Method and system for automatically generating interstitial material related to video content
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1. A method implemented on a computing device for generating interstitial material for video content, the method comprising:
- generating at least one instantiated script by inserting metadata related to said video content into at least one script template;
scoring said at least one instantiated script according to a predefined set of weights associated with a profile for a target viewing audience to produce scored scripts, wherein;
said scoring comprises the usage of at least one of popularity, uniqueness or correlation attributes of program metadata utilized in said script templates being scored,said scoring also comprises analyzing social graphs to derive preferences from a viewer'"'"'s relationships with other viewers,said scoring also comprises analyzing said instantiated scripts for comparison against desired interstitial length, andsaid scoring also comprises introducing a random factor to said pre-defined set of weights;
selecting at least one of said scored scripts to be rendered as said interstitial material, wherein said selecting is according to at least said scoring;
producing a rendered audio version for each said selected scored script, wherein said producing comprises validating and correcting grammar in said instantiated scripts; and
inserting said rendered audio version to be broadcast as said interstitial material during advertising breaks of programs broadcast according to a linear broadcast program channel schedule or playlist of said programs, wherein said interstitial material is a promotional interstitial to promote said video content, and said computing device is configured as part of a head-end system.
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Abstract
A method implementable on a computing device for generating interstitial material for video content includes generating at least one instantiated script by inserting metadata related to the video content into at least one script template, scoring the instantiated scripts according to a predefined set of weights associated with a profile for a viewing audience to produce scored scripts, and selecting from said scored scripts according to at least said scoring for rendering as said interstitial material. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
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1. A method implemented on a computing device for generating interstitial material for video content, the method comprising:
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generating at least one instantiated script by inserting metadata related to said video content into at least one script template; scoring said at least one instantiated script according to a predefined set of weights associated with a profile for a target viewing audience to produce scored scripts, wherein; said scoring comprises the usage of at least one of popularity, uniqueness or correlation attributes of program metadata utilized in said script templates being scored, said scoring also comprises analyzing social graphs to derive preferences from a viewer'"'"'s relationships with other viewers, said scoring also comprises analyzing said instantiated scripts for comparison against desired interstitial length, and said scoring also comprises introducing a random factor to said pre-defined set of weights; selecting at least one of said scored scripts to be rendered as said interstitial material, wherein said selecting is according to at least said scoring; producing a rendered audio version for each said selected scored script, wherein said producing comprises validating and correcting grammar in said instantiated scripts; and inserting said rendered audio version to be broadcast as said interstitial material during advertising breaks of programs broadcast according to a linear broadcast program channel schedule or playlist of said programs, wherein said interstitial material is a promotional interstitial to promote said video content, and said computing device is configured as part of a head-end system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A video content interstitial material generation system instantiated on a tangible medium on a computing device and comprising:
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a script template database operative to store script templates for promotional interstitials to promote viewing of media assets; at least one metadata database operative to store metadata associated with said media assets; a sentence fragment generator operative to generate instantiated scripts for said media assets by at least inserting said associated metadata into at least one of said script templates; a sentence fragment scoring engine operative to produce scored scripts by scoring each of said instantiated scripts according to a predefined set of weights, wherein said set of weights is associated with a profile for a target viewing audience, wherein said scoring also comprises analyzing social graphs to derive preferences from a viewer'"'"'s relationships with other viewers; a grammar validation module operative to validate and correct grammar for selected said scored scripts; a rendering manager operative to produce a rendered audio version for said selected scored scripts, wherein said scored scripts are selected for rendering at least based on scores assigned by said sentence fragment scoring engine; and a broadcast program schedule comprising a linear broadcast program channel schedule for broadcasting said media assets with said rendered audio version inserted for broadcast during advertising breaks of said media assets, wherein said computing device is configured as part of a head-end system. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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