# US 10,873,788 B2 · Detection of common media segments > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,873,788 B2 - Document ID: US10873788B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/444,152 - Filed: 2019-06-18 - Published: 2020-02-06 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-16 - Assignees: Inscape Data, Inc. - Applicants: Inscape Data, Inc. - Inventors: Zeev Neumeier; Michael Collette - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873788B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/8126: {involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts} - H04N 21/23418: {involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics (television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59)} - H04N 21/25866: {Management of end-user data (customer care in data networks H04L41/5077)} - H04N 21/26283: {for associating distribution time parameters to content, e.g. to generate electronic programme guide data} - H04N 21/2668: Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles {(information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063)} - H04N 21/4532: {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)} - H04N 21/454: Content {or additional data} filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements - H04N 21/462: 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 - H04N 21/812: {involving advertisement data (advertising per se G06Q30/02)} - H04N 21/84: Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73)} - H04N 21/8456: {by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments} - H04N 21/2625: {for delaying content or additional data distribution, e.g. because of an extended sport event} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Provided are systems, methods, and computer-program products for identifying a media content stream when the media content stream is playing an unscheduled media segment. A computing device may receive a plurality of media content streams, where at least two of the plurality of media content streams concurrently includes a same unscheduled media segment. The computing device may determine that the media display device is playing the unscheduled media segment by examining the media content available at the current time in each of the plurality of media content streams. The computing device may determine identification information from the media content included in the media content stream. The computing device may determine contextually-related content, which may be disabled while the unscheduled media segment is being played by the media display device. The computing device may display the media content stream and the contextually-related content after the unscheduled media segment has been played. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of media content streams, wherein the plurality of media content streams include media content according to a schedule, and wherein the computing device is configured to identify media content included in a media content stream; determining contextually-related content corresponding to a displayed media content stream of the plurality of media content streams; causing the contextually-related content to be displayed with the displayed media content stream; determining that one or more cues from the displayed media content stream match one or more cues from at least one other media content stream from the plurality of media content streams, wherein determining that the one or more cues from the displayed media content stream match the one or more cues from the at least one other media content stream indicates that the displayed media content stream of the plurality of media content streams includes an unscheduled media segment; removing, based on the displayed media content stream of the plurality of media content streams including an unscheduled media segment, contextually-related content being displayed with the displayed media content stream from display while the unscheduled media segment is being displayed; and causing the contextually-related content to be displayed with the displayed media content stream after the unscheduled media segment has been displayed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the contextually-related content is provided to a media display device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying the displayed media content stream using media content, wherein the media content used to identify the displayed media content stream includes media content included in the displayed media content stream before or after the unscheduled media segment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: obtaining samples of the media content; generating a cue from the samples; and matching the cue against a database of cues, wherein the database of cues includes identification information identifying the displayed media content stream. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the media content includes at least one of video data or audio data included in the displayed media content stream. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying the displayed media content stream using media content, wherein the media content used to identify the displayed media content stream includes one or more graphics superimposed onto the unscheduled media segment while the unscheduled media segment is being displayed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that the unscheduled media segment has been displayed since a beginning of the unscheduled media segment; and identifying the displayed media content stream using identification information determined for media content included in the displayed media content stream prior to the unscheduled media segment. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that the unscheduled media segment has been displayed since a point after a beginning of the unscheduled media segment; and identifying the displayed media content stream using identification information for media content included in the displayed media content stream after the unscheduled media segment. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the unscheduled media segment is not included in the schedule. ### Claim 10 A computing device, comprising: one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive a plurality of media content streams, wherein the plurality of media content streams include media content according to a schedule; determining contextually-related content corresponding to a displayed media content stream of the plurality of media content streams; causing the contextually-related content to be displayed with the displayed media content stream; determining that one or more cues from the displayed media content stream match one or more cues from at least one other media content stream from the plurality of media content streams, wherein determining that the one or more cues from the displayed media content stream match the one or more cues from the at least one other media content stream indicates that the displayed media content stream of the plurality of media content streams includes an unscheduled media segment; removing, based on the displayed media content stream of the plurality of media content streams including an unscheduled media segment, contextually-related content being displayed with the displayed media content stream from display while the unscheduled media segment is being displayed; and causing the contextually-related content to be displayed with the displayed media content stream after the unscheduled media segment has been displayed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computing device of claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: identify the displayed media content stream using media content, wherein the media content used to identify the displayed media content stream includes media content included in the displayed media content stream before or after the unscheduled media segment. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The computing device of claim 11, further comprising: obtaining samples of the media content; generating a cue from the samples; and matching the cue against a database of cues, wherein the database of cues includes identification information identifying the displayed media content stream. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The computing device of claim 11, wherein the media content includes at least one of video data or audio data included in the displayed media content stream. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The computing device of claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: identify the displayed media content stream using media content, wherein the media content used to identify the displayed media content stream includes one or more graphics superimposed onto the unscheduled media segment while the unscheduled media segment is being displayed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The computing device of claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine that the unscheduled media segment has been displayed since a beginning of the unscheduled media segment; and identify the displayed media content stream using identification information determined for media content included in the displayed media content stream prior to the unscheduled media segment. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The computing device of claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine that the unscheduled media segment has been displayed since a point after a beginning of the unscheduled media segment; and identify the displayed media content stream using identification information for media content included in the displayed media content stream after the unscheduled media segment. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The computing device of claim 10, where the computing device includes a television. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The computing device of claim 10, where the computing device includes a set-top box. ### Claim 19 A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive a plurality of media content streams, wherein the plurality of media content streams include media content according to a schedule; determining contextually-related content corresponding to a displayed media content stream of the plurality of media content streams; causing the contextually-related content to be displayed with the displayed media content stream; determining that one or more cues from the displayed media content stream match one or more cues from at least one other media content stream from the plurality of media content streams, wherein determining that the one or more cues from the displayed media content stream match the one or more cues from the at least one other media content stream indicates that the displayed media content stream of the plurality of media content streams includes an unscheduled media segment; removing, based on the displayed media content stream of the plurality of media content streams including an unscheduled media segment, contextually-related content being displayed with the displayed media content stream from display while the unscheduled media segment is being displayed; and causing the contextually-related content to be displayed with the displayed media content stream after the unscheduled media segment has been displayed.