Use of a program schedule to modify an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator

• US 9,854,329 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2015
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tribune Broadcasting Company Incorporated (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Tribune Broadcasting Company Incorporated (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hundemer, Hank J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Baker, Charlotte M
• Application Number:
  US14/626,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20160249113A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,041 Days
• Field of Search: 704 10, 704275, 704E15045, 704243, 704251, 704270, 704271, 704260, 358 115, 715255, 348463, 348 E7001, 348E17013, 348 E7071, 348 E5112, 348478, 725 47, 725109, 725136
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• 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 7/0885 for the transmission of subtitles

Abstract

In one aspect, an example method involves accessing data representing a program schedule of a media program, wherein the program schedule comprises first text. The method also includes selecting second text from among the first text. The method further includes transmitting, via a communication network, an instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing data representing a program schedule of a media program, wherein the program schedule comprises first text;

selecting second text from among the first text;

transmitting, via a communication network, a first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator; and

transmitting, via the communication network, a second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of the media program, wherein accessing data representing the program schedule of the media program comprises accessing data representing the program schedule of the indicated media-program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first text comprises text included as part of a character-generator template.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting second text from among the first text comprises:

extracting, from the first text, third text that satisfies one or more criterion; and

selecting, as the second text, the extracted third-text.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more criterion comprises a criterion that the third text comprises a proper noun.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate a start time of a broadcast of the media program, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the closed-captioning generator comprises a stenotype machine.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate an end time of a broadcast of the media program, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the media program comprises a news program.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed cause performance of a set of acts comprising:

accessing data representing a program schedule of a media program, wherein the program schedule comprises first text;

selecting second text from among the first text;

transmitting, via a communication network, a first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator; and

transmitting, via the communication network, a second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the media program comprises a news program.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, the set of acts further comprising:

receiving an indication of the media program, wherein accessing data representing the program schedule of the media program comprises accessing data representing the program schedule of the indicated media-program.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the first text comprises text included as part of a character-generator template.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein selecting second text from among the first text comprises:

extracting from the first text, third text that satisfies one or more criterion; and

selecting, as the second text, the extracted third-text.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more criterion comprises a criterion that the third text comprises a proper noun.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate a start time of a broadcast of the media program, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate an end time of a broadcast of the media program, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

18. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the system to perform a set of acts comprising;

accessing data representing a program schedule of a media program, wherein the program schedule comprises first text;

selecting second text from among the first text;

transmitting, via a communication network, a first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator; and

transmitting, via the communication network, a second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate a start time of a broadcast of the media program, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate an end time of a broadcast of the media program, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.