公开(公告)号：US11734289B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17848829

申请日：2022-06-24

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Nathan Leslie Sandland ,  Jason Bayer ,  Cheol Ho Park

IPC: G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/48 ,  G06F16/84 ,  G06F16/245 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/951 ,  G06F16/955 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/2453

CPC classification number: G06F16/24578 ,  G06F16/245 ,  G06F16/24534 ,  G06F16/285 ,  G06F16/48 ,  G06F16/86 ,  G06F16/951 ,  G06F16/955 ,  G06F16/9535

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing a media search engine are provided. In some implementations, a method for searching for content is provided, the method comprising: receiving a media search query for media assets; identifying web search results from a corpus of web resources that are responsive to the media search query, wherein each of the web search results has an associated relevancy score; determining keyword information and contextual information from a subset of the web search results, wherein the subset of the web search results is selected from the web search results based on the associated relevancy score and wherein media entities are determined from at least a portion of the keyword information and the contextual information; assigning a topic score for the each of the media entities based on occurrence in the web search results; selecting at least one media entity from the media entities based on the topic score; identifying media assets from a corpus of media assets based at least in part on the selected media entity; and causing a subset of the media assets to be presented to a user in response to the media search query.

公开(公告)号：US20220318257A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17848829

申请日：2022-06-24

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Nathan Leslie Sandland ,  Jason Bayer ,  Cheol Ho Park

IPC: G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/48 ,  G06F16/84 ,  G06F16/245 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/951 ,  G06F16/955 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/2453

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing a media search engine are provided. In some implementations, a method for searching for content is provided, the method comprising: receiving a media search query for media assets; identifying web search results from a corpus of web resources that are responsive to the media search query, wherein each of the web search results has an associated relevancy score; determining keyword information and contextual information from a subset of the web search results, wherein the subset of the web search results is selected from the web search results based on the associated relevancy score and wherein media entities are determined from at least a portion of the keyword information and the contextual information; assigning a topic score for the each of the media entities based on occurrence in the web search results; selecting at least one media entity from the media entities based on the topic score; identifying media assets from a corpus of media assets based at least in part on the selected media entity; and causing a subset of the media assets to be presented to a user in response to the media search query.

公开(公告)号：US11140443B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-05

申请号：US16912592

申请日：2020-06-25

Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

Inventor： Michael Verrilli ,  Nathan Leslie Sandland

IPC: G04F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/81 ,  G06F40/211

Abstract: Features of various implementations are used to enable identifying and presenting, in real time, Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program concurrently playing on a television or display, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, the process of identifying Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program is enabled to reduce communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box and/or television integrated device, thereby reducing the need for one or more provider specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a computer-implemented method of identifying a media program by capturing display data from the media program, and extracting information from the display data in response to determining that the display data includes a program information overlay associated with the media program.

公开(公告)号：US20210258639A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US17313374

申请日：2021-05-06

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Vincent Dureau ,  Nathan Leslie Sandland

IPC: H04N21/44 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/4227 ,  H04N21/432 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/658

Abstract: Features of various implementations are used to control operation of a second electronic device from a first electronic device using indirect control methods and optical character recognition. In some implementations, communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box is configured in order to avoid the need for one or more provider-specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a method of identifying commands that can be used to control one or more features of a primary set-top box (e.g., DVR or VOD features) by a supplemental set-top box issuing commands to the primary set-top box via a wireless (e.g., IR) transmitter, and then using optical character recognition to identify the outcomes of those commands as displayed on a primary TV display or secondary display.

公开(公告)号：US20200329275A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-15

申请号：US16912592

申请日：2020-06-25

Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

Inventor： Michael Verrilli ,  Nathan Leslie Sandland

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/81 ,  G06F40/211

Abstract: Features of various implementations are used to enable identifying and presenting, in real time, Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program concurrently playing on a television or display, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, the process of identifying Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program is enabled to reduce communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box and/or television integrated device, thereby reducing the need for one or more provider specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a computer-implemented method of identifying a media program by capturing display data from the media program, and extracting information from the display data in response to determining that the display data includes a program information overlay associated with the media program.

