公开(公告)号：US20230139636A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-04

申请号：US17979127

申请日：2022-11-02

Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.

Inventor： Rajendran Pichaimurthy ,  Madhusudhan Seetharam ,  Harshith Kumar Gejjegondanahally Sreekanth

IPC: H04N21/266 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04L65/611 ,  H04L65/612

Abstract: The system and methods described aid content delivery by providing requested content using a hybrid delivery of unicast and multicast content. A content delivery system receives, from user equipment, a request for content and identifies multicast sources for the content. The content delivery system determines a recent multicast source from the multicast sources, the recent multicast source having begun more recently relative to the other sources. The content delivery system transmits, to the user equipment, an identity of the recent multicast source and provides a beginning portion of the content to the user equipment via a unicast stream.

公开(公告)号：US11523164B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：US17313355

申请日：2021-05-06

Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.

Inventor： Rajendran Pichaimurthy ,  Madhusudhan Seetharam ,  Harshith Kumar Gejjegondanahally Sreekanth

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04N21/266 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04L65/611 ,  H04L65/612 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04L67/306

Abstract: The system and methods described aid content delivery by providing requested content using a hybrid delivery of unicast and multicast content. A content delivery system receives, from user equipment, a request for content and identifies multicast sources for the content. The content delivery system determines a recent multicast source from the multicast sources, the recent multicast source having begun more recently relative to the other sources. The content delivery system transmits, to the user equipment, an identity of the recent multicast source and provides a beginning portion of the content to the user equipment via a unicast stream.

公开(公告)号：US11468071B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US16206385

申请日：2018-11-30

Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.

Inventor： Rajendran Pichaimurthy ,  Madhusudhan Seetharam ,  Harshith Kumar Gejjegondanahally Sreekanth

IPC: G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/2452 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G06F40/253 ,  G06F40/289 ,  G06F40/30

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing contextual search results. The system may receive a search query during presentation of a video. If the query is ambiguous, the system accesses some of the frames of the video. The frames are analyzed to identify a performed action depicted in the frames. The system retrieves a keyword related to the identified action. The ambiguous query is augmented with the keyword. The augmented search query is used to search for and output relevant search results.

公开(公告)号：US11437010B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US17252780

申请日：2018-10-29

Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.

Inventor： Madhusudhan Seetharam ,  Vikram Makam Gupta ,  Sahir Nasir

IPC: G10K11/178 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S7/00

Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively providing audio alerts via a speaker device are disclosed herein. A system plays first audio content through a speaker. A microphone captures second audio content comprising an alert. Output of the second audio content through the speaker is suppressed by using noise cancellation. The system identifies the alert within the second audio content and determines a priority level of the alert. The system determines, based on the priority level, that the alert should be reproduced, and audibly reproduces the alert via the speaker, with the first audio content or instead of the first audio content.

公开(公告)号：US20210256952A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US17252780

申请日：2018-10-29

Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.

Inventor： Madhusudhan Seetharam ,  Vikram Makam Gupta ,  Sahir Nasir

IPC: G10K11/178 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S7/00

Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively providing audio alerts via a speaker device are disclosed herein. A system plays first audio content through a speaker. A microphone captures second audio content comprising an alert. Output of the second audio content through the speaker is suppressed by using noise cancellation. The system identifies the alert within the second audio content and determines a priority level of the alert. The system determines, based on the priority level, that the alert should be reproduced, and audibly reproduces the alert via the speaker, with the first audio content or instead of the first audio content.

公开(公告)号：US20240256620A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18635750

申请日：2024-04-15

Applicant: Rovi Guides Inc.

Inventor： Prateek Varshney ,  Madhusudhan Seetharam ,  Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah

IPC: G06F16/9536 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/9537 ,  G06F16/9538

CPC classification number: G06F16/9536 ,  G06F9/453 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/9537 ,  G06F16/9538

Abstract: Methods and systems for processing subjective queries are described. A query is received from a user. The method involves determining whether the query is subjective. In response to determining that the query is subjective, a plurality of people qualified to answer the query are identified. Moreover, a subset of the plurality of people who are available to answer the query are identified, and the query is transmitted to the subset of people available to answer the query. The received responses to the transmitted query from each of the people in the subset are then generated for display.

