Method for content-Based Non-Linear Control of Multimedia Playback

• US 20130160057A1
• Filed: 11/28/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chen, Edward Y., Gibbon, David Crawford, Ruedisueli, Laurence W., Shahraray, Behzad
• Granted Patent: US 9,485,544 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/61
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/73 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/732 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/74 Browsing; Visualisation therefor end-user interfaces for requesting or interacting with video content, e.g. video on demand interfaces or electronic program guides, H04N21/472
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23439 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26603 for automatically generating descriptors from content, e.g. when it is not made available by its provider, using content analysis techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/278 Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access details of content or meta data based information retrieval of video data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/432 Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 : for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 : Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 : Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 : by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 : Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

A system and method are provided for content-based non-linear control of video data playback. A multimedia database having multimedia data including multimedia content data is searched based on a user query to determine a first set of multimedia data. The multimedia data includes indexes to and condensed representations of corresponding video data stored in a video database. A portion of the first set of multimedia data is displayed at a control device in response to the user query. A user of the control device selects an element of the first set of multimedia data for video playback and video data corresponding to the element delivered to a video device for playback. A user of the control device selects an element of the first set of multimedia data for additional information and a second set of multimedia data corresponding to the element delivered to the control device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a user, a search term;

transmitting the search term to a database associated with a plurality of media content, wherein the plurality of media content is indexed;

receiving, from the database, matched media content associated with the search term;

receiving, from the user, a choice from the matched media content to yield a selection, the choice indicating a desire of the user to play the selection; and

transmitting the selection to the database.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of media content is indexed by at least one of a title, a length, a rating, and a scene.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the search term is received as an utterance.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising converting the utterance to text via automatic speech recognition.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the database comprises ancillary data used to index the plurality of media content.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the ancillary data comprises at least one of offline transcriptions, manual annotations, topic classifications, post-production scripts, metadata, and genre classifications.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the matched media content to the user to make the choice.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the selection of the database triggers presentation of the selection on a separate device.

9. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising;

receiving, from a user, a search term;

transmitting the search term to a database associated with a plurality of media content, wherein the plurality of media content is indexed;

receiving, from the database, matched media content associated with the search term;

receiving, from the user, a choice from the matched media content to yield a selection, the choice indicating a desire of the user to play the selection; and

transmitting the selection to the database.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the plurality of media content is indexed by at least one of a title, a length, a rating, and a scene.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the search term is received as an utterance.

12. The system of claim 11, the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the method further comprising converting the utterance to text via automatic speech recognition.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the database comprises ancillary data used to index the plurality of media content.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the ancillary data comprises at least one of offline transcriptions, manual annotations, topic classifications, post-production scripts, metadata, and genre classifications.

15. The system of claim 9, the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the method further comprising displaying the matched media content to the user to make the choice.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the transmitting of the selection of the database triggers presentation of the selection on a separate device.

17. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving, from a user, a search term;

transmitting the search term to a database associated with a plurality of media content, wherein the plurality of media content is indexed;

receiving, from the database, matched media content associated with the search term;

receiving, from the user, a choice from the matched media content, the choice indicating a desire of the user to play the selection; and

transmitting the selection to the database.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the plurality of media content is indexed by at least one of a title, a length, a rating, and a scene.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the search term is received as an utterance.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, the computer-readable storage medium having additional instruction stored which result in the method further comprising converting the utterance to text via automatic speech recognition.