and at least one piece of multimedia information, calculating the degree of match between the target audio and the multimedia information, sorting multimedia information on the basis of the degree of match in a descending order, assigning top-ranking multimedia information as target multimedia information; calculating the image quality of each image in the target multimedia information, sorting every image of the target multimedia information on the basis of image quality in a descending order, assigning the top-ranking images as target images; and synthesizing a multimedia work on the basis of the target images and the target audio. The method allows the acquisition of high-definition multimedia works in which the video content and background music match with each other, and reduces the time costs and costs of learning that a user spends on video editing.

The invention relates to a method for managing a first stream (FX_1) and a second stream (FX_2), the first and second streams each being of audio or video type, the first stream (FX_1) being received as input by a device called the primary (D1) and the second stream (FX_2) being received as input by a device called the secondary (D2), the first stream (FX_1) and the second stream (FX_2) each being composed of one or more elements, the primary and secondary devices having storage means (M_1, M_2) configured to store each element of the first and second streams as well as an associated timecode (TC). Figure to be published with the abstract: Figure 1

The disclosure relates to a method, an apparatus, a device and a product for adding an effect. The method comprises obtaining beat marker information of music of a video, the beat marker information indicating a change in a rhythm of the music. The method further comprises obtaining, variable-speed information for the video, the variable-speed information indicating a playback speed of each video segment of the video. In addition, the method further comprises adding an effect to the video based on the variable-speed information.

A method of providing media data from a media file to a media editing application, where the media editing application is arranged to receive a plurality of drivers, each driver being associated with a media file type, and request media data from a media file of a specified media file type using the driver associated with the specified media file type. The media editing application comprises a driver associated with a media file type, wherein each media file of the media file type is arranged to indicate a remote media server from which media data for the media file can be obtained. The method comprises the steps of: the media editing application requesting, from the driver, first media data from a media file; the driver requesting, from the remote media server indicated by the media file, the first media data; the driver receiving, from the remote media server, the first media data; and the driver sending, to the media editing application, the first media data.

Embodiments provide a fitness instruction program, e.g., video and / or audio, with licensed music. One such embodiment begins by receiving a music playlist including one or more metadata tags. The metadata tags correspond to time frames of a fitness instruction program. In turn, a music station for each time frame of the fitness instruction program is identified based on the one or more metadata tags. Randomized music from each identified music station is then transmitted for playback during each of the time frames of the fitness instruction program.

The present disclosure provides techniques for facilitating interactions via a video playing interface. The techniques comprise acquiring identification information of a first user and a video file, wherein the video file comprises an interaction label, the interaction label comprises identification information of an interaction object identified by a second user, and the interaction label is configured to enable the interaction object to perform an interaction action via the video playing interface; determining whether the first user is the interaction object; displaying the video playing interface that comprises a text box in response to determining that the first user is the interaction object; receiving interaction information inputted by the first user into the text box; and displaying an updated interaction label while playing a video corresponding to the video file in the video playing interface, wherein the updated interaction label comprises the interaction information.

According to one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a media composition for display on an electronic display device is obtained. The media composition includes a plurality of layers, with each layer including a visual element. The method also includes selecting at least some of the layers of the media composition to have a parallax effect applied thereto and determining an amount of total parallax effect to apply to the selected layers. Also, the method includes determining an appropriate amount of offset to apply to each of the selected layers on an individual basis and shifting the selected layers in one or more directions by their respective appropriate amounts. Moreover, the method includes displaying the media composition showing the parallax effect on the electronic display device.

The invention relates to a method, a device, equipment and a product for adding special effects. The method includes acquiring sticking point information of music of a video, wherein the sticking point information indicates a change in rhythm of the music. The method further includes obtaining speed change information for the video based on the sticking point information, where the speed change information indicates a playback rate for each video segment of the video. In addition, the method also includes adding a special effect to the video based on the speed change information.

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for automatically generating storyboards. A text including a plurality of sentences can be obtained. An image sequence corresponding to the plurality of sentences can be retrieved. The image sequence can be rendered to obtain a rendered image sequence. A storyboard including the rendered image sequence can be provided.

A digital content package includes first content comprising a video feature such as a motion picture or the like, and a user-selectable application configured to operate as follows. When activated using an icon off of a menu screen, the application records an identifier for scenes (discrete portions) of the first content that are selected by a user to generate a playlist. The user may select the scenes by indicating a start and end of each scene. The application saves the playlist locally, then uploads to a server. Via a user account at the server, a user may publish the playlist to a user-created distribution list, webpage, or other electronic publication, and modify the playlist by deleting or reordering scenes.

A multiple-actuator hard disk drive includes a first actuator associated with a first logical unit and configured to operate on a first set of disk surfaces, a second actuator associated with a second logical unit and configured to operate on a second set of disk surfaces greater than the first set, and a controller accessing a mapping of logical memory addresses to physical memory locations. The mapping maps the first logical unit to the physical memory locations of the first set of surfaces and a parasitic portion of the second set of surfaces, and maps the second logical unit to the physical memory locations of the second set of surfaces exclusive of the parasitic portion of the second set of surfaces. Thus, data transfer commands performed on the parasitic portion are executed by one actuator while credit is given to the logical unit associated with the other actuator.

The present application describes platform containing a dynamic multilayered media structure which is generated by aggregation of media pieces into a plurality of media layers. The platform allows users to interact with media layers of the dynamic multilayered media structure independently of one another. The platform further provides for a dynamic, customized media channel lineup and a user account that allows individual media pieces within the dynamic multilayered media structure to play across separate devices that are linked to the account. The user account allows for inputs including real-time controls over the media, interaction, preferences, adding additional media content, editing media into a condensed form, and curation options with the dynamic multilayered media structure.