Computing system with channel-change-based trigger feature
View Patent ↗In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving, by a computing system, media content; (ii) generating, by the computing system, a fingerprint of the received media content; (iii) determining, by the computing system, that a channel-change operation was performed; (iv) responsive to determining that the channel-change operation was performed, transmitting, by the computing system, the generated fingerprint to a content identification server to identify the received media content; and (v) performing an action based on the identified media content.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a media presentation device, media content;
generating, by the media presentation device, a fingerprint of the received media content;
determining, by the media presentation device, that a channel-change operation was performed, wherein generated fingerprints are not used in determining that the channel-change operation was performed and wherein determining that the channel-change operation was performed comprises using, by the media presentation device, a trained classifier to determine that the channel-change operation was performed, wherein the classifier was trained by providing as input to the classifier: (i) multiple portions of sample media content, and (ii) for each of the multiple portions of sample media content, a respective indication of a position within that portion of sample media content that corresponds with an occurrence of a channel-change operation, and wherein using the trained classifier to determine that the channel-change operation was performed comprises: (i) providing as input to the trained classifier the received media content, and (ii) receiving from the trained classifier as output, an indication of a position of the received media content that corresponds to the occurrence of a channel-change operation, wherein the indication is determined based on the provided input;
responsive to determining that the channel-change operation was performed, transmitting, by the media presentation device, the generated fingerprint to a content identification server to identify the received media content; and
performing an action based on the identified media content, wherein performing the action comprises causing supplemental content to be presented by the media presentation device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the fingerprint of the received media content occurs responsive to determining that the channel-change operation was performed.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the fingerprint of the received media content and transmitting the generated fingerprint to the content identification server to identify the received media content both occur proximate a time of the determining that the channel-change operation was performed.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media content is video content.
5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that upon execution by a processor, cause performance of a set of acts comprising:
receiving, by a media presentation device, media content;
generating, by the media presentation device, a fingerprint of the received media content;
determining, by the media presentation device, that a channel-change operation was performed, wherein generated fingerprints are not used in determining that the channel-change operation was performed and wherein determining that the channel-change operation was performed comprises using, by the media presentation device, a trained classifier to determine that the channel-change operation was performed, wherein the classifier was trained by providing as input to the classifier: (i) multiple portions of sample media content, and (ii) for each of the multiple portions of sample media content, a respective indication of a position within that portion of sample media content that corresponds with an occurrence of a channel-change operation, and wherein using the trained classifier to determine that the channel-change operation was performed comprises: (i) providing as input to the trained classifier the received media content, and (ii) receiving from the trained classifier as output, an indication of a position of the received media content that corresponds to the occurrence of a channel-change operation, wherein the indication is determined based on the provided input;
responsive to determining that the channel-change operation was performed, transmitting, by the media presentation device, the generated fingerprint to a content identification server to identify the received media content; and
performing an action based on the identified media content, wherein performing the action comprises causing supplemental content to be presented by the media presentation device.
6. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing system, media content;
generating, by the computing system, a fingerprint of the received media content;
determining, by machine learning logic implemented by the computing system, that a remote controller transmitted an instruction configured to cause performance of a channel-change operation, wherein the machine learning logic is trained with sample media content so that the machine learning logic configures itself to detect an occurrence of the channel-change operation in received media content that is associated with a user changing a channel via the remote controller;
responsive to determining that the remote controller transmitted the instruction configured to cause performance of the channel-change operation, transmitting, by the computing system, the generated fingerprint to a content identification server to identify the received media content; and
performing an action based on identified media content, wherein performing the action comprises causing supplemental content to be presented by a media presentation device.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the computing system is the media presentation device, wherein the media presentation device is connected to a receiver, wherein receiving the media content comprises receiving the media content from the receiver, and wherein determining that the remote controller transmitted the instruction configured to cause performance of the channel-change operation comprises determining that the remote controller transmitted the instruction configured to cause the receiver to perform the channel-change operation.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining that the remote controller transmitted the instruction configured to cause the receiver to perform a channel-change operation comprises:
receiving, via an infrared receiver of the media presentation device, an instruction;
matching a characteristic of the received instruction with a characteristic of a reference instruction; and
based on the matching, determining that the remote controller transmitted the instruction configured to cause the receiver to perform the channel-change operation.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein generating the fingerprint of the received media content occurs responsive to determining that the remote controller transmitted the instruction configured to cause performance of the channel-change operation.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein generating the fingerprint of the received media content and transmitting the generated fingerprint to the content identification server to identify the received media content both occur proximate a time of the determining that the remote controller transmitted the instruction configured to cause performance of the channel-change operation.
11. The method of claim 6 , wherein the media content is video content.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that upon execution by a processor, cause performance of a set of acts comprising:
receiving, by a computing system, media content;
generating, by the computing system, a fingerprint of the received media content;
determining, by machine learning logic implemented by the computing system, that a remote controller transmitted an instruction configured to cause performance of a channel-change operation, wherein the machine learning logic is trained with sample media content so that the machine learning logic configures itself to detect an occurrence of the channel-change operation in received media content that is associated with a user changing a channel via the remote controller;
responsive to determining that the remote controller transmitted the instruction configured to cause performance of the channel-change operation, transmitting, by the computing system, the generated fingerprint to a content identification server to identify the received media content; and
performing an action based on the identified media content, wherein performing the action comprises causing supplemental content to be presented by a media presentation device.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media presentation device is connected to a receiver, wherein receiving the media content comprises receiving the media content from the receiver, and wherein determining that the channel-change operation was performed comprises determining that the receiver performed a channel-change operation.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the media presentation device is connected to a receiver, wherein receiving the media content comprises receiving the media content from the receiver, and wherein determining that the channel-change operation was performed comprises determining that the receiver performed a channel-change operation.