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PROVIDING EXTRINSIC DATA FOR VIDEO CONTENT

  • US 20150156562A1
  • Filed: 02/06/2015
  • Published: 06/04/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • at least one computing device; and

    at least one application executable in the at least one computing device, the at least one application comprising;

    logic that sends a video content feature and extrinsic data relevant to the video content feature to a client in response to receiving a request for the video content feature from the client, wherein the extrinsic data indicates a plurality of cast members who perform in the video content feature, a division of the video content feature into a plurality of scenes, and a corresponding subset of the plurality of cast members who perform in individual ones of the plurality of scenes;

    logic that determines, for an individual cast member of the plurality of cast members, whether a generic image of the individual cast member is available, the generic image depicting the individual cast member out of character;

    logic that includes the generic image or a uniform resource locator (URL) for the generic image in the extrinsic data in response to determining that the generic image is available; and

    logic that includes a character image or a URL for the character image in the extrinsic data in response to determining that the generic image is not available, the character image corresponding to a region of a frame of the video content feature, the character image depicting a character played by the individual cast member in the video content feature.

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