Method for managing advertising detection in an electronic apparatus, such as a digital television decoder

• US 8,365,217 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sagemcom Broadband SAS (Sagemcom Holding SAS)
• Original Assignee: Sagemcom Broadband SAS (Sagemcom Holding SAS)
• Inventors: Legrand, Mickal
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Kristine
• Assistant Examiner(s): MONTOYA, OSCHTA I
• Application Number:
  US13/141,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20110265114A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• 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 21/45457 applied to a time segment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording

Abstract

A method for managing the detection of advertising sequences in a stream of information stored on a mass memory module of an electronic apparatus, the information stream corresponding to an extract of a television program, the information stream including a first set of information corresponding to a content to be rendered and a second set of information, corresponding to the advertising sequences, the information stream including at least one set of video information, and teletext type data, and subtitle data associated with the stream, the method including analyzing the video information for detecting a format transition in the images associated with the video information; optionally storing a first address information corresponding to the detected transition, and validating a first detection condition; analyzing the teletext type data for detecting an absence, and then a presence, of teletext subtitles associated with the video information, optionally storing a second address information corresponding to the detected, transition, and validating a second detection condition; analyzing the subtitle data associated with the stream for detecting an absence, then a presence of the subtitle data associated with the stream; optionally storing third address information corresponding to the detected transition, and validating a third detection condition; if the three detection conditions are validated, identifying the stored address information as transition sequences between the second set of information and the first set of information.

Claims

1. A method for managing the detection of advertising sequences in a stream of information stored on a mass memory module of an electronic apparatus, said information stream corresponding to an extract of a television program, said information stream including a first set of information corresponding to a content to be rendered and a second set of information, corresponding to said advertising sequences, said information stream including at least one set of video information, and teletext type data, and subtitle data associated with the stream,

said method comprising:

analyzing the video information for detecting a format transition in the images associated with the video information;

storing a first address information corresponding to the detected transition, and validating a first detection condition;

analyzing the teletext type data for detecting a transition corresponding to an absence, and then a presence, of teletext subtitles associated with said video information, storing a second address information corresponding to the detected transition, and validating a second detection condition;

analyzing the subtitle data associated with the stream for detecting a transition corresponding to an absence, then a presence of said subtitle data associated with the stream;

storing third address information corresponding to the detected transition, and validating a third detection condition;

if the three detection conditions are validated, identifying the stored address information as transition sequences between the second set of information and the first set of information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the stored address information corresponding to an actual transition sequence is that associated with a video image to be rendered first.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising pursuing an operation started beforehand, of reading the considered stream of information at the stored address information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the format transition in the images associated with said video information is a transition from a 4/3 type format to a 16/9 type format.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein analyzing the video information is carried out linearly or by dichotomy.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein analyzing the teletext type data is carried out linearly.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein analyzing subtitle data associated with the stream is carried out linearly, or by dichotomy.

8. The method according to claim 1, comprising receiving an instruction from a user for triggering said method prior to analyzing the video information.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the information stream in which the detection of advertising sequences is managed corresponds to a video information duration, determined beforehand, and wherein, in the absence of validated detection conditions, the method comprises issuing a warning message.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the information stream in which the detection of advertising sequences is managed starts at an image viewed by the user when said user issues the instruction for triggering said method.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method is implemented automatically.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the automatic implementation is periodic.

13. An electronic apparatus capable of implementing the method according to claim 1.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said apparatus is a digital television decoder type electronic apparatus.