# US 12,192,542 B2 · Systems and methods for modifying date-related references of a media asset to reflect absolute dates > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,542 B2 - Document ID: US12192542B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/989,439 - Filed: 2022-11-17 - Published: 2023-03-16 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-28 - Assignees: Adeia Guides Inc. - Applicants: Adeia Guides Inc. - Inventors: Madhusudhan Srinivasan; Durga Prasad Pulicharla - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192542B2 ## CPC - 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 21/233: Processing of audio elementary streams {(monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58)} - H04N 21/234345: {the reformatting operation being performed only on part of the stream, e.g. a region of the image or a time segment} - H04N 21/2353: {specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata} - H04N 21/44008: {involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream (arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59)} - H04N 21/8133: {specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video programme} - 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 21/858: Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A media asset may include date-related information. When viewed out of context it may be unclear what date is referenced by the date-related information. The media asset may be parsed to identify the date-related information within the media asset. The media asset may be analyzed to determine the context for the date related information. An absolute date may be determined based on this context and the date-related information and provided to the user with the media asset. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: causing the display of a media asset, wherein the display includes displaying a keyword and a date-related reference; determining, based on querying a source separate from the media asset and based on the keyword, a date of an upcoming event associated with the keyword; determining whether the date-related reference corresponds to the upcoming event associated with the keyword; and in response to determining that the date-related reference does not correspond to the upcoming event: replacing, in real time during display of the media asset, the date-related reference with an absolute date, wherein the absolute date corresponds to the upcoming event associated with the keyword; and modifying the display of the media asset to display the absolute date. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the keyword is a name of a person. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a location associated with the date-related reference; determining a location of the upcoming event associated with the absolute date; and replacing the location associated with the date-related reference with the location of the upcoming event if the date-related reference does not correspond to the upcoming event. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the upcoming event is a sports event. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that multiple upcoming events correspond to the keyword; and in response to the determination that multiple upcoming events correspond to the keyword: providing for selection, listing of the multiple events; and replacing the date-related reference with an absolute date of an event, from the multiple events, that is selected. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a context of the date-related reference based on metadata of the media asset; and determining the upcoming event based on the determined context. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising, providing supplemental information associated with the absolute date. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the supplemental information includes audio or video content associated with the upcoming event. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the supplemental information includes closed captioning. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising, parsing a position of the media asset to identify the date-related reference. ### Claim 11 A system, comprising: communication circuitry configured to access a media asset from a database; and control circuitry configured to: cause the display of a media asset, wherein the display includes displaying a keyword and a date-related reference; determine, based on querying a source separate from the media asset and based on the keyword, a date of an upcoming event associated with the keyword; determine whether the date-related reference corresponds to the upcoming event associated with the keyword; and in response to determining that the date-related reference does not correspond to the upcoming event: replace, in real time during display of the media asset, the date-related reference with an absolute date, wherein the absolute date corresponds to the upcoming event associated with the keyword; and modify the display of the media asset to display the absolute date. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the keyword is a name of a person. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) A system of claim 11, further comprising, the control circuitry configured to: determine a location associated with the date-related reference; determine a location of the upcoming event associated with the absolute date; and replace the location associated with the date-related reference with the location of the upcoming event if the date-related reference does not correspond to the upcoming event. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the upcoming event is a sports event. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising, the control circuitry configured to: determine that multiple upcoming events correspond to the keyword; and in response to the determination that multiple upcoming events correspond to the keyword: provide for selection, listing of the multiple events; and replace the date-related reference with an absolute date of an event, from the multiple events, that is selected. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising, the control circuitry configured to: determine a context of the date-related reference based on metadata of the media asset; and determine the upcoming event based on the determined context. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising, the control circuitry configured to provide supplemental information associated with the absolute date. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the supplemental information includes audio or video content associated with the upcoming event. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising, the control circuitry configured to parse a position of the media asset to identify the date-related reference. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising, automatically modifying metadata associated with the date-related reference to metadata that reflects the absolute date.