Method and system for detecting and resolving conflicts in an automatic content recognition based system

• US 9,154,841 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Issued: 10/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Turner Broadcasting System Incorporated (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Turner Broadcasting System Incorporated (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sinha, Nishith Kumar, Giles, Matthew Paul, Loheide, Donald Jude
• Primary Examiner(s): Flynn, Nathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): KIM, WILLIAM JW
• Application Number:
  US14/142,041
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 648 Days
• Field of Search: 725/19
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/93 which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/37 for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/40 for identifying broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/82 the transmission system being the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23 Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
• 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 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• 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 21/2407 Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43079 of additional data with content streams on multiple devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• 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 21/442 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 : Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 : End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 : for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 : involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 : involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 : IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 : End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• 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 21/858 : Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot

Abstract

A device that handles operations for automatic content recognition detects utilizing the automatic content recognition (ACR) operations, a conflict when a first overlay and a second overlay are concurrently presented on a channel on the device. The device may modify the presentation of the first overlay and/or the second overlay for the channel based on the detection. The device utilizes the ACR operations to determine an identity of the channel based on a unique identifier such as a channel logo. The device utilizes the ACR operations to determine a location where the first overlay and/or the second overlay is presented based on the channel identity and may relocate the first overlay and/or the second overlay from the determined location to a new location. If the conflict is detected, the device may be resize, defer or cancel presentation of one of the first overlay and/or the second overlay for the channel.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in a device that is operable to handle operations for automatic content recognition, wherein said device handles said operations for automatic content recognition by communicating with an automatic content recognition system that assigns same interactive event identifiers to different sets of video fingerprints generated from same video content segments by different video fingerprint technologies based on timing of said assignment of said interactive event identifiers to said different sets of video fingerprints;

detecting utilizing said automatic content recognition operations, a conflict on a channel with concurrent presentation of a first overlay and a second overlay on said device; and

modifying said presentation of at least one of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel based on said detection.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising determining utilizing said automatic content recognition operations, an identity of said channel based on a unique identifier that is associated with said channel and is presented on said channel.

3. The method according to claim 2, comprising determining utilizing said automatic content recognition operations, a location where one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay is presented for said channel based on said determined identity of said channel.

4. The method according to claim 3, comprising, if said conflict is detected, determining one or more corresponding new locations for presenting said one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel to resolve said conflict.

5. The method according to claim 4, comprising, if said conflict is detected, relocating said one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay from said determined location where said one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay is presented to said one or more corresponding new locations, wherein said one or more corresponding new locations are based upon a region constraint map for a particular channel.

6. The method according to claim 2, comprising determining utilizing said automatic content recognition operations, a corresponding size of one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel.

7. The method according to claim 6, comprising, if said conflict is detected, determining a new size of one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel to resolve said conflict.

8. The method according to claim 7, comprising, if said conflict is detected, resizing said one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel based on said determined new size.

9. The method according to claim 1, comprising, if said conflict is detected, deferring presentation of one of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel.

10. The method according to claim 1, comprising, if said conflict is detected, canceling presentation of one of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel.

11. A system, comprising:

a device that is operable to handle operations for automatic content recognition, wherein said device handles said operations for automatic content recognition by communicating with an automatic content recognition system that assigns same interactive event identifiers to different sets of video fingerprints generated from same video content segments by different video fingerprint technologies based on timing of said assignment of said interactive event identifiers to said different sets of video fingerprints, said device being operable to;

detect utilizing said automatic content recognition operations, a conflict on a channel with concurrent presentation of a first overlay and a second overlay on said device; and

modify said presentation of at least one of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel based on said detection.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein said device is operable to utilize said automatic content recognition operations to determine an identity of said channel based on a unique identifier that is associated with said channel and is presented on said channel.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said device is operable to utilize said automatic content recognition operations to determine a location where one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay is presented for said channel based on said determined identity of said channel.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein, if said conflict is detected, said device is operable to utilize said automatic content recognition operations to determine one or more corresponding new locations for presenting said one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel to resolve said conflict.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein, if said conflict is detected, said device is operable to relocate said one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay from said determined location where said one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay is presented to said one or more corresponding new locations, wherein said one or more corresponding new locations are based upon a region constraint map for a particular channel.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein said device is operable to utilize said automatic content recognition operations to determine a corresponding size of one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein, if said conflict is detected, said device is operable to determine a new size of one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel to resolve said conflict.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein, if said conflict is detected, said device is operable to resize said one or both of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel based on said determined new size.

19. The system according to claim 11, wherein:

if said conflict is detected, said device is operable to defer presentation of one of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel; and

if said conflict is detected, said device is operable to cancel presentation of one of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:

in a device that is operable to handle operations for automatic content recognition, wherein said device handles said operations for automatic content recognition by communicating with an automatic content recognition system that assigns same interactive event identifiers to different sets of video fingerprints generated from same video content segments by different video fingerprint technologies based on timing of said assignment of said interactive event identifiers to said different sets of video fingerprints, said at least one code section causing;

detecting utilizing said automatic content recognition operations, a conflict on a channel with concurrent presentation of a first overlay and a second overlay on said device; and

modifying said presentation of at least one of said first overlay and said second overlay for said channel based on said detection.