公开(公告)号：US12046229B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US18238231

申请日：2023-08-25

Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.

Inventor： Vikram Makam Gupta ,  Prateek Varshney ,  Madhusudhan Seetharam ,  Ashish Kumar Srivastava ,  Harshith Kumar Gejjegondanahally Sreekanth

IPC: G10L13/08 ,  G06F40/205 ,  G06F40/279 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L13/033 ,  H04M1/72433 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04M1/72442

CPC classification number: G10L13/08 ,  G06F40/205 ,  G06F40/279 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L13/033 ,  H04M1/72433 ,  H04W68/005 ,  H04M1/72442 ,  H04M2201/39

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing notifications without breaking media immersion. A notification delivery application receives notification data while a media device provides a media asset. In response to receiving the notification data while the media device provides the media asset, the notification delivery application generates a voice model based on a voice detected in the media asset. The notification delivery application converts the notification data to synthesized speech using the voice model and generates, by the media device, the synthesized speech for output at an appropriate point in the media asset based on contextual features of the media asset.

公开(公告)号：US20240185826A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18530469

申请日：2023-12-06

Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.

Inventor： Madhusudhan Seetharam ,  Vikram Makam Gupta ,  Sahir Nasir

IPC: G10K11/178 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S7/00

CPC classification number: G10K11/17837 ,  G10K11/17823 ,  G10K11/17827 ,  G10K11/17883 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S7/40 ,  G10K2210/1081

Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively providing audio alerts via a speaker device are disclosed herein. A system plays first audio content through a speaker. A microphone captures second audio content comprising an alert. Output of the second audio content through the speaker is suppressed by using noise cancellation. The system identifies the alert within the second audio content and determines a priority level of the alert. The system determines, based on the priority level, that the alert should be reproduced, and audibly reproduces the alert via the speaker, with the first audio content or instead of the first audio content.

公开(公告)号：US20240121478A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-11

申请号：US18545354

申请日：2023-12-19

Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.

Inventor： Shyak Das ,  Vikram Makam Gupta ,  Muthukumar Lakshmipathi ,  Madhusudhan Seetharam

IPC: H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/466

CPC classification number: H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4663 ,  H04N21/4668

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a content item based on a difference between a user confidence score and a confidence score are disclosed. For example, a system generates for output a first content item. While the first content item is being outputted, the system receives user data via sensors of a device. The system determines a user confidence score based on the user data and metadata of the first content item. The user confidence score indicates a user's perceived probability of an event occurring in the future. The system calculates a prediction score which estimates the likelihood of the event occurring in the future. In response to determining that the difference between the user confidence score and the prediction score exceeds a threshold, the system selects a second content item related to the event and generates for output a recommendation comprising an identifier of the second content item.

公开(公告)号：US20240046943A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18376716

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.

Inventor： Rajendran Pichaimurthy ,  Madhusudhan Seetharam

IPC: G10L21/0208 ,  G10L21/0272 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M3/56 ,  H04M3/42 ,  G10L25/84

CPC classification number: G10L21/0208 ,  G10L21/0272 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M3/568 ,  H04M3/42068 ,  G10L25/84 ,  H04M2203/5072 ,  G10L2021/02087

Abstract: To filter unwanted sounds from a conference call, a first voice signal is captured by a first device during a conference call and converted into corresponding text, which is then analyzed to determine that a first portion of the text was spoken by a first user and a second portion of the text was spoken by a second user. If the first user is relevant to the conference call while the second user is not, the first voice signal is prevented from being transmitted into the conference call, the first portion of text is converted into a second voice signal using a voice profile of the first user to synthesize the voice of the first user, and the second voice signal is then transmitted into the conference call. The second portion of text is not converted into a voice signal, as the second user is determined not to be relevant.