System and method for providing video content

• US 20080178219A1
• Filed: 01/23/2007
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Grannan, Michael F.
• Application Number:
  US11/656,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20080178219A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/41
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/108 characterised by resources being split in blocks or fragments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1091 Interfacing with client-server systems or between P2P systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• 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 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A method of providing video content is disclosed that includes receiving content criteria at a set-top box device. The method also includes receiving at least one selection of a video program at the set-top box device, wherein each video program includes at least one program segment. The method also includes receiving each video program at the set-top box device and determining whether each program segment is a relevant segment based on the content criteria. The method also includes assembling all relevant segments at the set-top box device to produce a custom video presentation.

Claims

1. A method of providing video content, the method comprising:

receiving content criteria at a set-top box device;

receiving at least one selection of a video program at the set-top box device, wherein each video program includes at least one program segment;

receiving each video program at the set-top box device;

determining whether each program segment is a relevant segment based on the content criteria; and

assembling all relevant segments at the set-top box device to produce a custom video presentation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each program segment includes a soundtrack segment and wherein text associated with each soundtrack segment is compared with the content criteria to determine whether the program segment is a relevant segment.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the content criteria includes at least one search term, at least one topic of interest, at least one program of interest, or any combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the text includes closed-captioning text associated with the soundtrack segment.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the text includes speech recognition text derived from the soundtrack segment.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the custom video presentation to a display device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an ordering specification, wherein the relevant segments are concatenated according to the ordering specification.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the ordering specification further comprises a criteria weighting, a program weighting, a program recording date, a user specified order, a frequency of matches to a content criterion or any combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving data identifying at least one entire video program to be included in the custom video presentation;

storing the at least one entire video program; and

wherein the custom video presentation includes the at least one entire video program.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the content criteria from the set-top box device to at least one peer device via a peer-to-peer network; and

receiving one or more relevant segments from the at least one peer device, wherein the custom video presentation includes the received relevant segments.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving, from the peer-to-peer network, associated program data for each relevant segment, the associated program data comprising a video program airing date and a video program generation date.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising deleting stored program segments that are not relevant segments.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising entering a segment memory starting address of each relevant segment and a segment duration of each relevant segment to a custom video presentation segment list.

14. A set-top box device, comprising:

a processor and a memory device accessible to the processor, wherein the memory device includes instructions executable by the processor to;

receive data indicating content criteria;

receive data corresponding to one or more selections of video programs, wherein each video program includes at least one program segment having a soundtrack portion;

receive and store the program segments;

determine whether each program segment is a relevant segment based on the content criteria; and

assemble all relevant segments to produce a custom video presentation.

15. The set-top box device of claim 14, wherein the memory device includes instructions executable by the processor to receive data indicating an ordering specification.

16. The set-top box device of claim 15, wherein the memory device includes instructions executable by the processor to assemble the relevant segments according to the ordering specification.

17. The set-top box device of claim 16, wherein the ordering specification includes instructions to order the relevant segments according to a frequency of matches with the content criteria.

18. The set-top box device of claim 16, wherein the ordering specification includes instructions to order the relevant segments according to a criteria weighting.

19. The set-top box device of claim 16, wherein the ordering specification includes instructions to order the relevant segments according to a video program weighting.

20. The set-top box device of claim 16, wherein the user selected ordering instructions comprises instructions to order the relevant segments according to a date and time of broadcast.

21. The set-top box device of claim 14, wherein the memory device includes instructions executable by the processor to identify a start point and a duration of each program segment.

22. The set-top box device of claim 14, wherein the memory device includes instructions executable by the processor to output one or more graphical user interfaces to receive data corresponding to the content criteria, the selections of video programs, an ordering specification, or any combination thereof.

23. The set-top box device of claim 14, further comprising a speech-to-text module to output text data based on a soundtrack portion of a program segment.

24. A processor-readable medium tangibly embodying processor readable instructions executable by a processor to:

receive data indicating content criteria;

receive data corresponding to one or more selections of video programs, wherein each video program includes at least one program segment having a soundtrack portion;

receive and store the program segments;

determine whether each program segment is a relevant segment based on the content criteria; and

assemble all relevant segments to produce a custom video presentation.

25. The processor-readable medium of claim 24, further comprising instructions executable by the processor to search text associated with each soundtrack portion, closed-captioning data associated with the soundtrack segment, or any combination thereof, to identify content related to the criteria.