公开(公告)号：US20200242124A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：US16846736

申请日：2020-04-13

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Nathan Leslie Sandland ,  Jason Bayer ,  Cheol Ho Park

IPC: G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/2453 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/955 ,  G06F16/951 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/245 ,  G06F16/84 ,  G06F16/48

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing a media search engine are provided. In some implementations, a method for searching for content is provided, the method comprising: receiving a media search query for media assets; identifying web search results from a corpus of web resources that are responsive to the media search query, wherein each of the web search results has an associated relevancy score; determining keyword information and contextual information from a subset of the web search results, wherein the subset of the web search results is selected from the web search results based on the associated relevancy score and wherein media entities are determined from at least a portion of the keyword information and the contextual information; assigning a topic score for the each of the media entities based on occurrence in the web search results; selecting at least one media entity from the media entities based on the topic score; identifying media assets from a corpus of media assets based at least in part on the selected media entity; and causing a subset of the media assets to be presented to a user in response to the media search query.

公开(公告)号：US10237612B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-19

申请号：US15727394

申请日：2017-10-06

Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

Inventor： Michael Verrilli ,  Nathan Leslie Sandland

IPC: G06F17/27 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4782

Abstract: Features of various implementations are used to enable identifying and presenting, in real time, Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program concurrently playing on a television or display, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, the process of identifying Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program is enabled to reduce communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box and/or television integrated device, thereby reducing the need for one or more provider specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a computer-implemented method of identifying a media program by capturing display data from the media program, and extracting information from the display data in response to determining that the display data includes a program information overlay associated with the media program.

公开(公告)号：US12225263B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US18233608

申请日：2023-08-14

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Vincent Dureau ,  Nathan Leslie Sandland

IPC: H04N21/44 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/4227 ,  H04N21/432 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/658

Abstract: Features of various implementations are used to control operation of a second electronic device from a first electronic device using indirect control methods and optical character recognition. In some implementations, communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box is configured in order to avoid the need for one or more provider-specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a method of identifying commands that can be used to control one or more features of a primary set-top box (e.g., DVR or VOD features) by a supplemental set-top box issuing commands to the primary set-top box via a wireless (e.g., IR) transmitter, and then using optical character recognition to identify the outcomes of those commands as displayed on a primary TV display or secondary display.

公开(公告)号：US11917242B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17492881

申请日：2021-10-04

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Michael Verrilli ,  Nathan Leslie Sandland

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/81 ,  G06F40/211

CPC classification number: H04N21/44204 ,  G06F40/211 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/4828 ,  H04N21/8153

Abstract: Features of various implementations are used to enable identifying and presenting, in real time, Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program concurrently playing on a television or display, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, the process of identifying Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program is enabled to reduce communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box and/or television integrated device, thereby reducing the need for one or more provider specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a computer-implemented method of identifying a media program by capturing display data from the media program, and extracting information from the display data in response to determining that the display data includes a program information overlay associated with the media program.

公开(公告)号：US20230388582A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

申请号：US18233608

申请日：2023-08-14

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Vincent Dureau ,  Nathan Leslie Sandland

IPC: H04N21/44 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/4227 ,  H04N21/432 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/658

CPC classification number: H04N21/44008 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04N21/4227 ,  H04N21/4325 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/6582

Abstract: Features of various implementations are used to control operation of a second electronic device from a first electronic device using indirect control methods and optical character recognition. In some implementations, communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box is configured in order to avoid the need for one or more provider-specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a method of identifying commands that can be used to control one or more features of a primary set-top box (e.g., DVR or VOD features) by a supplemental set-top box issuing commands to the primary set-top box via a wireless (e.g., IR) transmitter, and then using optical character recognition to identify the outcomes of those commands as displayed on a primary TV display or secondary display.