Using closed captioning elements as reference locations

• US 10,021,444 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2017
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Dish Network Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Dish Network Corporation)
• Inventors: Casagrande, Steven Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Chevalier, Robert
• Application Number:
  US15/460,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20170188075A1
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• Field of Search: 386241, 386291, 386297, 386248, 386298, 386299, 386290
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence

Abstract

Various arrangements for using closed captioning data in controlling content recording are presented. An indication of one or more closed captioning elements and corresponding positional data may be received. The content instance comprising closed captioning elements may also be received. A recording time period may be defined for the content instance based at least in part on the indication of the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data for the content instance. The content instance may be recorded at least partially based on the defined recording time period for the content instance.

Claims

1. A television receiver, comprising:

a tuner;

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage media communicatively readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive an indication of one or more closed captioning elements and corresponding positional data, wherein the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data are used to identify a location corresponding to a content instance;

receive the content instance comprising closed captioning elements;

define a recording time period for the content instance based at least in part on the indication of the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data for the content instance; and

record the content instance at least partially based on the defined recording time period for the content instance.

2. The television receiver of claim 1, wherein the processor-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

output, to a presentation device, the recorded content instance such that playback begins from a start location based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.

3. The television receiver of claim 2, wherein the processor-readable instructions, when executed, further cause the one or more processors to:

cease outputting for presentation the content instance when an end location is reached, the end location based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.

4. The television receiver of claim 1, wherein the processor-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

output the recorded content instance for presentation such that output is altered based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.

5. The television receiver of claim 2, wherein the processor-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to record the content instance comprise processor-readable instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more processors to record the content instance as part of multiple content instances to a single file.

6. The television receiver of claim 1, wherein the processor-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

output, to a presentation device, the recorded content instance such that playback skips one or more portions of the recorded content instance based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.

7. The television receiver of claim 1, wherein the one or more closed captioning elements comprises one or more strings of text.

8. The television receiver of claim 7, wherein the one or more strings of text are unique within the closed captioning elements of the content instance.

9. The television receiver of claim 1, wherein the corresponding positional data is indicative of one or more amounts of time.

10. A method for using closed captioning data in controlling content recording, the method comprising:

receiving, by a television receiver, an indication of one or more closed captioning elements and corresponding positional data, wherein the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data are used to identify a location corresponding to a content instance;

receiving, by the television receiver, the content instance comprising closed captioning elements;

defining, by the television receiver, a recording time period for the content instance based at least in part on the indication of the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data for the content instance; and

recording, by the television receiver, the content instance at least partially based on the defined recording time period for the content instance.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising outputting, by the television receiver to a presentation device, the recorded content instance such that playback begins from a start location based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising ceasing to output for presentation the content instance when an end location is reached, the end location defined based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising altering, by the television receiver, how the recorded content instance is output for presentation based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the content instance is recorded as part of multiple content instances to a single file.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising outputting by the television receiver, to a presentation device, the recorded content instance such that playback skips one or more portions of the recorded content instance based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more closed captioning elements comprises one or more strings of text and the corresponding positional data is indicative of one or more amounts of time.

17. A non-transitory processor-readable medium comprising processor-readable instructions that cause one or more processors to:

receive an indication of one or more closed captioning elements and corresponding positional data, wherein the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data are used to identify a location corresponding to a content instance;

receive the content instance comprising closed captioning elements;

define a recording time period for the content instance based at least in part on the indication of the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data for the content instance; and

cause the content instance to be recorded at least partially based on the defined recording time period for the content instance.

18. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 17 wherein the processor-readable instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

cause the recorded content instance to be output to a presentation device such that playback begins from a start location based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.

19. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 18 wherein the processor-readable instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

cause the content instance to be ceased being output for presentation in response to an end location being reached, the end location based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.

20. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 17 wherein the processor-readable instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

cause the recorded content instance to be output for presentation such that output is altered based on the one or more closed captioning elements and the corresponding positional data.