Systems and methods for processing overlapping content
AssigneeAdeia Guides Inc.
InventorsVikram Makam Gupta, Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah
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Abstract
A computer implemented method that includes receiving first user usage data and second user usage data indicative of user usage during consumption of a first content and of a second content, respectively. The method includes determining a first user usage pattern for the first content and a second user usage pattern for the second content based on the first user usage data and on the second user usage data, respectively. The method determines potential content overlap between the first content and the second content based on a comparison of the first usage pattern and the second usage pattern and performs an optimization operation based on the potential content overlap.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- accessing a first usage pattern for a first instance of a content item associated with a first usage event and a second usage pattern for a second instance of the content item associated with a second usage event, wherein:
- at least a portion of the first instance of the content item is the same as at least a portion of the second instance of the content item, and
- each of the first and second usage patterns includes metadata reflecting media content operations of portions of the first instance of the content item and the second instance of the content item, respectively;
- comparing the first usage pattern for the portion of the first instance of the content item that is the same as the at least the portion of the second instance of the content item with the second usage pattern for the portion of the second instance of the content item;
- determining, based at least in part on the comparing, the first usage pattern is similar to the second usage pattern;
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- based at least in part on determining the first usage pattern is similar to the second usage pattern, automatically controlling playback of a third instance of the content item associated with a third usage event, wherein the automatically controlled playback is based at least in part on the metadata reflecting the media content operations of the portions of the first and second instances of the content item, wherein the first, second, and third instances of the content item are separate instances.
A system comprising:
- control circuitry configured to:
- access a first usage pattern for a first instance of a content item associated with a first usage event and a second usage pattern for a second instance of the content item associated with a second usage event, wherein:
- at least a portion of the first instance of the content item is the same as at least a portion of the second instance of the content item, and
- each of the first and second usage patterns includes metadata reflecting media content operations of portions of the first instance of the content item and the second instance of the content item, respectively;
- compare the first usage pattern for the portion of the first instance of the content item that is the same as the at least the portion of the second instance of the content item with the second usage pattern for the portion of the second instance of the content item;
- determine, based at least in part on the comparing, the first usage pattern is similar to the second usage pattern;
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- based at least in part on determining the first usage pattern is similar to the second usage pattern, automatically control playback of a third instance of the content item associated with a third usage event, wherein the automatically controlled playback is based at least in part on the metadata reflecting the media content operations of the portions of the first and second instances of the content item, wherein the first, second, and third instances of the content item are separate instances.
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