Method and systems for providing personalized supplemental audio streams
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorDenisse Breaux
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Abstract
The application aids users by providing supplemental audio content. For example, the application determines a subject of content provided to user equipment during a first time period of the content. The application retrieves a profile associated with the user equipment and retrieves supplemental audio related to the profile and related to the subject of the content. The application detects a supplementation point in the content corresponding with audio content similar to a supplementation signature and transmits the supplemental audio to the user equipment for output at the supplementation point.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- determining a subject of a first time period in a content that is provided to user equipment;
- retrieving a profile associated with the user equipment;
- retrieving supplemental audio related to the profile and related to the subject of the content;
- detecting a supplementation point in the content wherein the detecting the supplementation point comprises:
- detecting presence of a human dialog in a second time period of the content after the first time period;
- and
- in response to determining that level of audio frequencies corresponding to the human dialog in the second time period is below a threshold:
- retrieving metadata for the second time period;
- comparing the metadata with the profile associated with the user equipment;
- and
- identifying, based on comparing the metadata for second time period with the profile, the supplementation point, wherein audio at the supplementation point is associated with metadata dissimilar to the profile information;
- and
- transmitting the supplemental audio to the user equipment for output at the identified supplementation point.
A system for providing supplemental audio content, the system comprising:
- communication circuitry;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- determine subject of a first time period in a content that is provided to user equipment;
- retrieve a profile associated with the user equipment;
- retrieve supplemental audio related to the profile and related to the subject of the content;
- detect a supplementation point in the content wherein the detecting the supplementation point comprises:
- detecting presence of a human dialog in a second time period of the content after the first time period;
- and
- in response to determining that level of audio frequencies corresponding to the human dialog in the second time period is below a threshold:
- retrieving metadata for the second time period;
- comparing the metadata with the profile associated with the user equipment;
- and
- identifying, based on comparing the metadata for second time period with the profile, the supplementation point, wherein audio at the supplementation point is associated with metadata dissimilar to the profile information;
- and
- transmitting the supplemental audio to the user equipment for output at the identified supplementation point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.