DYNAMIC ITEM HIGHLIGHTING SYSTEM
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170134804A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-11

    申请号:US15415689

    申请日:2017-01-25

    Applicant: TiVo Inc.

    Inventor: Kirk D. Wong

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for highlighting a program listing in a set of program listings based on selection criteria. The selection criteria may indicate that the a broadcaster has agreed to pay a service provider in return for the service provider ensuring that a program listing, corresponding to the program of the broadcaster, is highlighted in a program page that displays a set of program listings, such as television program listings. If there are multiple program listings, listed in a program page, that are to be highlighted, then details of the respective contracts may be used to determine which program listing to highlight. Such details may include the total contract value, a ratio of contract value-to-page view, and/or the time of contract formation.

    Automatic rate control based on user identities
    4.
    发明授权
    Automatic rate control based on user identities 有权
    基于用户身份的自动速率控制

    公开(公告)号:US09569168B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-14

    申请号:US14203404

    申请日:2014-03-10

    Applicant: TiVo Inc.

    Inventor: Robert Watts

    CPC classification number: G10L21/043 G06F3/165

    Abstract: Input media data with an input playing speed is received. One or more user identities are identified based at least in part on biometric data collected from one or more users who correspond to the one or more user identities and to whom audio utterance derived from the input media data is to be played. A preferred rate of audio utterance is determined based at least in part on the one or more user identities. A rate of audio utterance is determined for a portion of the input media data. Based at least in part on the preferred rate of audio utterance and the rate of audio utterance, a portion of audio output media data is generated with an output playing speed at which audio utterance in the portion of audio output media data is rendered with the preferred rate of audio utterance.

    Abstract translation: 输入具有输入播放速度的媒体数据。 至少部分地基于从与一个或多个用户身份相对应的一个或多个用户收集的生物统计数据来识别一个或多个用户身份,并且从其被播放的输入媒体数据导出的音频发声。 至少部分地基于一个或多个用户身份来确定音频发声的优选速率。 确定一部分输入媒体数据的音频发声速率。 至少部分地基于音频发音的优选速率和音频发声率,一部分音频输出媒体数据以输出播放速度生成,在该播放速度下,以优选的方式呈现音频输出媒体数据部分中的音频发声 音频发音率。

    Automatic commercial playback system
    6.
    发明授权
    Automatic commercial playback system 有权
    自动商业播放系统

    公开(公告)号:US09525917B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-20

    申请号:US13801454

    申请日:2013-03-13

    Applicant: TiVo Inc.

    Inventor: Kirk D. Wong

    Abstract: While a multimedia device is fast-forwarding content, the multimedia device reads “jump back” tags expressed in or derived from a closed-caption stream. When the multimedia device detects the presence of a “jump back” tag while fast-forwarding, the multimedia device enters a special state. While in this special state, if the multimedia device detects that the user has instructed the multimedia device to stop fast-forwarding, the multimedia device locates a specified temporal location in a recorded commercial break. This specified temporal location may be specified by the particular tag, for example. The multimedia device stops performing whatever activity in which the multimedia device was engaged, “jumps back” to the specified temporal location in the recorded commercial break, and resumes playing the recorded content stream at normal speed from the specified temporal location.

    Abstract translation: 当多媒体设备是快速转发内容时​​,多媒体设备读取在封闭字幕流中表示或衍生自的“跳回”标签。 当多媒体设备在快进时检测到“跳回”标签的存在时,多媒体设备进入特殊状态。 在该特殊状态下,如果多媒体装置检测到用户指示多媒体装置停止快进,则多媒体装置在记录的商业广告中定位指定的时间位置。 例如,该指定的时间位置可以由特定标签指定。 多媒体设备停止执行多媒体设备所参与的任何活动,“跳回”到所记录的商业广告中的指定时间位置,并从指定的时间位置恢复以正常速度播放所记录的内容流。

    Systems and methods for semantically classifying and normalizing shots in video

    公开(公告)号:US09405976B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-02

    申请号:US14829593

    申请日:2015-08-18

    Applicant: TiVo Inc.

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for classifying videos based on video content. For a given video file including a plurality of frames, a subset of frames is extracted for processing. Frames that are too dark, blurry, or otherwise poor classification candidates are discarded from the subset. Generally, material classification scores that describe type of material content likely included in each frame are calculated for the remaining frames in the subset. The material classification scores are used to generate material arrangement vectors that represent the spatial arrangement of material content in each frame. The material arrangement vectors are subsequently classified to generate a scene classification score vector for each frame. The scene classification results are averaged (or otherwise processed) across all frames in the subset to associate the video file with one or more predefined scene categories related to overall types of scene content of the video file.

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