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US 2014/0181244 A1Published application
Recognition-Based Content Skipping
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorChristopher Stone
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Abstract
By way of example, a method, apparatus, system, and software are described for using a previously-identified location within content, such as a splash screen indicating a transition between main program content and a commercial segment, to skip to a subsequent location in the content, such as a location at which a subsequent appearance of the splash screen is detected. This may allow for an at least partially automated recognition-based content skipping feature.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- transmitting content to a device;
- and
- in response to detecting a command from the device initiated during presentation of the content, performing at least the following:
- determining, by at least one computer, at least a portion of an image based on the content,
- using, by the at least one computer, said at least portion of the image to determine a location within the content, and
- transmitting the content to the device beginning at the determined location.
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A method, comprising:
- determining at least a portion of a third image based on at least a portion of a first image and at least a portion of a second image;
- using, by at least one computer, said at least portion of the third image to determine a location within content, and
- sending the content over a network to a device beginning at the determined location.
A method, comprising:
- presenting, by at least one computer, content including a splash screen;
- determining, by the at least one computer, a first portion of the content;
- using, by the at least one computer, the identified first portion to determine a different second portion of the content that includes the splash screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.