METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTIVE PLAYBACK AND ATTENUATION OF AUDIO BASED ON USER PREFERENCE

    公开(公告)号:US20240373089A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-07

    申请号:US18768364

    申请日:2024-07-10

    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for providing to filter unwanted sounds from a media asset. Voice profiles of a first character and a second character are generated based on a first voice signal and a second voice signal received from the media device during a presentation. The user provides a selection to avoid a certain sound or voice in association with the second character. During a presentation of the media asset, a second audio segment is analyzed to determine, based on the voice profile of the second character, whether the second voice signal includes the voice of a second character. If so, the second voice signal output characteristics are adjusted to reduce the sound.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING FIRST USER SUBSCRIPTION

    公开(公告)号:US20240340493A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18746795

    申请日:2024-06-18

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a customized media asset to incentivize a first user to subscribe to a subscription service. A first user provides their subscription access information to a media provider. In response to receiving the subscription access information, the media provider determines whether the subscription access information is from an account subscribed for a trial period. If the account is subscribed for the trial period, the media provider presents a plurality of media assets for selection to the first user, receives a selection of a media asset available from the subscription service, generates a customized media asset based on a media asset consumption profile of the first user, wherein the customized media asset includes a segment from an additional media asset different from the selected media asset, and presents to the first user the customized media asset instead of the selected media asset.

    Intelligent delivery and playout to prevent stalling in video streaming

    公开(公告)号:US12063260B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US17899732

    申请日:2022-08-31

    Inventor: Tao Chen Reda Harb

    CPC classification number: H04L65/612 H04L65/752 H04N21/44004 H04N21/44209

    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to mitigate stalling of streaming content due to rebuffering so that, e.g., the content consumer does not experience gaps in playback. In some embodiments, by buffering streaming content simultaneously at two bitrate levels—e.g., one of the lowest bitrates and a better-quality bitrate, within the bandwidth limitations—rebuffering-caused gaps in playback of a higher quality (HQ) stream may be filled with a lower quality (LQ) stream. For instance, client-side dual buffers may store n segments from the HQ stream during a given time and a multiple of n number of segments from the LQ stream, thus allowing for many of the LQ segments to be output if the HQ stream is rebuffering. If a segment of content is beginning to be played back as an LQ segment, there is no reason to buffer the same segment from the HQ stream. Moreover, after a segment of content is played back (or decoded) as either HQ or LQ, the corresponding HQ segment and/or LQ segment may be discarded from the dual buffer, e.g., to create buffer space for upcoming segments.

    DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AND HIGHLIGHTING REFERENCES TO CONTENT SEGMENTS IN VIDEOS RELATED TO A MAIN VIDEO THAT IS BEING WATCHED

    公开(公告)号:US20240259631A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18436414

    申请日:2024-02-08

    CPC classification number: H04N21/44 H04N21/462

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying related media content items. First media content item is outputted on a device. A user interface input requesting media content related to the first media content item is received. Metadata is accessed for a portion of the first media content item within a predetermined time period away from a pause position of the first media content item to identify topic keyword. An offer to interrupt the first media content item to output content related to the topic keyword is displayed. In response to offer's acceptance, a portion of an identified related media content item that is associated with the identified topic keyword is identified. The portion of the identified related media content item is transmitted for display while the media content is paused. The device then resumes displaying the media content item.

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