公开(公告)号：US11917246B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US18181343

申请日：2023-03-09

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Drew Major ,  Steven Casagrande

IPC: H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/44

CPC classification number: H04N21/4542 ,  H04N21/234345 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/454

Abstract: “Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to presentation time stamp (PTS) or other time markers.

公开(公告)号：US12244896B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US18477318

申请日：2023-09-28

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Drew Major ,  Steven Casagrande

IPC: H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/442

Abstract: “Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to anchor points or other references in the programming itself.

公开(公告)号：US20240048804A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18477318

申请日：2023-09-28

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Drew Major ,  Steven Casagrande

IPC: H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/44

CPC classification number: H04N21/4542 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/234345 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/454

Abstract: “Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to anchor points or other references in the programming itself.

公开(公告)号：US11825160B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US16732042

申请日：2019-12-31

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Drew Major ,  Steven Casagrande

IPC: H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/44

CPC classification number: H04N21/4542 ,  H04N21/234345 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/454

Abstract: “Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to anchor points or other references in the programming itself.

公开(公告)号：US20240187696A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18417237

申请日：2024-01-19

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Drew Major ,  Steven Casagrande

IPC: H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/442

CPC classification number: H04N21/4542 ,  H04N21/234345 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/454

Abstract: “Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to presentation time stamp (PTS) or other time markers.

公开(公告)号：US11611803B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-21

申请号：US16731960

申请日：2019-12-31

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Drew Major ,  Steven Casagrande

IPC: H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/44

Abstract: “Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to presentation time stamp (PTS) or other time markers.

公开(公告)号：US20190281347A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US15915354

申请日：2018-03-08

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Steven Casagrande

IPC: H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/4402

Abstract: Systems, devices and processes reduce the amount of memory or disk space needed to store encoded video content used in adaptive video streaming by eliminating certain portions of the recorded program from one or more copies of the encoded program. Content occurring before or after a scheduled start of a program, for example, can be retained in only a subset of the encoded copies so that the program content is available to be streamed, but only at certain video qualities. Commercials or other less popular portions may also be eliminated in one or more encoded copies. By eliminating the less-likely-to-be-viewed portions of the content from some (but not all) of the encoded copies, the total amount of storage space needed to store the encoded program is reduced without compromising the ability to play back all portions of the recorded program.