Patent ID: 7716572

Claim:
A computerized method for making a new music video from a pre-existing music video, said new music video and pre-existing music video both including a music track and a visual track, said method including: a) a first phase including: (i) annotating the pre-existing music video by a first user to obtain location data defining the locations of a plurality of temporal sections within the pre-existing music video, and (ii) associating a respective modification priority value with each of said plurality of temporal sections; and b) a second phase in which the new music video is created by: (i) a second user indicating a collection of additional visual data, (ii) for at least one of said temporal sections of the pre-existing music video, automatically selecting at least one respective element from the indicated collection of additional visual data, (iii) automatically selecting at least one of said plurality of temporal sections based on the respective modification priority values of said temporal sections and automatically modifying the visual track of said at least one of said plurality of temporal sections of the pre-existing music video using the respective at least one selected element from the collection of additional visual data to form at least one modified visual track section; and (iv) automatically combining said at least one modified visual track section with other sections of the visual track of the pre-existing music video and the music track of the pre-existing music video to form the new music video, said music track of the new music video being said music track of the pre-existing video, and said visual track of the new music video incorporating said other sections of the visual track of the pre-existing music video, said other sections of the visual track of the pre-existing music video having the same timing with respect to the music track in the new music video as in the pre-existing music-video.