405 patents
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Utility
Content-modification system with use of multiple fingerprint data types feature
26 Sep 23
In one aspect, a method includes receiving first query fingerprint data representing first content channeled through a portion of a content-distribution system.
Andrew Laurence Ashbacher, Steven Michael Cormie, John L. Haynes, III, Stefan Matthijs Maris
Filed: 9 Aug 22
Utility
Dynamic collection and reporting of customer premises context information in response to predicted emergency event
19 Sep 23
A method and system for collecting context information in response to prediction of an emergency event.
Sunil Ramesh, Charles Brian Pinkerton, Mark Robins, Anthony Wood
Filed: 8 Jul 22
Utility
Modifying playback of replacement content based on control messages
19 Sep 23
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) identifying, by a playback device, a media device based on a control message received from the media device by way of an audio and/or video interface, where the media device provides media content to the playback device; (ii) providing, by the playback device, replacement media content for display; (iii) determining, by the playback device, that while the playback device is displaying the replacement media content a remote control transmitted an instruction to the identified media device; (iv) determining, by the playback device, a playback-modification action corresponding to the instruction and the identified media device; and (v) modifying, by the playback device, playback of the replacement media content in accordance with the playback-modification action.
Kurt R. Thielen, Peter Dunker, Markus K. Cremer, Steven D. Scherf, Shashank Merchant
Filed: 26 Jan 22
Utility
Demographic classification of media accounts based on media content data
19 Sep 23
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for classifying media accounts of a media system into different demographic buckets based on media content data associated with the media accounts, where media content associated with a media account can be accessed by a plurality of members in a household of the media account.
Soudipta Das, Venkata Yerubandi, Ricardo Vasqez-Sierra, Bhaskar Parvathaneni, Mithal Kothari, Gregory Enriquez, Raghavendra Sunku
Filed: 15 Sep 21
Utility
Synchronization of multimedia content presentation across multiple devices in a watch party
12 Sep 23
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for synchronizing the simultaneous presentation of multimedia content across multiple devices.
Timothy Raul Huertas, Viktor Sergiienko, Jeffrey Paul Anderson
Filed: 5 Nov 21
Utility
Dynamic replacement of objectionable content in linear content streams
12 Sep 23
A method and system for controlling whether to have a content-presentation device dynamically replace a modifiable content segment, such as a replaceable ad, that is upcoming on a channel being received by the content-presentation device.
Matthew Grover, Nick Hammett
Filed: 3 Sep 21
Utility
Monitoring loudness level during media replacement event using shorter time constant
5 Sep 23
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) determining, by a playback device, a first loudness level of a first portion of first media content from a first source while the playback device presents the first media content, with the first portion having a first length; (ii) switching, by the playback device, from presenting the first media content from the first source to presenting second media content from a second source; (iii) based on the switching, determining, by the playback device, second loudness levels of second portions of the first media content while the playback device presents the second media content, with the second portions having a second length that is shorter than the first length; and (iv) while the playback device presents the second media content, adjusting, by the playback device, a volume of the playback device based on one or more of the second loudness levels.
Markus K. Cremer, Shashank Merchant, Robert Coover, Todd J. Hodges, Joshua Ernest Morris
Filed: 20 May 22
Utility
Server-side matching of supplemental content audio to perceived audio by end-user
5 Sep 23
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) determining, by a content-presentation device, a media-device loudness of content that is provided to the content-presentation device by a media device; (ii) sending, by the content-presentation device to a computing system, a request for supplemental content for use in connection with performing a content-modification operation during a content-modification opportunity, with the request including an indication of the media-device loudness; (iii) based on sending the request, receiving, by the content-presentation device from the computing system, a version of a supplemental content segment having a loudness corresponding to the media-device loudness, with the version of the supplemental content segment selected from among multiple versions of the supplemental content segment having different respective loudnesses; (iv) and performing, by the content-presentation device, the content-modification operation using the version of the supplemental content segment.
Matthew Grover
Filed: 11 Jun 21
Utility
Rendering a dynamic endemic banner on streaming platforms using content recommendation systems
5 Sep 23
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for utilizing a content recommendation system powering a streaming media publisher channel to enhance an ad creative being shown to the user via awareness or performance campaigns.
Rohit Mahto, Kelly Lee, Madhulika Taneja, Mehul Sanghavi
Filed: 11 May 22
Utility
Dynamic configuration of display controller based on configuration of connected display panel
5 Sep 23
A method and system to dynamically configure a display controller based on configuration of a display panel with which the display controller is connected.
