US 12,720,171 B2Granted

Systems and methods to generate metadata for content

AssigneeAdeia Guides Inc.

InventorsVishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Vikram Makam Gupta

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Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for generating metadata for content. Upon detecting a request for a stored media asset from a first device, a server determines that metadata is needed for the media asset based on determining that (a) the server has access to insufficient metadata associated with the media asset and (b) the popularity of the media asset is sufficiently high. The server then assigns at least a time segment of the media asset to the first device for analysis. After assignment, the first device gathers frame analysis and user input data while the user is viewing the media asset, and transmits the gathered data to the server. The server then uses the frame analysis data and the user input data to generate metadata, and makes the generated metadata available to all devices requesting the media asset.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

storing, by a server, a media asset, wherein the media asset is available to be requested by a plurality of devices;
receiving, by a server, a first request for a content item from a first user device;
receiving, by the server, a second request for the content item from a second user device;
assigning, by the server, a first portion of a plurality of portions of the content item to the first user device, and assigning, by the server, a second portion of the plurality of portions of the content item to the second user device;
causing the first user device to generate first metadata based on the first portion of the content item assigned to the first user device;
causing the second user device to generate second metadata based on the second portion of the content item assigned to the second user device;
generating, by the server, combined metadata for the content item based on the first metadata generated by the first user device and the second metadata generated by the second user device;
and
storing, by the server, the combined metadata as associated with the content item.

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A system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:
receive, by a server, a first request for a content item from a first user device;
receive, by the server, a second request for the content item from a second user device;
assign, by the server, a first portion of a plurality of portions of the content item to the first user device, and assign, by the server, a second portion of the plurality of portions of the content item to the second user device;
cause the first user device to generate first metadata based on the first portion of the content item assigned to the first user device;
cause the second user device to generate second metadata based on the second portion of the content item assigned to the second user device;
generate, by the server, combined metadata for the content item based on the first metadata generated by the first user device and the second metadata generated by the second user device;
and
storage circuitry configured to:
store, by the server, the combined metadata as associated with the content item.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/978,176Filed 12 Dec 2024 · continuation
Priority: 17 Aug 2021
Published: US 2025/0113086 A13 Apr 2025
Granted: 25 Aug 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04N 21/234
Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware: processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing…
H04N 21/8405
Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors: represented by keywords
G06F 16/735
Querying: filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
G06F 16/783
Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually: using metadata automatically…

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Application17/404,385Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Aug 2021
Application17/950,681Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Sep 2022
US 11,483,630 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Oct 2022
Application18/504,784Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Nov 2023
US 11,849,079 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Dec 2023
US 2025/0113086 A1Pre-grant publication · published 3 Apr 2025
US 12,206,960 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2023/0062913 A1Published application
US 2024/0155209 A1Published application
US 12,720,171 B2This patent

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