Method and systems for creating viewing impressions during trick play operations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12375741-B2
Application number	US-202217573349-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2022
Priority date	Dec 22, 2016
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

Some aspects of the disclosure relate to a system and methods for creating a viewing impression that can comprise selecting a video frame from a content item based on interest or value in the video frame. Another version of the content, such as a trick file, can be created by inserting one or more copies of the video frame, for example, adjacent to one another.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
sending, to a user device, first content at a first playback speed, wherein the first content comprises a plurality of frames depicting an object of interest;
receiving, from the user device, a request to receive a portion of the first content at a second playback speed, different from the first playback speed;
determining, by a computing device, a first frame of the plurality of frames in the portion of the first content;
determining, based on the portion of the first content and based on the second playback speed, a plurality of copies of the first frame for second content; and
sending, to the user device, based on the request, the second content at the second playback speed, wherein a quantity of the plurality of copies of the first frame in the second content is greater than a quantity of the plurality of frames depicting the object of interest in the first content.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: outputting, by the user device, the second content at the second playback speed, wherein the object of interest is displayed during a trick play operation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object of interest comprises at least one of: a product, a logo, or an advertisement.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the first frame comprises: determining, based on metadata associated with the first content, that the first frame comprises the object of interest.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising encoding a subset of the plurality of frames with the plurality of copies of the first frame.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the plurality of copies of the first frame for the second content comprises: determining, based on a display duration associated with the object of interest, and based on the second playback speed, the quantity of the plurality of copies of the first frame.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising: determining the display duration based on at least one of:
a trick play operation;
a threshold value associated with the trick play operation; or
an advertisement associated with the object of interest.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of copies of the first frame is adjacent to each other during a display duration of the second content.

9. A method comprising:
sending, to a user device, first content at a first playback speed, wherein the first content comprises a plurality of frames depicting an object of interest;
receiving, from the user device, a request to receive a portion of the first content at a second playback speed, different from the first playback speed;
determining, by a computing device, a display duration associated with the object of interest;
determining a first frame of the plurality of frames in the portion of the first content; and
encoding, based on the display duration and the request, second content comprising a plurality of copies of the first frame, wherein a quantity of the plurality of copies of the first frame in the second content is greater than a quantity of the plurality of frames depicting the object of interest in the first content.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising: sending, to the user device, the second content for output at the second playback speed, wherein the second playback speed is associated with a trick play operation.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the object of interest comprises at least one of: a product, a logo, or an advertisement.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining the first frame comprises: determining, based on metadata associated with the first content, that the first frame comprises the object of interest.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the metadata indicates that the first frame comprises the object of interest.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising: determining, based on the display duration, and based on the second playback speed, the quantity of the plurality of copies of the first frame.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising: determining the display duration based on at least one of:
a trick play operation associated with the user device;
a threshold value associated with the trick play operation; or
an advertisement associated with the object of interest.

16. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
send, to a user device, first content at a first playback speed, wherein the first content comprises a plurality of frames depicting an object of interest;
receive, from the user device, a request to receive a portion of the first content at a second playback speed, different from the first playback speed;
determine a first frame of the plurality of frames in the portion of the first content;
determining, based on the portion of the first content and based on the second playback speed, a plurality of copies of the first frame for second content; and
send, to the user device, based on the request, the second content at the second playback speed, wherein a quantity of the plurality of copies of the first frame in the second content is greater than a quantity of the plurality of frames depicting the object of interest in the first content.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the user device is configured to output the second content at the second playback speed, wherein the object of interest is displayed during a trick play operation.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the object of interest comprises at least one of: a product, a logo, or an advertisement.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the processor-executable instructions that cause the apparatus to determine the first frame further cause the apparatus to: determine, based on metadata associated with the first content, that the first frame comprises the object of interest.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the apparatus to: encode a subset of the plurality of frames with the plurality of copies of the first frame.

21. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to determine the plurality of copies of the first frame for the second content, further cause the apparatus to: determine, based on a display duration associated with the object of interest, and based on the second playback speed, the quantity of the plurality of copies of the first frame.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the apparatus to: determine the display duration based on at least one of:
a trick play operation;
a threshold value associated with the trick play operation; or
an advertisement associated with the object of interest.

23. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of copies of the first frame is adjacent to each other during a display duration of the second content.

24. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
send, to a user device, first content at a first playback speed, wherein the first content comprises a plurality of frames depictin

Assignees

• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Gray Brian

Classifications

• H04N21/2353

  specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata · CPC title

• H04N21/47202

  for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand · CPC title

• H04N21/4147

  PVR [Personal Video Recorder] (H04N5/76 takes precedence {; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40}) · CPC title

• H04N21/845

  Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments · CPC title

• H04N21/23424

  involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement · CPC title