US 12,744,968 B2Granted

Intelligent media content playback

AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

InventorsNigel Bradley, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Ari Craine, Robert Koch

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Abstract

The disclosed technology is directed towards creating a media content presentation for playback, based on user specified input criteria and playback instructions. A user specifies input criteria related to media source data. The media source data is accessed, and further based on the input criterion, matching segments (e.g., scenes and audio) are determined from metadata information that describes the segments; the media playback content is generated from the matching segments. A user may also specify criteria/instructions that describe how to play the matching segments, such as in linear order, or based on relative relevance such as scene impactfulness. A matching scene can be repeated, and/or augmented with annotation data. For any matching scene or transition between two matching scenes, specified playback speed and audio volume can be specified and applied. As part of generation, the media content presentation can be fit to a specified time constraint.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing system including a processor, an input criterion related to media source data;
accessing, by the processing system, the media source data based on the input criterion, wherein the media source data includes broadcast media source data and a user-generated media source data recorded by an attendee at a live event;
determining, by the processing system, matching scenes of the media source data, comprising evaluating the input criterion with respect to respective metadata information that describes respective scenes of the media source data, the matching scenes including a first matching scene of the broadcast media source data and a second matching scene of the user-generated media source data;
generating, by the processing system, media playback content based on the matching scenes;
receiving, by the processing system, instructions for presentation of the first matching scene of the matching scenes at a first playback speed that differs from a second playback speed of the second matching scene of the matching scenes, wherein the first playback speed is determined at least in part on crowd noise in the first matching scene;
and
providing, by the processing system, the media playback content to a media display device.

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A system, comprising:

a processing system including a processor;
and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving an input criterion related to media source data;
accessing the media source data based on the input criterion, wherein the media source data includes broadcast media source data and a user-generated media source data recorded by an attendee at a live event;
determining matching scenes of the media source data, comprising evaluating the input criterion with respect to respective metadata information that describes respective scenes of the media source data, the matching scenes including a first matching scene of the broadcast media source data and a second matching scene of the user-generated media source data;
generating media playback content based on the matching scenes;
receiving instructions for presentation of the first matching scene of the matching scenes at a first playback speed that differs from a second playback speed of the second matching scene of the matching scenes, wherein the first playback speed is determined at least in part on crowd noise in the first matching scene;
and
providing the media playback content to a media display device.

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A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

receiving an input criterion related to media source data;
accessing the media source data based on the input criterion, wherein the media source data includes broadcast media source data and a user-generated media source data recorded by an attendee at a live event;
determining matching scenes of the media source data, comprising evaluating the input criterion with respect to respective metadata information that describes respective scenes of the media source data, the matching scenes including a first matching scene of the broadcast media source data and a second matching scene of the user-generated media source data;
generating media playback content based on the matching scenes;
receiving instructions for presentation of the first matching scene of the matching scenes at a first playback speed that differs from a second playback speed of the second matching scene of the matching scenes, wherein the first playback speed is determined at least in part on crowd noise in the first matching scene;
and
providing the media playback content to a media display device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/941,952Filed 8 Nov 2024 · continuation
Priority: 4 May 2022
Published: US 2025/0071382 A127 Feb 2025
Granted: 22 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04N 21/47217
End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content…: for…
G06V 20/46
In video content: extracting features or characteristics from the video content, e.g. video fingerprints, representative shots or key frames
G06V 20/48
In video content: matching video sequences
H04N 21/4852
End-user interface for client configuration: for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo

Family

Application17/662,028Parent of this continuation · filed 4 May 2022
US 2025/0071382 A1Pre-grant publication · published 27 Feb 2025
US 12,167,094 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2023/0362446 A1Published application
US 12,744,968 B2This patent

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