公开(公告)号：US20230035651A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17961653

申请日：2022-10-07

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Binny Asarikuniyil ,  Megha Venugopal

IPC: H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06N20/00 ,  H04N21/466

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, applying first data associated with a first content item to a model to generate first classification characteristics, analyzing the first classification characteristics to generate a first marker, wherein the first marker delineates a first location of inventory within the first content item, selecting a first creative to populate a portion of the inventory, and populating, based on the selecting, the portion of the inventory with the first creative. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11558649B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US17541472

申请日：2021-12-03

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Binny Asarikuniyil

IPC: H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/21 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/437 ,  H04N21/472

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from a streaming application, a listing of media content items provided by the streaming application to a first device of a first user, determining a priority set of the media content items of the listing of media content items according to relative demand profiles of a plurality of media content items, for each priority media content item of the priority set of the media content items, providing the priority media content item to an edge server of a set of edge servers accessible to the first device, updating edge server location information associated with the priority media content item, and providing the edge server location information to the streaming application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20220286744A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17194530

申请日：2021-03-08

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Megha Venugopal ,  Binny Asarikuniyil

IPC: H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/4545 ,  H04N21/466 ,  G06N20/00 ,  H04N21/235

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining media content that comprises a group of scenes, analyzing each of the group of scenes of the media content utilizing an image recognition technique based on a scene criteria, and identifying a first scene of the group of scenes based on the analysis. Further embodiments include generating metadata associated with the first scene according to the scene criteria, and providing the media content and the metadata to a media processor. In addition, the media processor detects the metadata, adjusts the media content according to the metadata, and presents the adjusted media content on a display communicatively coupled to the media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20220132210A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17081978

申请日：2020-10-27

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Megha Venugopal ,  Binny Asarikuniyil

IPC: H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/475

Abstract: A method for providing a personalized media stream includes receiving a signal from a user to launch a personalized media stream, determining a current time, identifying a first time slot of a schedule into which the current time falls, identifying a first channel that is associated with the first time slot, wherein viewing history for the user indicates that the user has viewed the first channel during the first time slot in the past, automatically tuning the display device to the first channel in response to the signal, receiving, subsequent to the automatically tuning, a command from the user to pause a program playing on the first channel, identifying a second channel associated with a second time slot, wherein the second time slot occurs later in time that the first time slot, and buffering a portion of a program being shown on the second channel during the second time slot.

公开(公告)号：US11589115B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US17194126

申请日：2021-03-05

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Megha Venugopal ,  Binny Asarikuniyil

IPC: H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/466

Abstract: An example method includes receiving a selection of a media content, applying customized parental control rules associated with a user to the media content, providing a notification to apply a parental control associated with the customized parental control rules to the media content, receiving a confirmation to apply the parental control, and controlling the media content in accordance with the parental control that is applied.

公开(公告)号：US20220286742A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17194126

申请日：2021-03-05

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Megha Venugopal ,  Binny Asarikuniyil

IPC: H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/466

Abstract: An example method includes receiving a selection of a media content, applying customized parental control rules associated with a user to the media content, providing a notification to apply a parental control associated with the customized parental control rules to the media content, receiving a confirmation to apply the parental control, and controlling the media content in accordance with the parental control that is applied.

公开(公告)号：US20220155941A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US16952578

申请日：2020-11-19

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Binny Asarikuniyil

IPC: G06F3/0484 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first manifest that identifies a plurality of videos, wherein a first video included in the plurality of videos is hosted by at least a first server and a second video included in the plurality of videos is hosted by a second server that is different from the first server, transmitting a first indication of a first selection of the first video, subsequent to the transmitting of the first indication of the first selection of the first video, obtaining a second manifest that identifies at least a first location of the first server on a network, and obtaining first data associated with the first video from a location identified by the second manifest. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210385516A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US16891483

申请日：2020-06-03

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Binny Asarikuniyil

IPC: H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/437 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/24

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from a streaming application, a listing of media content items provided by the streaming application to a first device of a first user, determining a priority set of the media content items of the listing of media content items according to relative demand profiles of a plurality of media content items, for each priority media content item of the priority set of the media content items, providing the priority media content item to an edge server of a set of edge servers accessible to the first device, updating edge server location information associated with the priority media content item, and providing the edge server location information to the streaming application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210266647A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US17315411

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Binny Asarikuniyil

IPC: H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2387

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first manifest file from a first server that includes first metadata that identifies a second server where a first portion of data associated with a content item is stored, responsive to the receiving of the first manifest file, determining that a trickplay command is received by a processing system, responsive to the determining that the trickplay command is received, generating or modifying a second manifest file to incorporate the first metadata, and obtaining the first portion of the data associated with the content item from the second server in accordance with the second manifest file. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20230239539A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US18190698

申请日：2023-03-27

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Megha Venugopal ,  Binny Asarikuniyil

IPC: H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/845

CPC classification number: H04N21/47217 ,  H04N21/8456 ,  H04N21/47205

Abstract: In one example, a method for providing content-aware progress bar includes receiving a command from a user via an input device to present a visual media on a display device, retrieving a progress bar associated with the visual media, wherein the progress bar includes a plurality of sections, and where each section of the plurality of sections corresponds to one scene of a plurality of scenes of the visual media, and wherein the each section visually indicates a type of content contained in the one scene, a location of the one scene in the visual media, and a duration of the one scene, presenting the visual media on the display device, and displaying the progress bar on the display device in a manner that is time-synchronized to the visual media.