Event-based media playback

• US 9,930,404 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2013
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Dish Network Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Echostar Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Inventors: Friedrich, Alisson, Swain, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Gee, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US13/919,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20140373079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,744 Days
• 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 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region

Abstract

Particular portions or events of recorded television programming identified as having especially significant or interesting detail may be played-back at normal speed without user input; whereas other portions or events of the recorded television programming may be played-back at greater than normal speed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

transmitting, from a television receiver to a display device, stored media content at a standard frame rate;

receiving a command, at the television receiver, causing the television receiver to playback the stored media content at an increased frame rate;

accessing, by the television receiver, an event table for the stored media content, wherein the event table includes an event occurrence time comprising a time during playback of the stored media content when each of one or more events occurs, wherein;

the event table comprises a pre-event time listing comprising a time in seconds prior to the event occurrence time for each particular event at which a stored media content frame rate is to be adjusted from the increased frame rate to the standard frame rate,

the event table comprises a post-event time listing comprising a time in seconds subsequent to the event occurrence time for each particular event at which the stored media content frame rate is to be re-adjusted to the increased frame rate,

at least one event in the event table comprises a social network marked event, and wherein the social network marked event is an identified event based on a webcrawler keyword search of trending information during an original broadcast of the stored media content, and

at least one of the one or more events comprises a monitored event marking source comprising derived events from a threshold number of actions or inputs from one or more particular groups of individuals;

identifying, at the television receiver from the event table, a temporal position during playback of the stored media content associated with a pre-event time for a first event listed in the event table; and

automatically adjusting, by the television receiver without user input, the stored media content frame rate from the increased frame rate to the standard frame rate at the identified temporal position.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting for presentation by the display device the stored media content at the standard frame rate for a predetermined period of time for each event.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising recording the media content at the television receiver.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

accessing a computing device over a network connection; and

retrieving the event table associated with the stored media content from the computing device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising updating the file at least one of intermittently and periodically by accessing the computing device over the network connection.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the events is associated with a corresponding one particular portion of the stored media content, and wherein the at least one of the events is included in the event table from input received from an event marking source selected from one of:

a manual marking source;

an automated event marking source; and

a crowdsourcing marking source.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one of the events associated with a corresponding one particular portion of the stored media content is based on input received from multiple event marking sources.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising, subsequent to the adjusting, automatically re-adjusting, at the television receiver without user input, the frame rate to the increased frame rate at the temporal position of the stored media content associated with the post-event time listing for the first event.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the increased frame rate continues to display each and every frame of the stored media content during playback.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more events comprise a second monitored event marking source comprising a scan of a reported event based on a keyword search.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more events comprise an automated event marking source comprising a scan of volume or inflection of audio associated with a crowd or announcer.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more events comprise a second monitored event marking source comprising a scan of graphics displayed during the stored media content broadcast.

19. The method of claim 7, wherein the multiple event marking sources include thousands of reports across multiple sources that suggest an event is interesting or significant.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the webcrawler keyword search identifies a keyword within a social media post and identifies a time at which the post was created, and wherein the time at which it was created is the event occurrence time in the event table.

8. A computing system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

transmit stored media content at a standard frame rate;

receive a command causing playback of the stored media content at an increased frame rate;

access an event table for the stored media content, wherein the event table includes an event occurrence time comprising a time during playback of the stored media content when each of one or more events occurs, wherein;

the event table comprises a pre-event time listing comprising a time in seconds prior to the event occurrence time for each particular event at which a stored media content frame rate is to be adjusted from an increased frame rate to a standard frame rate,

the event table comprises a post-event time listing comprising a time in seconds subsequent to the event occurrence time for each particular event at which the stored media content frame rate is to be re-adjusted to the increased frame rate,

at least one event in the event table comprises a social network marked event, and wherein the social network marked event is an identified event based on a webcrawler keyword search of trending information during an original broadcast of the stored media content, and

at least one of the one or more events comprises a monitored event marking source comprising derived events from a threshold number of actions or inputs from one or more particular groups of individuals;

identify, from the event table, a temporal position during playback of the stored media content associated with a pre-event time for a first event listed in the event table; and

automatically adjust the stored media content frame rate from the increased frame rate to the standard frame rate at the identified temporal position.

9. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the memory having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to output for presentation by a display device the stored media content at the standard frame rate for a predetermined period of time for each event.

10. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the memory having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

access a computing device over a network connection; and

retrieve the event table associated with the stored media content from the computing device.

11. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the memory having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

update the file at least one of intermittently and periodically by accessing the computing device over the network connection.

14. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the memory having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to, subsequent to the adjustment, automatically re-adjust the frame rate to the increased frame rate at the temporal position of the stored media content associated with the post-event time listing for the first event.

12. A non-transitory processor-readable medium comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:

transmit stored media content at a standard frame rate;

receive a command causing playback of the stored media content at an increased frame rate;

access an event table for the stored media content, wherein the event table includes an event occurrence time comprising a time during playback of the stored media content when each of one or more events occurs, wherein;

the event table comprises a pre-event time listing comprising a time in seconds prior to the event occurrence time for each particular event at which a stored media content frame rate is to be adjusted from an increased frame rate to a standard frame rate,

the event table comprises a post-event time listing comprising a time in seconds subsequent to the event occurrence time for each particular event at which the stored media content frame rate is to be re-adjusted to the increased frame rate,

at least one event in the event table comprises a social network marked event, and wherein the social network marked event is an identified event based on a webcrawler keyword search of trending information during an original broadcast of the stored media content, and

at least one of the one or more events comprises a monitored event marking source comprising derived events from a threshold number of actions or inputs from one or more particular groups of individuals;

identify, from the event table, a temporal position during playback of the stored media content associated with a pre-event time for a first event listed in the event table; and

automatically adjust the stored media content frame rate from the increased frame rate to the standard frame rate at the identified temporal position.