Methods and apparatus for enhancing a digital content experience

• US 9,729,942 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2012
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Discovery Communications LLC (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Discovery Communications LLC (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Inventors: Vehovsky, Gabriel G., Merriweather, Kurt Andrew, Speigel, David Ross, You, Won J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Salomon, Phenuel
• Application Number:
  US14/357,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20140325359A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,714 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention include methods and associated apparatuses that enhance a digital content experience. The methods and associated apparatuses may receive a selection of a video to view and determine a variety of content related to the selected video. The related content may be presented to a viewer while the video is playing.

Claims

1. A method for enhancing a digital content experience, the method comprising:

receiving a video transcript file with a text transcript of a video;

identifying one or more keywords in the text transcript of the video;

extracting, via interpretation of the one or more keywords, and using time markers corresponding to the one or more keywords, one or more key concepts corresponding to the one or more time markers in the video;

retrieving one or more related content items corresponding to the extracted key concepts, wherein the related content items are retrieved from sources external to the video and the video transcript file;

applying one or more content rules to define relationships between the extracted key concepts and facets of potential related content items to determine related content items for the extracted key concepts, wherein the one or more content rules apply one of a ranking standard and a quality standard to the potential related content items;

determining whether the potential related content items passes the quality standard;

retrieving a different type of related content items corresponding to the extracted key concepts as a result of determining that the potential related content items did not pass the quality standard;

determining related content items corresponding to the extracted key concepts as a result of determining that the potential related content items passed the quality standard;

associating the determined related content items to the time markers corresponding to the extracted key concepts;

generating a content feed comprising the related content items and the video transcript file; and

transmitting the content feed and the video for contemporaneous presentation on a digital device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one key concept is extracted via an interpretation of two or more keywords in the text transcript of the video.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

revising the related content items in the content feed based upon received feedback associated with the related content items.

4. An apparatus for enhancing a digital content experience, the apparatus comprising at least one computer processor configured to:

receive a video transcript file with a text transcript of a video;

identify a plurality of specific terms in the text transcript of the video;

classify each of the plurality of specific terms into one or more entities using one or more extraction rules;

associate each of the entities with a time marker in the video transcript file corresponding to one or more of the specific terms;

retrieve related content items external to the video and the video transcript file for the entities;

apply one or more content rules to define relationships between entities and facets of potential related content items to determine related content items for the entities, wherein the one or more content rules apply one of a ranking standard and a quality standard to the potential related content items;

determine whether the potential related content items passes the quality standard;

retrieve a different type of related content items corresponding to entities as a result of determining that the potential related content items did not pass the quality standard;

determining related content items corresponding to entities as a result of determining that the potential related content items passed the quality standard;

associate the determined related content items to the time markers associated with the entities;

generate a content feed with the related content items and the video transcript file; and

transmit the content feed and the video for contemporaneous presentation on a digital device.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein at least one of the entities corresponds to a combination of two specific terms in the text transcript of the video.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

an optimization component operable to revise the related content items in the content feed based upon received feedback associated with the related content items.

7. A system for enhancing a digital content experience, the system comprising at least one computer processor, the at least one computer processor configured to execute instructions for:

receiving, at the processor, a video transcript file comprising a text transcript of a video and entities corresponding to time markers in the video transcript file, wherein the entities are created by identifying and classifying specific words in the text transcript of the video;

retrieving, using the processor, related content items for the entities in the video transcript file, wherein the related content items are from sources external to the video and the video transcript file;

applying, using the processor, one or more content rules to define relationships between entities and facets of potential related content items to determine related content items for entities, wherein the one or more content rules apply one of a ranking standard and a quality standard to the potential related content item;

determining, using the processor, whether the potential related content items passes the quality standard;

retrieving, using the processor, a different type of related content items corresponding to entities as a result of determining that the potential related content items did not pass the quality standard;

determining related content items corresponding to entities as a result of determining that the potential related content items passed the quality standard;

associating, using the processor, the determined related content items to the time markers for the entities; and

generating, using the processor, a content feed with the related content items and the video transcript file;

transmitting, using the processor, the content feed and the video for contemporaneous presentation on a digital device.