Patent ID: 9407975
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a server, a first video; identifying, at the server, a first object of a first plurality of objects in the first video by receiving, at the server from a first computing device operated by a first user, an identification of a brand to be associated with the first object; storing, by the server, the first object and information identifying the brand associated with the first object in a database of pre-identified objects, wherein each of the pre-identified objects is associated with a set of characteristics, and wherein the set of characteristics includes the brand; receiving, at the server, a second video including a second plurality of objects; comparing, at the server, a second object of the second plurality of objects in the video with the pre-defined objects stored in the database; determining, at the server, whether the second object is similar to the first object; associating, at the server, the second object to the brand associated with the first object when the second object is determined to be similar to the first object; linking, at the server, the second object to at least one of an online e-commerce site that sells the brand associated with the second object or an advertisement based on the brand associated with second object; generating, at the server, a third video based on the second video, the third video including a selectable version of the second object; and providing, by the server, information for displaying the third video on a display device of a second computing device, wherein an input selection of the selectable version of the second object in the third video at the second computing device causes the server to provide information for causing the second computing device to display on the display device at least one of i) a link to the online e-commerce site that sells the second object, or ii) the advertisement based on the brand associated with the second object.