US 11,960,538 B2 · Query system with spoiler prevention

Abstract

Systems and methods for generating a reply to a query are provided. A query about an event in a content recording during playback of the content recording is received. A type of the event based on the query is determined. A playback position in a timeline of the content recording is determined. Based on the type of the event, an event distribution table is obtained, the table comprising one or more event identifiers and one or more corresponding occurrence times for the one or more event identifiers in the timeline of the content recording. The playback position of the content recording to the one or more occurrence times is compared. A reply to the query is generated, for aural or visual presentation, the reply being based on a result of the comparing, the reply comprising data about at least one event corresponding to the one or more event identifiers.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving a query associated with a consumer of content;
determining, based on the query, an event associated with the content and an event position in the content based on the event;
determining a playback position of the content associated with the consumer of content;
determining whether the playback position is after the event position;
in response to determining that the playback position is after the event position, providing a first portion of the content comprising content at the event position;
and
in response to determining that the playback position is not after the event play position, providing a second portion of the content comprising content before the event position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/142,394Filed 2 May 2023 · continuation

Priority

29 May 2020

Published

US 2023/0014020 A131 Aug 2023

Granted

16 Apr 2024

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

G06F 16/739
Presentation of query results: in form of a video summary, e.g. the video summary being a video sequence, a composite still image or having…
G06F 16/735
Querying: filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
G06F 16/745
Browsing; Visualisation therefor: the internal structure of a single video sequence
G06F 16/7837
Using metadata automatically derived from the content: using objects detected or recognised in the video content

Family

Application16/887,945Parent of this continuation · filed 29 May 2020

Application17/954,973Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Sep 2022

US 11,461,391 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Oct 2022

US 2023/0273956 A1Pre-grant publication · published 31 Aug 2023

US 11,675,834 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2021/0374179 A1Published application

US 2023/0014020 A1Published application

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Query system with spoiler prevention

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