IP Library Granted Patent US 9,753,925
Granted Patent B2
US 9,753,925 · App. 14/932,781 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Systems, methods, and apparatus for generating an audio-visual presentation using characteristics of audio, visual and symbolic media objects

Inventors: Markus K. Cremer (Orinda, CA); Ching-Wei Chen (Oakland, CA); Peter C. DiMaria (Berkeley, CA); Ho-Hsiang Wu (Jersey City, NJ)
Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
G06F17/30044G06F17/30017G06F17/30026G06F17/3053G06F17/3074G06F17/30176G06F17/30244G06F17/30781G06F17/30864
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Patent No.
US 9,753,925
App. No.
14/932,781
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an embodiment, a method and apparatus for generating a presentation is provided. The method considers characteristics of audio works and visual works when constructing the presentation. In some embodiments, the presentation may be automatically constructed.

Claims (62)

1. A method of creating an audio-visual presentation, the method comprising:

identifying a first plurality of media object characteristics associated with a first media object to be presented by a media player device, the first media object including audio data, and the first plurality of media object characteristics including a mood characteristic of the audio data;

determining a congruency between the first plurality of media object characteristics and a second plurality of media object characteristics associated with a second media object that includes video data, the determining of the congruency including accessing a score representative of a degree of congruency between one of the first plurality of media object characteristics and one of the second plurality of media object characteristics, the score being accessed from a correlation matrix, the determining of the congruency being based on the score and a threshold value;

determining a plurality of temporal segments of the audio data based on the mood characteristic;

determining a duration of a temporal segment of the plurality of temporal segments of the audio data;

identifying the second media object from a plurality of reference media objects based on the congruency between the first plurality of media object characteristics and the second plurality of media object characteristics, the identifying of the second media object being further based on the duration of the temporal segment of the audio data; and

using a processor, generating the audio-visual presentation to synchronously present the first media object and the second media object on the media player device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying of the second media object is based on at least one of a visual effect, a template of parameters, a theme, an animation, or a tag.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first plurality of media object characteristics includes a rhythmic pattern of the audio data; and

the determining of the plurality of temporal segments is based on the rhythmic pattern.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining a pace of the temporal segment based on the rhythmic pattern; and

wherein:

the identifying of the second media object is based on the pace being within a range of paces.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

causing presentation of the second media object during a presentation of the temporal segment based on the rhythmic pattern.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first plurality of media object characteristics includes chord progressions of the audio data; and

the determining of the plurality of temporal segments is based on the chord progressions.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first plurality of media object characteristics includes timbre of the audio data; and

the determining of the plurality of temporal segments is based on the timbre.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the generating of the audio-visual presentation comprises determining a presentation pace.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the audio-visual presentation further comprises additional media objects that have video data; and

the determining of the presentation pace is based on the quantity of the additional media objects.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the presentation pace varies across a duration of the audio-visual presentation.

11. A system comprising:

a memory having instructions embodied thereon; and

one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:

identifying a first plurality of media object characteristics associated with a first media object to be presented by a media player device, the first media object including audio data, and the first plurality of media object characteristics including a mood characteristic of the audio data;

determining a congruency between the first plurality of media object characteristics and a second plurality of media object characteristics associated with a second media object that includes video data, the determining of the congruency including accessing a score representative of a degree of congruency between one of the first plurality of media object characteristics and one of the second plurality of media object characteristics, the score being accessed from a correlation matrix, the determining of the congruency being based on the score and a threshold value;

determining a plurality of temporal segments of the audio data based on the mood characteristic;

determining a duration of a temporal segment of the plurality of temporal segments of the audio data;

identifying the second media object from a plurality of reference media objects based on the congruency between the first plurality of media object characteristics and the second plurality of media object characteristics, the identifying of the second media object being further based on the duration of the temporal segment of the audio data; and

generating an audio-visual presentation to synchronously present the first media object and the second media object on the media player device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein:

the first plurality of media object characteristics includes chord progressions of the audio data; and

the determining of the plurality of temporal segments is based on the chord progressions.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identifying of the second media object is based on at least one of a visual effect, a template of parameters, a theme, an animation, or a tag.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein:

the first plurality of media object characteristics includes a rhythmic pattern of the audio data; and

the determining of the plurality of temporal segments is based on the rhythmic pattern.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein:

