Methods and systems for displaying contextually relevant information from a plurality of users in real-time regarding a media asset

• US 8,839,309 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UV Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Amidei, William, Jensen, Paul, Peterson, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN BA, HOANG VU A
• Application Number:
  US13/705,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20140157296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 725/61, 725/51, 725/109, 725/112, 725/53, 709/206, 705/14.44, 705/7.29
• US Class Current: 725/61
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0245 Surveys
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• 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 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Methods and systems are described herein for quickly and easily displaying supplemental information about an event occurring in a media asset. In some embodiments, a media application may use a content-recognition module to determine the context of an event and distribute itemized tasks to multiple entities in order to generate the supplemental information about the event.

Claims

1. A method for providing supplemental content associated with a media asset, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a plurality of users, a request for additional information regarding a context of an event in a media asset, wherein the event is a statement during the media asset, and wherein the additional information includes data used to determine a factual basis of the statement;

receiving messages from the plurality of users that include the additional information;

generating supplemental information associated with the context of the event based on the messages, wherein the generated supplemental information is based on a comparison of the additional information included in the messages from the plurality of users; and

generating for display the generated supplemental information on a user device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user input from the user device for the supplemental information about the context of the event in a media asset;

determining the additional information required to generate the supplemental information about the context of the event in the media asset; and

generating the request for the additional information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating supplemental information further comprises:

receiving a first message that includes a first portion of the additional information;

receiving a second message that includes a second portion of the additional information; and

appending the first portion of the additional information with the second portion of the additional information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating supplemental information, further comprises:

aggregating the additional information included in the messages received from a plurality of users; and

comparing the additional information included in at least one message of the messages received from a plurality of users to at least one other message of the messages received from a plurality of users to determine an accuracy associated with the additional information included in the messages received from a plurality of users.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving user-generated content associated with the media asset at the event;

processing the user-generated content associated with the media asset to determine keywords in the user-generated content associated with the media asset at the event;

cross-referencing the keywords in a database of contexts for the keywords in user-generated content; and

determining the context of the event based on the cross-referenced keywords.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving object data associated with objects in the media asset at the event;

processing the object data using an object recognition module to determine the objects in the media asset at the event;

cross-referencing the object in a database of contexts for objects in media assets; and

determining the context of the event based on the cross-referenced object.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving audio data associated with the media asset at the event;

processing the audio data using a speech recognition module to determine keywords in the audio data associated with the media asset at the event;

cross-referencing the keywords in a database of contexts for the keywords in media assets; and

determining the context of the event based on the cross-referenced keywords.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving media data describing the media asset at the event;

cross-referencing the media data describing the media asset at the event in a database of contexts for media data in media assets; and

determining the context of the event based on the cross-referenced media data.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving subtitle data associated with the media asset at the event;

processing the subtitle data using a character recognition module to determine a keyword in the subtitle data associated with the media asset at the event;

cross-referencing the keyword in a database of contexts for keywords in media assets; and

determining the context of the event based on the cross-referenced keyword.

10. A system for providing supplemental content associated with a media asset, the system comprising control circuitry configured to:

transmit, to a plurality of users, a request for additional information regarding a context of an event in a media asset, wherein the event is a statement during the media asset, and wherein the additional information includes data used to determine a factual basis of the statement;

receive messages from the plurality of users that include the additional information;

generate supplemental information associated with the context of the event based on the messages, wherein the generated supplemental information is based on a comparison of the additional information included in the messages from the plurality of users; and

generate for display the generated supplemental information on a user device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive a user input from the user device for the supplemental information about the context of the event in the media asset;

determine the additional information required to generate the supplemental information about the context of the event in the media asset; and

generate the request for the additional information.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive a first message that includes a first portion of the additional information;

receive a second message that includes a second portion of the additional information; and

append the first portion of the additional information with the second portion of the additional information.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

aggregate the additional information included in the messages received from a plurality of users; and

