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APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF MEDIA CONTENT EVENT RECORDING

  • US 20170094343A1
  • Filed: 10/10/2016
  • Published: 03/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for recording media content events at a media device, the method comprising:

  • recording, by the media device, a broadcast of a media content event that is being received by the media device, wherein the broadcast of the media content event is associated with at least a scheduled broadcast start time defining when the broadcast of the media content is scheduled to begin and a scheduled broadcast end time defining when the broadcast of the media content event is scheduled to end;

    analyzing a series of subsequently received image frames from the media content event by the media device in response to detecting that time has reached a predefined closing credits monitor time, wherein the closing credits monitor time is prior to the scheduled broadcast end time, and wherein for each of the analyzed image frames, the method further comprises;

    analyzing, by the media device, the image frame to identify an occurrence of an attribute in the analyzed image frame;

    comparing, by the media device, the attribute in the analyzed image frame with a corresponding predefined closing credits attribute; and

    determining, by the media device, that the analyzed image frame includes closing credits of the media content event when the attribute in the analyzed image frame matches the corresponding predefined closing credits attribute; and

    initiating an end of the recording of the media content event in response to determining that the identified attribute in the analyzed image frame corresponds to the predefined closing credits attribute.

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