Methods and systems for customizing a musical score of a media asset

• US 20170188106A1
• Filed: 12/23/2015
• Published: 06/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Harb, Reda
• Application Number:
  US14/998,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20170188106A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/368 displaying animated or moving pictures synchronized with the music or audio part
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/021 Background music, e.g. for video sequences or elevator music
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/046 File format, i.e. specific or non-standard musical file format used in or adapted for electrophonic musical instruments, e.g. in wavetables
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/061 MP3, i.e. MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, lossy audio compression
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/075 Musical metadata derived from musical analysis or for use in electrophonic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/085 Mood, i.e. generation, detection or selection of a particular emotional content or atmosphere in a musical piece
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/105 User profile, i.e. data about the user, e.g. for user settings or user preferences
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set
• 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 21/44029 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4852 for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• 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

Abstract

Methods and systems for customizing a musical score of a media asset. In some aspects, control circuitry receives a media asset including metadata and a video component, a foreground audio component, and/or a background audio component. The control circuitry generates for display the media asset. The control circuitry receives an instruction to replace a portion of the background audio component of the media asset being displayed. The control circuitry identifies an attribute for the portion of the background audio component from the metadata. The control circuitry retrieves a user preference relating to background audio. The control circuitry determines an audio asset based on the attribute and the user preference. The control circuitry retrieves the audio asset. The control circuitry modifies the media asset by replacing the portion of the background audio component with the audio asset. The control circuitry generates for display the modified media asset.

Claims

1. A method for customizing a musical score of a media asset, comprising:

receiving a media asset including metadata and at least one of a video component, a foreground audio component, and a background audio component;

generating for display, using control circuitry, the media asset;

receiving an instruction to replace a portion of the background audio component of the media asset being displayed;

identifying, using the control circuitry, an attribute for the portion of the background audio component from the metadata;

retrieving, from a memory, a user preference relating to background audio;

determining, using the control circuitry, an audio asset based on the identified attribute and the retrieved user preference;

retrieving, from the memory, the determined audio asset;

modifying, using the control circuitry, the media asset by replacing the portion of the background audio component of the media asset with the determined audio asset; and

generating for display, using the control circuitry, the modified media asset.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction to replace the portion of the background audio component of the media asset being displayed is received from a user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction to replace the portion of the background audio component of the media asset being displayed is automatically generated based on the user preference relating to background audio.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute comprises one or more of an artist, a track title, an album title, a tempo, a pitch, and an intensity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user preference relating to the background audio comprises a user preference attribute based on an audiovisual history of a user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining, using the control circuitry, the audio asset based on the identified attribute and the retrieved user preference comprises:

determining, using the control circuitry, whether the identified attribute corresponds to the user preference attribute; and

in response to determining that the identified attribute does not correspond to the user preference attribute, determining, using the control circuitry, the audio asset based on the user preference attribute.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

in response to determining that the identified attribute corresponds to the user preference attribute, selecting, using the control circuitry, the portion of the background audio component.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining, using the control circuitry, the audio asset based on the identified attribute and the retrieved user preference comprises:

identifying, using the control circuitry, the audio asset relating to the identified attribute and the retrieved user preference;

retrieving, from the memory, digital rights permissions for the audio asset; and

selecting, using the control circuitry, the audio asset if the digital rights permissions allow use as background music.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determined audio asset is retrieved from a music library for a user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying, using the control circuitry, the media asset by replacing the portion of the background audio component of the media asset with the determined audio asset further comprises:

trimming, using the control circuitry, a play time of the determined audio asset to substantially match a play time of the portion of the background audio component.

11. A system for customizing a musical score of a media asset, comprising:

a memory configured to store a user preference relating to background audio and an audio asset relating to the user preference;

control circuitry configured to;

receive a media asset including metadata and at least one of a video component, a foreground audio component, and a background audio component;

generate for display the media asset;

receive an instruction to replace a portion of the background audio component of the media asset being displayed;

identify an attribute for the portion of the background audio component from the metadata;

retrieve, from the memory, the user preference relating to background audio;

determine the audio asset based on the identified attribute and the retrieved user preference;

retrieve, from the memory, the determined audio asset;

modify the media asset by replacing the portion of the background audio component of the media asset with the determined audio asset; and

generate for display the modified media asset.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the instruction to replace the portion of the background audio component of the media asset being displayed is received from a user.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the instruction to replace the portion of the background audio component of the media asset being displayed is automatically generated based on the user preference relating to background audio.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the attribute comprises one or more of an artist, a track title, an album title, a tempo, a pitch, and an intensity.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the user preference relating to the background audio comprises a user preference attribute based on an audiovisual history of a user.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the control circuitry configured to determine the audio asset based on the identified attribute and the retrieved user preference comprises control circuitry configured to:

determine whether the identified attribute corresponds to the user preference attribute; and

in response to determining that the identified attribute does not correspond to the user preference attribute, determine the audio asset based on the user preference attribute.

17. The system of claim 16, the control circuitry further comprising control circuitry configured to:

in response to determining that the identified attribute corresponds to the user preference attribute, select the portion of the background audio component.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry configured to determine the audio asset based on the identified attribute and the retrieved user preference comprises control circuitry configured to:

identify the audio asset relating to the identified attribute and the retrieved user preference;

retrieve, from the memory, digital rights permissions for the audio asset; and

select the audio asset if the digital rights permissions allow use as background music.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the determined audio asset is retrieved from a music library for a user.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry configured to modify the media asset by replacing the portion of the background audio component of the media asset with the determined audio asset further comprises control circuitry configured to:

trim a play time of the determined audio asset to substantially match a play time of the portion of the background audio component.

21-50. -50. (canceled)