Rajesh Murthi, Erwin B. Bellers, Paul Nangeroni, Adil Jagmag
Filed: 28 Feb 22
Utility
Actor-replacement system for videos
5 Sep 23
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) estimating, using a skeletal detection model, a pose of an original actor for each of multiple frames of a video; (ii) obtaining, for each of a plurality of the estimated poses, a respective image of a replacement actor; (iii) obtaining replacement speech in the replacement actor's voice that corresponds to speech of the original actor in the video; (iv) generating, using the estimated poses, the images of the replacement actor, and the replacement speech, synthetic frames corresponding to the multiple frames of the video that depict the replacement actor in place of the original actor, with the synthetic frames including facial expressions for the replacement actor that temporally align with the replacement speech; and (iv) combining the synthetic frames and the replacement speech so as to obtain a synthetic video that replaces the original actor with the replacement actor.
Sunil Ramesh, Michael Cutter, Karina Levitian
Filed: 6 Dec 22
Utility
Content-modification system with responsive transmission of reference fingerprint data feature
22 Aug 23
In one aspect, a method is for use in connection with a content-modification system that includes a content-distribution system and a content-presentation device.
Andrew Laurence Ashbacher, Steven Michael Cormie, Joel Michael Curl, John L. Haynes, III
Filed: 8 May 20
Utility
Media content identification on mobile devices
22 Aug 23
A mobile device responds in real time to media content presented on a media device, such as a television.
Mihailo M. Stojancic, Jose Pio Pereira, Peter Wendt, Shashank Merchant, Sunil Suresh Kulkarni
Filed: 18 Apr 22
Utility
Providing energy-efficient features using human presence detection
22 Aug 23
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for the detection of human presence in an energy efficient manner using a plurality of sensors such as those of a battery-powered device such as a television remote, and a device with a processor, such as a television.
Jan Neerbek, Rafal Krzysztof Malewski, Brian Thoft Moth Møller, Paul Nangeroni, Amalavoyal Narasimha Chari
Filed: 13 May 20
Utility
Dynamic tone mapping
22 Aug 23
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for dynamic tone mapping of video content.
Sheng Yuan Chiu, Kunlung Wu
Filed: 24 Nov 21
Utility
Automatic audio source selection system
15 Aug 23
System, method, and various embodiments for providing an automatic audio source selection system are described herein.
Sheldon Thane Radford, Sahiba Johar, Alistair Rodger
Filed: 21 Oct 20
Utility
Media content identification on mobile devices
15 Aug 23
A mobile device responds in real time to media content presented on a media device, such as a television.
Mihailo M. Stojancic, Sunil Suresh Kulkarni, Shashank Merchant, Jose Pio Pereira, Oleksiy Bolgarov
Filed: 14 Jun 19
Utility
Media channel identification and action, with disambiguation through client-side fingerprint matching of channel-specific icon
8 Aug 23
Disclosed is a method that includes a media presentation device (i) generating query fingerprint data representing video frames of a channel being rendered by the media presentation device, and transmitting the generated query fingerprint data from the device over a network to a server, (ii) responsive to transmitting the query fingerprint data to the server, receiving, from the server, channel-icon fingerprint data representing channel icons of multiple channels selected based at least on the server having detected that the query fingerprint data representing the video frames of the channel being rendered by the media presentation device matches the reference fingerprint data representing the frames of the multiple channels of video content, and (iii) responsive to receiving the channel-icon fingerprint data from the server, performing channel-icon fingerprint matching to determine which channel in the multiple channels is the channel being rendered by the media presentation device.
Andreas Schmidt, Shashank Merchant, Markus Kurt Peter Cremer
Filed: 16 Dec 21
Utility
Method and system for use of earlier and/or later single-match as basis to disambiguate channel multi-match with non-matching programs
8 Aug 23
A computing system detects a channel multi-match with non-matching programs, based on fingerprint-based ACR analysis of digital fingerprint data representing a channel rendered by a content presentation device.
Raghavendra Sunku, Jaehyung Lee, Virginie Debelair, Peter Dunker
Filed: 27 Sep 19
Utility
Content-modification system with multiple video buffers feature
8 Aug 23
In one aspect, a method includes transmitting a request for supplemental content for use by a content-presentation device that is scheduled to perform a content-modification operation at a start-time and, in response to the request: receiving, into a first buffer of the content-presentation device, first supplemental content having a first video quality that is higher than or equal to a predefined threshold, and receiving, into a second, different buffer of the content-presentation device, second supplemental content having a second video quality lower than the predefined threshold.
Matthew George Grover
Filed: 31 May 22