the operations further comprise:

determining a pace of the temporal segment based on the rhythmic pattern; and

the identifying of the second media object is based on the pace being within a range of paces.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

causing presentation of the second media object during a presentation of the temporal segment based on the rhythmic pattern.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein:

the first plurality of media object characteristics includes timbre of the audio data; and

the determining of the plurality of temporal segments is based on the timbre.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions embodied thereon which, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

identifying a first plurality of media object characteristics associated with a first media object to be presented by a media player device, the first media object including audio data, and the first plurality of media object characteristics including a mood characteristic of the audio data;

determining a congruency between the first plurality of media object characteristics and a second plurality of media object characteristics associated with a second media object that includes video data, the determining of the congruency including accessing a score representative of a degree of congruency between one of the first plurality of media object characteristics and one of the second plurality of media object characteristics, the score being accessed from a correlation matrix, the determining of the congruency being based on the score and a threshold value;

determining a plurality of temporal segments of the audio data based on the mood characteristic;

determining a duration of a temporal segment of the plurality of temporal segments of the audio data;

identifying the second media object from a plurality of reference media objects based on the congruency between the first plurality of media object characteristics and the second plurality of media object characteristics; and

generating an audio-visual presentation to synchronously present the first media object and the second media object on the media player device.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE (REEL 054066 / FRAME 0064) Recorded May 11, 2023
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063605/0001 →
RELEASE (REEL 053473 / FRAME 0001) Recorded May 11, 2023
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063603/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2023
From: GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; GRACENOTE, INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063574/0632 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2023
From: GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; GRACENOTE, INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 063561/0381 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; GRACENOTE, INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 063560/0547 →
RELEASE (REEL 042262 / FRAME 0601) Recorded Oct 13, 2022
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENTS LISTED ON SCHEDULE 1 RECORDED ON 6-9-2020 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 053473 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SUPPLEMENTAL IP SECURITY AGREEMENT. Recorded Oct 7, 2020
From: A.C. NIELSEN (ARGENTINA) S.A.; A.C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; ACN HOLDINGS INC.; ACNIELSEN CORPORATION; ACNIELSEN ERATINGS.COM; AFFINNOVA, INC.; ART HOLDING, L.L.C.; ATHENIAN LEASING CORPORATION; CZT/ACN TRADEMARKS, L.L.C.; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC; NIELSEN AUDIO, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER INSIGHTS, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER NEUROSCIENCE, INC.; NIELSEN FINANCE CO.; NIELSEN FINANCE LLC; NIELSEN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; NIELSEN MOBILE, LLC; NMR INVESTING I, INC.; TCG DIVESTITURE INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; VIZU CORPORATION; VNU MARKETING INFORMATION, INC.; NMR LICENSING ASSOCIATES, L.P.; NIELSEN HOLDING AND FINANCE B.V.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY B.V.; VNU INTERNATIONAL B.V.
To: CITIBANK, N.A
Reel/Frame 054066/0064 →
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 9, 2020
From: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; ACN HOLDINGS INC.; ACNIELSEN CORPORATION; ACNIELSEN ERATINGS.COM; AFFINNOVA, INC.; ART HOLDING, L.L.C.; ATHENIAN LEASING CORPORATION; CZT/ACN TRADEMARKS, L.L.C.; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC; NIELSEN AUDIO, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER INSIGHTS, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER NEUROSCIENCE, INC.; NIELSEN FINANCE CO.; NIELSEN FINANCE LLC; NIELSEN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; NIELSEN MOBILE, LLC; NIELSEN UK FINANCE I, LLC; NMR INVESTING I, INC.; TCG DIVESTITURE INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; VIZU CORPORATION; VNU MARKETING INFORMATION, INC.; NMR LICENSING ASSOCIATES, L.P.; NIELSEN HOLDING AND FINANCE B.V.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY B.V.; VNU INTERNATIONAL B.V.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053473/0001 →
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 13, 2017
From: GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2016
From: CREMER, MARKUS K.; CHEN, CHING-WEI; DIMARIA, PETER C.; WU, HO-HSIANG
To: GRACENOTE, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 14632140 · Feb 26, 2015
Continuation 12985690 · Jan 6, 2011
Provisional Application 61292671 · Jan 6, 2010
Related Publication 20160124953A1 · May 5, 2016