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US 11,115,722 B2Granted
Crowdsourcing supplemental content
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorDerek Johnson
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Abstract
Methods and systems for sourcing supplemental content are disclosed. Secondary devices may be used to identify content streaming on first screen devices and to generate supplemental data for the content. In this manner, users may be leveraged to create various data for a variety of content. The data may be collected and organized so that users watching content at a later time may have access to the data. Methods and systems for using second screen devices to access metadata created by the crowd are also disclosed.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing system and from a user device:
- a sample of audio indicating a first time point associated with a portion of primary content that is being presented;
- user-provided data;
- and
- a request to associate the user-provided data with the first time point;
- determining, by the computing system and based on the sample of audio, a first image from the primary content and associated with the first time point;
- sending, by the computing system and to the user device, the first image and a request for confirmation that the user-provided data is to be associated with the first time point;
- receiving, by the computing system, from the user device, and after sending the request for confirmation, a request to associate the user-provided data with a modified time point, offset from and instead of the first time point;
- and
- generating, by the computing system and based on the request to associate the user-provided data with the modified time point, metadata that associates the user-provided data with the modified time point.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, by a user device, a sample of audio associated with video content that is being presented;
- receiving, by the user device, user-provided data and a request to associate the user-provided data with the video content;
- sending, from the user device and to a computing system:
- the sample of audio, wherein the sample of audio indicates a first time point associated with a portion of the video content;
- the user-provided data;
- and
- a request to associate the user-provided data with the first time point;
- receiving, by the user device, from the computing system, and after sending the request to associate the user-provided data with the first time point, an image from the video content;
- causing, by the user device, display of:
- the image;
- and
- a request to confirm that the image correctly indicates a time point, in the video content, that is to be associated with the user-provided data;
- receiving, by the user device and after causing the display of the request to confirm, a user input indicating that the user-provided data is to be associated with a modified time point, offset from and instead of the first time point;
- and
- sending, by the user device, to the computing system, and based on the user input, a request to associate the user-provided data with the modified time point.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing system and from a user device:
- a sample of audio indicating a first time point associated with a portion of media content that is being presented;
- user-provided data;
- and
- a request to associate the user-provided data with the first time point;
- determining, by the computing system and based on the sample of audio, an audio clip from the media content and associated with the first time point;
- sending, by the computing system and to the user device, the audio clip and a request for confirmation that the user-provided data is to be associated with the first time point;
- receiving, by the computing system, from the user device, and after sending the request for confirmation, a request to associate the user-provided data with a modified time point, offset from and instead of the first time point;
- and
- generating, by the computing system and based on the request to associate the user-provided data with the modified time point, metadata that associates the user-provided data with the modified time point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.