Systems for selectively associating cues with stored video frames and methods of operating the same

• US 20030039465A1
• Filed: 04/19/2002
• Published: 02/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: France Telecom Research and Development LLC
• Inventors: Bjorgan, Stephen, Noakes, Robert
• Application Number:
  US10/126,485
• Publication Number:
  US 20030039465A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/20
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

Disclosed systems for selectively associating cues with stored video frames, and methods of operation. An exemplary video processing system comprises a video recording system and a video playback system. The video recording system (i) receives a digital content stream and (ii) stores the video track data associated therewith as video frames in a storage device. The video recording system comprises a content detection controller operable, in response to received content descriptor data, to (i) detect a subset of the video frames associated with select content in the received digital content stream, and (ii) associate a cue with at least one of the subset of the video frames.

Claims

1. A video recording system capable of (i) receiving a digital content stream comprising video track data, audio track data and content descriptor data and (ii) storing said video track data as video frames in a storage device, said video recording system comprising:

a content detection controller operable, in response to said received content descriptor data, to (i) detect a subset of said video frames associated with select content in said received digital content stream, and (ii) associate a cue with at least one of said subset of said video frames, said cue operable to cause a video playback controller to selectively replace said select content with substitute content during playback of said stored video track data.

2. The video recording system set forth in claim 1 further comprising a processor that is operable to convert said received video track data into video frames.

3. The video recording system set forth in claim 1 further comprising a processor that is operable to convert said received digital content stream into an analog content stream.

4. The video recording system set forth in claim 1 wherein said cue includes clocking data associated with said select content.

5. The video recording system set forth in claim 4 wherein said clocking data includes at least one of a start time of said select content and a duration time of said select content.

6. The video recording system set forth in claim 1 wherein said cue includes at least one of content indicia associated with said received digital content stream and a subscriber profile.

7. The video recording system set forth in claim 1 further comprising a display controller that receives said video frames and provides said video frames as a video sequence to a display.

8. A method of operating a video recording system that operates to receive a digital content stream comprising video track data, audio track data and content descriptor data, to process said received digital content stream, and to store said video track data as video frames in a storage device, said method of operating said video recording system comprising the steps of:

detecting, in response to processing said received content descriptor data, a subset of said video frames associated with a commercial in said received digital content stream; and

associating, in response to detecting said subset of said video frames, a cue with at least one of said subset of said video frames, said cue operable to cause a video playback controller to selectively replace said commercial with a substitute commercial during playback of said stored video track data.

9. The method of operating the video recording system set forth in claim 8 further comprising the step of converting said received video track data into video frames.

10. The method of operating the video recording system set forth in claim 8 further comprising the step of converting said received digital content stream into an analog content stream.

11. The method of operating the video recording system set forth in claim 8 further comprising the step of including clocking data associated with said commercial in said cue.

12. The method of operating the video recording system set forth in claim 11 further comprising the step including at least one of a start time of said commercial and a duration time of said commercial in said clocking data.

13. The method of operating the video recording system set forth in claim 8 further comprising the step of including at least one of content indicia associated with said received digital content stream and a subscriber profile in said cue.

14. The method of operating the video recording system set forth in claim 8 further comprising the step of receiving said video frames at a display controller and providing said video frames as a video sequence to a display.

15. A commercial detection controller for association with a video recording system that operates to (i) receive a digital content stream comprising video track data, audio track data and content descriptor data and (ii) store said video track data as video frames in a storage device, said commercial detection controller operable, in response to said received content descriptor data, to (i) detect a subset of said video frames associated with a commercial in said received digital content stream, and (ii) associate a cue with at least one of said subset of said video frames, said cue operable to cause a video playback controller to selectively replace said commercial with a substitute commercial during playback of said stored video track data.

16. The commercial detection controller set forth in claim 15 wherein said cue includes clocking data associated with said commercial.

17. The commercial detection controller set forth in claim 16 wherein said clocking data includes at least one of a start time of said commercial and a duration time of said commercial.

18. The video recording system set forth in claim 15 wherein said cue includes at least one of content indicia associated with said received digital content stream and a subscriber profile.

19. The video recording system set forth in claim 15 further comprising a display that is operable to display said video frames and a display controller that receives said video frames and provides said video frames as a video sequence to said display.

20. A method of operating a commercial detection controller, said commercial detection controller associated with a video recording system that operates to:

(1) receive a digital content stream comprising video track data, audio track data and content descriptor data, (2) process said received digital content stream, and (3) store said video track data as video frames in a storage device, said method of operating said commercial detection controller comprising the steps of;

detecting a subset of said video frames associated with a commercial in said received digital content stream; and

associating, in response to detecting said subset of said video frames, a cue with at least one of said subset of said video frames, said cue operable to cause a video playback controller to selectively replace said commercial with a substitute commercial during playback of said stored video track data.

21. The method of operating the commercial detection controller set forth in claim 20 further comprising the step of including clocking data associated with said commercial in said cue.

22. The method of operating the commercial detection controller set forth in claim 21 further comprising the step including at least one of a start time of said commercial and a duration time of said commercial in said clocking data.

23. The method of operating the commercial detection controller set forth in claim 20 further comprising the step of including at least one of content indicia associated with said received digital content stream and a subscriber profile in said cue.

24. The method of operating the video recording system set forth in claim 20 further comprising the step of receiving said video frames at a display controller and providing said video frames as a video sequence to a display.

25. A video processing system comprising:

a video recording system capable of (i) receiving a digital content stream comprising video track data, audio track data and content descriptor data and (ii) storing said video track data as video frames in a storage device, said video recording system comprising a commercial detection controller operable, in response to said received content descriptor data, to (i) detect a subset of said video frames associated with a commercial in said received digital content stream, and (ii) associate a cue with at least one of said subset of said video frames; and

a video playback system capable of playing back said stored video track data, and comprising a video playback controller operable to detect cues associated with ones of said subsets of said video frames and to direct said video playback system in response thereto to selectively replace said commercial with a substitute commercial during playback.

26. The video processing system set forth in claim 25 further comprising a display that is operable to display said video frames and a display controller that receives said video frames and provides said video frames as a video sequence to said display.