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

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Treder, Douglas M., Aliverti, Brent D., Brahmbhatt, Kintan D., Carlson, Adam, Dantzler, Jim L., Timmermann, Jordan M., Wilson, Brian M., Young, Kelvin C.
• Granted Patent: US 10,009,664 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/236 Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream multiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25 Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00
• 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 21/47217 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 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• 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

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for providing extrinsic data relevant to a video content feature. A request for a video content feature is obtained from a client. The video content feature and relevant extrinsic data is sent to the client in response to the request. The extrinsic data indicates cast members who perform in the video content feature, a division of the video content feature into scenes, and a corresponding subset of the cast members who perform in each of the scenes.

Claims

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.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the extrinsic data includes product placement information relative to at least one of the plurality of scenes.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the extrinsic data includes, for individual ones of the plurality of cast members, a respective cast member name and at least one respective character name.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the extrinsic data includes a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs) for a plurality of cast member images corresponding to the plurality of cast members.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one application further comprises:

logic that determines whether an offline mode for the client is to be supported;

logic that includes a plurality of cast member images in the extrinsic data in response to determining that the offline mode for the client is to be supported; and

logic that includes a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs) for the plurality of cast member images in the extrinsic data in place of the plurality of cast member images in response to determining that the offline mode is not to be supported.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one application further comprises logic that obtains a user-created definition of the region of the frame from an editor client.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the extrinsic data includes biographical information for individual ones of the plurality of cast members.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one application further comprises logic that automatically generates the biographical information from at least one editorially curated source and at least one non-editorially curated source according to at least one rule.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the extrinsic data includes at least one predetermined quotation from the individual ones of the plurality of scenes.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one application further comprises:

logic that, responsive to determining that the generic image of the individual cast member is available, determines a plurality of generic images of the individual cast member, the plurality of generic images depicting the individual cast member out of character;

logic that selects at least one of the plurality of generic images based at least in part on a measure of relevancy of the at least one of the plurality of generic images to the video content feature, the measure of relevancy being determined at least in part on a comparison of a date of the video content feature and a date of the at least one of the plurality of generic images; and

logic that includes the at least one of the plurality of generic images or a uniform resource locator (URL) for the at least one of the plurality of generic images in the extrinsic data.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, comprising:

code 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;

code that determines whether an offline mode for the client is to be supported;

code that includes a plurality of cast member images in the extrinsic data in response to determining that the offline mode for the client is to be supported; and

code that includes a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs) for the plurality of cast member images in the extrinsic data in place of the plurality of cast member images in response to determining that the offline mode is not to be supported.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising:

code that determines a plurality of generic images of an individual cast member of the plurality of cast members, the plurality of generic images depicting the individual cast member out of character;

code that selects at least one of the plurality of generic images based at least in part on a measure of relevancy of the at least one of the plurality of generic images to the video content feature, the measure of relevancy being determined at least in part on a comparison of a date of the video content feature and a date of the at least one of the plurality of generic images; and

code that includes the at least one of the plurality of generic images or a uniform resource locator (URL) for the at least one of the plurality of generic images in the extrinsic data.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising:

code 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;

code 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

code 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.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising code that obtains a user-created definition of the region of the frame from an editor client.

15. A method, comprising:

sending, via at least one of one or more computing devices, 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;

determining, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, for an individual cast member of the plurality of cast members, that a generic image of the individual cast member is unavailable, the generic image depicting the individual cast member out of character; and

including, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a character image or a uniform resource locator (URL) of the character image in the extrinsic data, wherein the character image corresponds to a region of a frame of the video content feature, and the character image depicts a character played by the individual cast member in the video content feature.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising including, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, product placement information in the extrinsic data, the product placement information being relative to at least one of the plurality of scenes.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising including, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, for individual ones of the plurality of cast members, a respective cast member name and at least one respective character name in the extrinsic data.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, that an offline mode for the client is to be supported; and

including, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a plurality of cast member images in the extrinsic data in response to determining that the offline mode for the client is to be supported.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising obtaining, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a user-created definition of the region of the frame from an editor client.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising including, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, biographical information for individual ones of the plurality of cast members in the extrinsic data.