Methods and Apparatus for Generating Metadata Utilized to Filter Content from a Video Stream Using Text Data
First Claim
1. A method for generating metadata utilized to filter content from a video stream, the method comprising:
- reviewing a video stream to identify at least one portion of the video stream to skip during presentation of the video stream;
parsing text data associated with the video stream to identify a text string in the text data that identifies at least one boundary of the portion of the video stream; and
providing the text string to a digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the DVR utilizes the text string to skip the portion of the video stream during presentation of the video stream by the DVR.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for generating metadata utilized by a DVR to filter content from a video stream. A video stream is reviewed to identify portions the video stream to skip during presentation of the video stream. Text data associated with the video stream is parsed to identify a string in the text data that identifies boundaries of the portions of the video stream that are to be skipped during presentation by the DVR. The string is provided to the DVR, and the DVR utilizes the string to skip the portion of the video stream during presentation of the video stream by the DVR.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for generating metadata utilized to filter content from a video stream, the method comprising:
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reviewing a video stream to identify at least one portion of the video stream to skip during presentation of the video stream; parsing text data associated with the video stream to identify a text string in the text data that identifies at least one boundary of the portion of the video stream; and providing the text string to a digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the DVR utilizes the text string to skip the portion of the video stream during presentation of the video stream by the DVR. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for generating metadata utilized to filter content from a video stream of a television show, the method comprising:
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receiving the video stream including at least one segment of the show, at least one interstitial of the show, and closed captioning data associated with the at least one segment of the show; reviewing the video stream to identify at least one boundary of the at least one segment of the show; parsing the closed captioning data corresponding to the at least one segment of the show to locate a text string that identifies the at least one segment within the video stream, the text string corresponding to an anchor frame of the at least one segment; determining an offset of the at least one boundary of the at least one segment of the show relative to the anchor frame; and providing the text string and the offset to a digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the DVR utilizes the text string and the offset to skip the at least one interstitial during presentation of the video stream. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for generating metadata utilized to filter interstitials from a television show, the method comprising:
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recording the show in a file during a first broadcast time, the file including at least one segment of the show, at least one interstitial of the show, and closed captioning data associated with the at least one segment of the show; reviewing video data of the file to identify a transition between the at least one segment of the show and the at least one interstitial of the show; parsing the closed captioning data corresponding to the at least one segment of the show to locate a text string that identifies the at least one segment within the video stream, the text string corresponding to an anchor frame of the at least one segment; determining an offset of the transition relative to the anchor frame; and providing the text string and the offset to a digital video recorder (DVR) recording the show during a second broadcast time, wherein the DVR utilizes the text string and the offset to skip the at least one interstitial during presentation of the video stream. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a metadata generation apparatus including; a receiver that receives a first television broadcast of a television show, the first television broadcast including at least one segment of the show, at least one interstitial of the show, and closed captioning data associated with the at least one segment of the show; a presentation module that presents the first television broadcast to a user; an identification module that receives user input identifying a transition between the at least one interstitial of the show and the at least one segment of the show, that parses the closed captioning data corresponding to the at least one segment of the show to locate a text string that identifies the at least one segment within the first television broadcast, the text string corresponding to an anchor frame of the at least one segment, and the identification module determining an offset of the transition relative to the anchor frame; and a transmission network communicatively coupled to the identification module that provides the text string and the offset to a digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the DVR utilizes the text string and the offset to skip the at least one interstitial during presentation of the video stream. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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