compare the additional information included in at least one message of the messages received from a plurality of users to at least one other message of the messages received from a plurality of users to determine an accuracy associated with the additional information included in the messages received from a plurality of users.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive user-generated content associated with the media asset at the event;

process the user-generated content associated with the media asset to determine keywords in the user-generated content associated with the media asset at the event;

cross-reference the keywords in a database of contexts for the keywords in user-generated content; and

determine the context of the event based on the cross-referenced keywords.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive object data associated with objects in the media asset at the event;

process the object data using an object recognition module to determine the objects in the media asset at the event;

cross-reference the object in a database of contexts for objects in media assets; and

determine the context of the event based on the cross-referenced object.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive audio data associated with the media asset at the event;

process the audio data using a speech recognition module to determine keywords in the audio data associated with the media asset at the event;

cross-reference the keywords in a database of contexts for the keywords in media assets; and

determine the context of the event based on the cross-referenced keywords.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive media data describing the media asset at the event;

cross-reference the media data describing the media asset at the event in a database of contexts for media data in media assets; and

determine the context of the event based on the cross-referenced media data.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive subtitle data associated with the media asset at the event;

process the subtitle data using a character recognition module to determine a keyword in the subtitle data associated with the media asset at the event;

cross-reference the keyword in a database of contexts for keywords in media assets; and

determine the context of the event based on the cross-referenced keyword.

19. A system for providing supplemental content associated with a media asset, the system comprising:

means for transmitting, to a plurality of users, a request for additional information regarding a context of an event in a media asset, wherein the event is a statement during the media asset, and wherein the additional information includes data used to determine a factual basis of the statement;

means for receiving messages from the plurality of users that include the additional information;

means for generating supplemental information associated with the context of the event based on the messages, wherein the generated supplemental information is based on a comparison of the additional information included in the messages from the plurality of users; and

means for generating for display the generated supplemental information on a user device.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

means for receiving a user input from the user device for the supplemental information about the context of the event in a media asset;

means for determining the additional information required to generate the supplemental information about the context of the event in the media asset; and

means for generating the request for the additional information.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the means for generating supplemental information further comprises:

means for receiving a first message that includes a first portion of the additional information;

means for receiving a second message that includes a second portion of the additional information; and

means for appending the first portion of the additional information with the second portion of the additional information.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein means for generating supplemental information, further comprises:

means for aggregating the additional information included in the messages received from a plurality of users; and

means for comparing the additional information included in at least one message of the messages received from a plurality of users to at least one other message of the messages received from a plurality of users to determine an accuracy associated with the additional information included in the messages received from a plurality of users.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the means for determining the context of the event further comprises:

means for receiving user-generated content associated with the media asset at the event;

means for processing the user-generated content associated with the media asset to determine keywords in the user-generated content associated with the media asset at the event;

means for cross-referencing the keywords in a database of contexts for the keywords in user-generated content; and

means for determining the context of the event based on the cross-referenced keywords.

24. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

means for receiving object data associated with objects in the media asset at the event;

means for processing the object data using an object recognition module to determine the objects in the media asset at the event;

means for cross-referencing the object in a database of contexts for objects in media assets; and

means for determining the context of the event based on the cross-referenced object.

25. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

means for receiving audio data associated with the media asset at the event;

means for processing the audio data using a speech recognition module to determine keywords in the audio data associated with the media asset at the event;

means for cross-referencing the keywords in a database of contexts for the keywords in media assets; and

means for determining the context of the event based on the cross-referenced keywords.

26. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

means for receiving media data describing the media asset at the event;

means for cross-referencing the media data describing the media asset at the event in a database of contexts for media data in media assets; and

means for determining the context of the event based on the cross-referenced media data.

27. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

means for receiving subtitle data associated with the media asset at the event;

means for processing the subtitle data using a character recognition module to determine a keyword in the subtitle data associated with the media asset at the event;

means for cross-referencing the keyword in a database of contexts for keywords in media assets; and

means for determining the context of the event based on the cross-referenced keyword.