Video analysis system

• US 9,749,710 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2013
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Ramaswamy, Sneha Modlur
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, An Son P
• Application Number:
  US13/782,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20140250457A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,642 Days
• Field of Search: 725 34, 725 60, 707784
• 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 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/475 End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A system may include an interface, memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory. The interface may be configured to receive a signal that may include one or more user-selected frames of video content. The processor may execute the instructions to identify a market-relevant video object in the one or more frames. The processor may also facilitate storing in the memory, market-relevant information associated with the market-relevant video object. The processor may also execute the instructions to compare the stored market-relevant information to stored advertisement information and determine ad request criteria and/or advertisement for distribution to a user based on the comparison.

Claims

1. A system implemented in an electronic device, the system comprising:

an interface receives a signal from a user electronic device, the signal including a user entered string, user selected frames of video content, and audio data, wherein the audio data corresponds to the video content and the user selected frames, wherein the user selected frames and the string are entered by a user while the video content is playing, and wherein the user selected frames are selected by the user via a user interface embedded in or communicatively coupled with the user electronic device providing the video content to the user;

a memory that includes processor-executable instructions; and

a processor connected to the memory and the interface, the processor executes the processor-executable instructions to;

identify a perceivable market-relevant video object in the user selected frames;

store in the memory, first market-relevant information associated with the perceivable market-relevant video object and the user entered string;

identify a perceivable audio object sound in the audio data;

store in the memory, second market-relevant information associated with the perceivable audio object sound;

compare the first market-relevant information to stored advertisement information;

compare the second market-relevant information to the stored advertisement information;

determine an advertisement for distribution to user of the user electronic device based on the comparisons of the first stored market-relevant information and the second stored market-relevant information to the stored advertisement information; and

distribute the advertisement to the user of the user electronic device for displaying the advertisement during the video content in response to receiving, via the user interface, an ad request criteria, wherein the advertisement is distributed based on the comparisons.

2. The system of claim 1, where the processor executes the processor-executable instructions to:

identify a string portion in the user entered string;

store in the memory, third market-relevant information associated with the string portion;

compare the third stored market-relevant information to the stored advertisement information; and

determine the advertisement for distribution to the user based on the comparison of the third stored market-relevant information to the stored advertisement information.

3. The system of claim 1, where the signal includes metadata associated with the video content, the user selected frames, or the perceivable market-relevant video object, and where the processor executes the processor-executable instructions to:

store in the memory, the metadata;

compare the stored metadata to the stored advertisement information; and

determine the advertisement for distribution to the user based on the comparison of the metadata to the stored advertisement information.

4. The system of claim 1, where the processor executes the processor-executable instructions to:

identify a word in the audio data;

store in the memory, third market-relevant information associated with the word;

compare the third market-relevant information to the stored advertisement information; and

determine the advertisement for distribution to the user based on the comparison of the third stored market-relevant information to the stored advertisement information.

5. The system of claim 1, where the user entered string corresponds to at least a portion of a voice message communicated by the user to another individual while the video content is playing or paused.

6. A method implemented in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, at an interface of the electronic device, a signal from a user electronic device, the signal includes a user entered string, user selected frames of video content, and audio data, the audio data corresponding to the video content and the user selected frames, wherein the user selected frames and the user entered string are entered by a user while the video content is playing, and wherein the user selected frames are selected by the user via a user interface embedded in or communicatively coupled with the user electronic device providing the video content to the user;

identifying, by a processor of the electronic device, a perceivable market-relevant video object in the user selected frames;

storing, in memory of the electronic device, first market-relevant information associated with the perceivable market-relevant video object and the user entered string;

identifying, by the processor, a perceivable audio object sound in the audio data;

storing in the memory, second market-relevant information associated with the perceivable audio object sound;

comparing, by the processor, the first stored market-relevant information to stored advertisement information;

comparing, by the processor, the second stored market-relevant information to the stored advertisement information;

determining, by the processor, ad request criteria based on the comparisons of the first stored market-relevant information and the second stored market-relevant information to the stored advertisement information; and

transmitting, by an advertisement server, an advertisement to the user of the user electronic device for displaying the advertisement during the video content in response to receiving, via the user interface, an ad request criteria from the user electronic device, wherein the advertisement is transmitted based on the comparisons.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising:

identifying, by the processor, a market-relevant string portion in the user entered string;

storing, in the memory, third market-relevant information associated with the market-relevant string portion;

comparing, by the processor, the third stored market-relevant information to the stored advertisement information; and

determining, by the processor, the ad request criteria based on the comparison of the third stored market-relevant information to the stored advertisement information.

8. The method of claim 6, comprising:

receiving, at the interface, metadata associated with the video content, the user selected frames, or the perceivable market-relevant video object;

storing, in the memory, the metadata;

comparing, by the processor, the metadata to the stored advertisement information; and

determining, by the processor, the ad request criteria based on the comparison of the metadata to the stored advertisement information.

9. The method of claim 6, where the user electronic device communicates the signal that includes the user selected frames directly to the user interface or via an intermediary that filters the signal.

10. The method of claim 6, where the user interface includes a graphical user interface.

11. The method of claim 6, where the user interface includes a voice operated user interface, and where the user selected frames are selected by the user via the voice operated user interface.

12. a method implemented in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, at an interface of the electronic device, a signal from a user electronic device, the signal includes a user entered string and user selected frames of video content and audio data, the audio data corresponding to the video content and the user selected frames, wherein the user selected frames and the user entered string are entered by a user while the video content is playing, and wherein the user selected frames are selected by the user via a user interface embedded in or communicatively coupled with the user electronic device providing the video content to the user;

identifying, by a processor of the electronic device, a market-relevant string portion in the user entered string;

identifying, by the processor, a perceivable market-relevant audio object sound in the user selected frames;

storing, in memory of the electronic device, market-relevant information associated with the perceivable market-relevant string portion and the market-relevant audio object sound;

comparing, by the processor, the stored market-relevant information to stored advertisement information;

determining, by the processor, ad request criteria based on the comparison; and

transmitting, by an advertisement server, an advertisement to the user electronic device for displaying the advertisement during the video content in response to receiving, via the user interface, the ad request criteria from the user electronic device, wherein the advertisement is determined based on the comparison.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising:

receiving, at the interface, the signal that includes metadata associated with the video content;

storing, the metadata in the memory;

comparing, by the processor, the metadata to the stored advertisement information; and

determining, by the processor, the ad request criteria based on the comparisons of the stored market-relevant information and the metadata to the stored advertisement information.

14. The method of claim 12, where the user entered string corresponds to a portion of a text message.

15. The method of claim 12, where the user entered string corresponds to an Internet search query.

16. The method of claim 12, where the market-relevant string portion includes a symbol, character, word, or phrase that an advertiser has designated as relevant to advertising.