Methods and systems for selecting optimized viewing portions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10091552-B2
Application number	US-201213622887-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2012
Priority date	Sep 19, 2012
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

Methods and systems for a media guidance application that can identify and display a portion of a media asset that is of interest to a user. In some embodiments, the media guidance application may extract a portion of the media asset that encompasses a particular main action sequence. The extracted portion may also include an amount of additional content (e.g., content immediately before or after the main action sequence) that the media guidance application determines is necessary for the user to understand the main action sequence. In some embodiments, the media guidance application may extract several media assets, so that a user may graze through the extracted portions in series.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing a media asset using a media guidance application, comprising:
determining, using control circuitry, that a genre of the media asset is sports;
retrieving a genre profile from memory for the sports genre that defines attributes of media content that are indicative of main action sequences, wherein the attributes of media content that are indicative of main action sequences define a listing of subtitle keywords indicative of main action sequences;
retrieving a user profile from memory, wherein the user profile contains at least one modification for the attributes defined in the genre profile;
modifying the attributes defined in the genre profile according to the at least one modification contained in the user profile;
identifying the main action sequence by detecting a keyword in subtitle data associated with the media asset, which appears in the defined listing as modified;
comparing an object present in a first image of the media asset, corresponding to a first progress point, to a corresponding object present in a second image of the media asset, corresponding to a second progress point;
detecting a change in an alphanumeric score included in the object present in the first image based on the comparison of the object present in the first image to the corresponding object present in the second image;
processing the change in the alphanumeric score using the attributes as modified by the at least one modifications to determine whether the change is indicative of a main action sequence;
in response to determining that the change is indicative of the main action sequence, identifying a beginning point and an end point of a portion of the media asset based on the first and second progress points;
receiving user-generated data related to the main action sequence, wherein the user-generated data includes data posted by a second user on a social network associated with a first user;
adjusting the beginning point and the end point of the portion based on the user-generated data; and
extracting the portion of the media asset for display, on a display device, to the first user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying the main action sequence within the media asset based at least in part on profile information, wherein the profile information indicates media interests of the first user.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting the beginning point and the end point of the portion based at least in part on a user profile, wherein the user profile includes a user preference for additional content surrounding the main action sequence.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving asset information associated with the media asset, wherein the asset information indicates the genre.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating for display the portion of the media asset in series with a plurality of portions of media assets, wherein each of the plurality of portions comprises a respective main action sequence of the corresponding media asset.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attributes of media content that are indicative of main action sequences define an audio level indicative of main action sequences, and further comprising identifying the main action sequence in the media element by locating a point the media asset corresponding to the defined audio level.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attributes of media content that are indicative of main action sequences define points typically associated with main action sequences in media assets having a same genre as the media asset, and further comprising identifying the main action sequence in the media element by identifying a point in a play length of the media asset corresponding to the defined points.

8. A system for providing a media asset using a media guidance application, comprising:
control circuitry configured to:
determine, based at least in part on the asset information, that a genre of the media asset is sports;
retrieve a genre profile for the sports genre that defines attributes of media content that are indicative of main action sequences, wherein the attributes of media content that are indicative of main action sequences define a listing of subtitle keywords indicative of main action sequences;
retrieve a user profile from memory, wherein the user profile contains at least one modification for the attributes defined in the genre profile;
modify the attributes defined in the genre profile according to the at least one modification contained in the user profile;
identify the main action sequence by detecting a keyword in subtitle data associated with the media asset, which appears in the defined listing as modified;
compare an object present in a first image of the media asset, corresponding to a first progress point, to a corresponding object present in a second image of the media asset, corresponding to a second progress point;
detect a change in an alphanumeric score included in the object present in the first image based on the comparison of the object present in the first image to the corresponding object present in the second image;
process the change in the alphanumeric score using the attributes as modified by the at least one modifications to determine whether the change is indicative of a main action sequence;
in response to determining that the change is indicative of the main action sequence, identify a beginning point and an end point of a portion of the media asset based on the first and second progress points;
receive user-generated data related to the main action sequence, wherein the user-generated data includes data posted by a second user on a social network associated with a first user;
adjust the beginning point and the end point of the portion based on the user-generated data; and
extract the portion of the media asset for display to the first user.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to identify the main action sequence within the media asset based at least in part on profile information, wherein the profile information indicate media interests of the first user.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to adjust the beginning point and the end point of the portion based at least in part on a user profile, wherein the user profile includes a user preference for additional content surrounding the main action sequence.

11. The system of claim 8 , further comprising receiving asset information associated with the media asset, wherein the asset information indicates the genre.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to generate for display the portion of the media asset in series with a plurality of portions of media assets, wherein each of the plurality of portions comprises a respective main action sequence of the corresponding media asset.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the attributes of media content that are indicative of main action sequences define an audio level indicative of main action sequences, and wherein the control circuitry is further configured to identify the main action sequence in the media element by locating a point the media asset corresponding to the defined audio level.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the attributes of media content that are indicative of main action sequences define points typically associated with main action sequences in media assets having a same genre as the media asset, and wherein the control circuitry is further configured to identify the main action sequence in t

Assignees

• Rovi Guides Inc

Inventors

• Papish Michael

Classifications

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title

• H04N21/482

  End-user interface for programme selection · CPC title

• H04N21/4858

  for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows · CPC title

• H04N21/4532

  involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18) · CPC title

• H04N21/462 Primary

  Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic programme guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities · CPC title