公开(公告)号：US20200213671A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16731960

申请日：2019-12-31

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： ROBERT DREW MAJOR ,  STEVEN CASAGRANDE

IPC: H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/44

Abstract: “Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to presentation time stamp (PTS) or other time markers.

公开(公告)号：US20230217073A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18181343

申请日：2023-03-09

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： ROBERT DREW MAJOR ,  STEVEN CASAGRANDE

IPC: H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/44

CPC classification number: H04N21/4542 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/234345 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/454

Abstract: “Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to presentation time stamp (PTS) or other time markers.

公开(公告)号：US20210281923A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-09

申请号：US16808690

申请日：2020-03-04

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： ROBERT DREW MAJOR

IPC: H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/442

Abstract: Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate the streaming of commercial content in a video streaming system. Various embodiments facilitate the improved delivery of commercial content in a video streaming system by providing the ability to shift content to allow multiple relatively short commercials to be replaced with one or more longer commercials. As an example, a program channel is monitored to detect commercial content that has a first timespan. This commercial content is replaced with replacement commercial content that has a different timespan. The timing of the video stream is then adjusted to compensate for the difference in the timespan. For example, by monitoring the program channel to detect later commercial content that also has a timespan less than a threshold amount and then skipping this later detected commercial content.

公开(公告)号：US20200213673A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16732042

申请日：2019-12-31

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： ROBERT DREW MAJOR ,  STEVEN CASAGRANDE

IPC: H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/442

Abstract: “Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to anchor points or other references in the programming itself.