Patent ID: 9451001
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method to annotate Playable Media Files in a social network having a plurality of members, comprising: receiving by a member of said social network a Playable Media File; creating by said member of said social network an annotation relating to said Playable Media File; providing said annotation by said member of said social network to a network server; providing a data profile by said member of said social network to said network server, wherein said data profile comprises a location in said Playable Media File where said annotation should be embedded; embedding by said network server said annotation in the Playable Media File at said location; determining by said network server if said annotation is a first annotation submitted for said Playable media File; if said annotation is not a first annotation submitted for said Playable Media File, encoding said data profile in a previously-created table of contents for said Playable Media File; if said annotation is a first annotation submitted for said Playable Media File: creating a table of contents by said network server for said Playable Media File; encoding by said network server said data profile in said table of contents; wherein said Playable Media File is selected from the group consisting of an audio file, a video file, an audiovisual file, slide show, AVI file, MP3 file, MP4 file, WMA file, WAV file, Flash, MPEG file.