Systems and methods for presenting user selected scenes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11758235-B2
Application number	US-201916700209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2019
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Sep 12, 2023
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023

Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for presenting user selected scenes. A media guidance application may generate for display a listing for a media asset, wherein a play length of the media asset includes a non-selectable play length portion and a selectable play length portion. The media guidance application may generate for display a first scene option corresponding to a first scene and a second scene option corresponding to a second scene. The media guidance application may receive a user selection of the first or second scene option and incorporate the selected scene into the selectable play length portion of the media asset. The media guidance application may generate for display the media asset with the selected scene incorporated into the selectable play length portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for presenting an option to select a scene in a video asset, the method comprising:
causing to be displayed the video asset comprising two scenes to be displayed at a time in the video asset;
prior to the time and while the video asset is being displayed, causing a selectable graphical icon to be displayed, the selectable graphical icon corresponding to an option to select one of the two scenes at the time, the selectable graphical icon displaying images captured from each scene;
altering the selectable graphical icon as the video asset being displayed approaches the time, wherein the altering comprises altering the captured images displayed by the selectable graphical icon;
receiving a selection subsequent to causing display of the selectable graphical icon, the selection indicative of one of the two scenes; and
causing the selected scene of the two scenes to be displayed at the time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein altering the selectable graphical icon comprises accentuating the selectable graphical icon.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein altering the selectable graphical icon comprises altering at least one of a graphical, audio, or textual element of the selectable graphical icon.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically pausing the display of the video asset at the time to receive the selection when no selection has been made prior to the time.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the selection indicative of one of the two scenes comprises receiving a selection of at least one of an actor, genre, location, or topic that corresponds to the selected scene.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein altering the selectable graphical icon comprises causing to be displayed descriptions of each of the two scenes.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video asset comprises two scenes to be displayed at each respective time of one or more additional times, wherein the time is a first time, wherein the option is a first option, and wherein the selection at the first time is a first selection, the method further comprising:
causing to be presented additional options to select a scene to be displayed at each respective time of the one or more additional times;
receiving selections in response to the additional options indicative of a scene to be displayed at each respective time of the one or more additional times;
automatically making selections based on the first selection in response to the additional options indicative of a scene to be displayed at each respective time of the one or more additional times; and
for each respective time of the one or more additional times, causing the selected scene to be displayed.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:
causing the additional options to be presented by causing selectable graphical icons to be displayed, wherein each icon of the displayed icons comprises representative graphics corresponding to the two scenes to be displayed at each respective time of the one or more additional times; and
receiving selections in response to the additional options by receiving selection of a representative graphic for each icon indicative of the scene to be displayed at each respective time.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein automatically making selections based on the first selection comprises:
determining metadata associated with the first selection; and
for each respective time of the one or more additional times:
determining whether one of the two scenes at the respective time corresponds to the metadata associated with the first selection; and
in response to determining that a scene corresponds to the metadata, automatically making a selection of the scene corresponding to the metadata.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected scene is caused to be displayed seamlessly with the display of the video asset.

11. A system for presenting an option to select a scene in a video asset, the system comprising:
an interface configured to display media assets; and
control circuitry coupled to the interface and configured to:
cause to be displayed at the interface the video asset comprising two scenes to be displayed at a time in the video asset;
prior to the time and while the video asset is being displayed at the interface, cause a selectable graphical icon to be displayed at the interface, the selectable graphical icon corresponding to an option to select one of the two scenes at the time, the selectable graphical icon displaying images captured from each scene;
alter the selectable graphical icon as the video asset being displayed approaches the time, wherein the control circuitry is configured to alter the captured images displayed by the selectable graphical icon at the interface;
receive a selection subsequent to causing display of the selectable graphical icon, the selection indicative of one of the two scenes; and
cause the selected scene of the two scenes to be displayed at the time and at the interface.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to alter the selectable graphical icon by accentuating the selectable graphical icon.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to alter the selectable graphical icon by altering at least one of a graphical, audio, or textual element of the selectable graphical icon.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to automatically pause the display of the video asset at the time to receive the selection when no selection has been made prior to the time.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to receive the selection indicative of one of the two scenes by receiving a selection of at least one of an actor, genre, location, or topic that corresponds to the selected scene.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to alter the selectable graphical icon by causing to be displayed descriptions of each of the selected two scenes.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the video asset comprises two scenes to be displayed at each respective time of one or more additional times, wherein the time is a first time, wherein the option is a first option, and wherein the selection at the first time is a first selection, and wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
cause to be presented additional options to select a scene to be displayed at each respective time of the one or more additional times;
receive selections in response to the additional options indicative of a scene to be displayed at each respective time of the one or more additional times;
automatically make selections based on the first selection in response to the additional options indicative of a scene to be displayed at each respective time of the one or more additional times; and
for each respective time of the one or more additional times, cause the selected scene to be displayed.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
cause the additional options to be presented by causing selectable graphical icons to be displayed, wherein each icon of the displayed icons comprises representative graphics corresponding to the two scenes to be displayed at each respective time of the one or more additional times; and
receive selections in response to the additional options by receiving selection of a representative graphic for each icon indicative of the scene to be displayed at each respective t

Assignees

• Rovi Guides Inc

Inventors

• Peterson Brian
• Wickenkamp Vanessa
• Wheatley David John
• Klappert Walter R

Classifications

• H04N21/4821 Primary

  using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time · CPC title

• H04N21/4825

  using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists · CPC title

• H04N21/8133

  specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video programme · CPC title

• H04N21/8456

  by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments · CPC title

• H04N21/8541

  involving branching, e.g. to different story endings · CPC title