METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING MUSICAL INSIGNIAS FOR MEDIA PROVIDERS

• US 20150007212A1
• Filed: 06/26/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: UV Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Woods, Thomas S.
• Application Number:
  US13/927,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20150007212A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/18
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 on social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages

Abstract

Methods and systems are discussed herein for generating audio presentations of musical insignias associated with media providers in an interactive media guide. For example, instead of requiring a user to read or otherwise visually identify a media object on an interactive guide, the media guidance application generates an audio presentation of a musical insignia known to a user to be associated with the media object.

Claims

1. A method of generating musical insignias for media providers, the method comprising:

generating an interactive media guide that includes a media listing associated with a media provider;

receiving a user input navigating to the media listing;

in response to the user navigating to the media listing, determining a first musical insignia associated with the media provider, wherein the first musical insignia is unique to the media provider; and

generating an audio presentation of the first musical insignia.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a media object, wherein the media object includes a category of media listings, an icon associated with a guide function, or a media listing;

receiving a user input navigating to the media object;

in response to the user navigating to the media object, determining a second musical insignia associated with the media object, wherein the second musical insignia is unique to the media object; and

generating an audio presentation of the second musical insignia.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first musical insignia associated with the media provider further comprises:

monitoring content of media associated with the media provider during a time period;

detecting occurrences of a musical sequence in the content of the media;

comparing a number of the occurrences to a threshold number; and

in response to the number of the occurrences exceeding the threshold number, determining the musical sequence is the first musical insignia.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the time period is associated with a period of time in which a user accesses the media provider.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a representative media asset of the media provider, wherein the representative media asset indicates a source indicator associated with the media provider;

monitoring content of the representative media asset; and

associating the first musical insignia with the media provider in response to detecting a threshold number of audio presentations corresponding to the first musical insignia in the content of the media asset.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the first musical insignia based on cross-referencing the media provider in a database associated with musical insignias of media providers.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the first musical insignia based on interpreting media data used to generate the interactive media guide.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining content of a media asset associated with the media listing and modifying the first musical insignia based on the content of the media asset.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering the media providers based on whether the media providers are associated with musical insignias; and

generating for display media listings associated with the media providers that are associated with musical insignias.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a user input modifying the first musical insignia.

11. A system of generating musical insignias for media providers, the system comprising control circuitry configured to:

generate an interactive media guide that includes a media listing associated with a media provider;

receive a user input navigating to the media listing;

in response to the user navigating to the media listing, determine a first musical insignia associated with the media provider, wherein the first musical insignia is unique to the media provider; and

generate an audio presentation of the first musical insignia.

12. The system, of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

generate a media object, wherein the media object includes a category of media listings, an icon associated with a guide function, or a media listing;

receive a user input navigating to the media object;

in response to the user navigating to the media object, determine a second musical insignia associated with the media object, wherein the second musical insignia is unique to the media object; and

generate an audio presentation of the second musical insignia.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein determining the first musical insignia associated with the media provider further comprises:

monitoring content of media associated with the media provider during a time period;

detecting occurrences of a musical sequence in the content of the media;

comparing a number of the occurrences to a threshold number; and

in response to the number of the occurrences exceeding the threshold number, determining the musical sequence is the first musical insignia.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the time period is associated with a period of time in which a user accesses the media provider.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

determine a representative media asset of the media provider, wherein the representative media asset indicates a source indicator associated with the media provider;

monitor content of the representative media asset; and

associate the first musical insignia with the media provider in response to detecting a threshold number of audio presentations corresponding to the first musical insignia in the content of the media asset.

16. The system of claim 11, further comprising control circuitry configured to determine the first musical insignia based on cross-referencing the media provider in a database associated with musical insignias of media providers.

17. The system of claim 11, further comprising control circuitry configured to determine the first musical insignia based on interpreting media data used to generate the interactive media guide.

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising control circuitry configured to determine content of a media asset associated with the media listing and modifying the first musical insignia based on the content of the media asset.

19. The system of claim 11, further comprising control circuitry configured to:

filter the media providers based on whether the media providers are associated with musical insignias; and

generate for display media listings associated with the media providers that are associated with musical insignias.

20. The system of claim 11, further comprising control circuitry configured to receive a user input modifying the first musical insignia.

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