Method and systems for providing personalized supplemental audio streams
AssigneeAdeia 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.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining a subject of a first time period in a content item that is provided to a user device;
- retrieving a user profile associated with the user device;
- accessing supplemental audio based on:
- (a) the retrieved user profile and (b) the determined subject of the first time period;
- monitoring metadata of the content item for a threshold time period beginning from an end of the first time period;
- comparing attributes of the monitored metadata with attributes of the retrieved user profile;
- based on the comparing, identifying a supplementation period in the threshold time period such that attributes of a portion of the monitored metadata corresponding to the supplementation period are dissimilar to the attributes of the retrieved user profile;
- and
- based on the identifying the supplementation period, transmitting the supplemental audio to the user device for output during the supplementation period.
A system comprising control circuitry configured to:
- determine a subject of a first time period in a content item that is provided to a user device;
- retrieve a user profile associated with the user device;
- access supplemental audio based on:
- (a) the retrieved user profile and (b) the determined subject of the first time period;
- monitor metadata of the content item for a threshold time period beginning from an end of the first time period;
- compare attributes of the monitored metadata with attributes of the retrieved user profile;
- based on the comparing, identify a supplementation period in the threshold time period such that attributes of a portion of the monitored metadata corresponding to the supplementation period are dissimilar to the attributes of the retrieved user profile;
- and
- based on the identifying the supplementation period, transmit the supplemental audio to the user device for output during the supplementation period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.