IP Library Granted Patent US 11,195,554
Granted Patent B2
US 11,195,554 · App. 16/451,823 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Systems and methods for creating customized content

Inventor: Alan Waterman (Merced, CA)
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
G11B27/031G06K9/00744G06K9/00765
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Patent No.
US 11,195,554
App. No.
16/451,823
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for generating content. The system identifies first and second objects in a plurality of frames of a source content segment. The system creates a data structure for each object, where data structures comprise attributes of the respective objects. Furthermore, the data structures are generated such that each object may be reconstructed based on the data of the respective data structure. Later, one of the data structures is modified by changing an attribute. Then, a resulting content segment is generated by a system that reconstructs a first modified object based on the first modified data structure and reconstructs the second object based on the second data structure.

Claims (34)

1. A method for generating content, the method comprising:

identifying a first object in a plurality of frames of a source content segment;

identifying a second object in the plurality of frames of the source content segment;

generating a first data structure that comprises a first plurality of attributes of the first object, wherein the first object can be reconstructed based on the first data structure;

generating a second data structure that comprises a second plurality of attributes of the second object, wherein the second object can be reconstructed based on the second data structure;

modifying the first data structure by changing an attribute of the first plurality of attributes, such that an object that is reconstructed based on the first modified data structure is visually different from the first object;

generating a resulting content segment by reconstructing a first modified object based on the first modified data structure and reconstructing the second object based on the second data structure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein one attribute of the first plurality of attributes is a vectorized representation of the first object.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein modifying the first data structure comprises modifying the vectorized representation of the first object.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein modifying the vectorized representation of the first object comprises removing a portion of vectors of the vectorized representation of the first object and adding new vectors to the vectorized representation of the first object.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein modifying the vectorized representation of the object comprises changing a color of a portion of vectors of the vectorized representation of the first object.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein modifying the vectorized representation of the object comprises resizing a portion of vectors of the vectorized representation of the first object.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein modifying the vectorized representation of the object comprises replacing the vectorized representation of the first object with a vectorized representation of a third object, wherein the third object is resized to be the same size as the first object.

8. The method of claim 2 , wherein the vectorized representation of the first object comprises a vectorized representation of a sub-portion of the first object.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein modifying the first data structure comprises modifying the vectorized representation of the sub-portion of the first object.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein modifying the first data structure comprises removing the vectorized representation of the sub-portion of the object.

11. A system for generating content, the system comprising:

storage circuitry configured to store a content structure; and

control circuitry configured to:

identify a first object in a plurality of frames of the source content segment;

identify a second object in the plurality of frames of the source content segment;

generate a first data structure that comprises a first plurality of attributes of the first object, wherein the first object can be reconstructed based on the first data structure;

generate a second data structure that comprises a second plurality of attributes of the second object, wherein the second object can be reconstructed based on the second data structure; and

modify the first data structure by changing an attribute of the first plurality of attributes, such that an object that is reconstructed based on the first modified data structure is visually different from the first object; and

generate a resulting content segment by reconstructing a first modified object based on the first modified data structure and reconstructing the second object based on the second data structure.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein one attribute of the first plurality of attributes is a vectorized representation of the first object.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to modify the first data structure by modifying the vectorized representation of the first object.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to modify the vectorized representation of the first object by removing a portion of vectors of the vectorized representation of the first object and adding new vectors to the vectorized representation of the first object.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to modify the vectorized representation of the object by changing a color of a portion of vectors of the vectorized representation of the first object.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to modify the vectorized representation of the object by resizing a portion of vectors of the vectorized representation of the first object.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to modify the vectorized representation of the object by replacing the vectorized representation of the first object with a vectorized representation of a third object, wherein the third object is resized to be the same size as the first object.

18. The system of claim 12 , wherein the vectorized representation of the first object comprises a vectorized representation of a sub-portion of the first object.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to modify the first data structure by modifying the vectorized representation of the sub-portion of the first object.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to modify the first data structure by removing the vectorized representation of the sub-portion of the object.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2024
From: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
To: ADEIA GUIDES INC.
Reel/Frame 069106/0129 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
Reel/Frame 053481/0790 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
Reel/Frame 053458/0749 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2020
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS INC.; VEVEO, INC.; INVENSAS CORPORATION; INVENSAS BONDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TESSERA, INC.; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DTS, INC.; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053468/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051110/0006 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2019
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051143/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2019
From: WATERMAN, ALAN
To: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Reel/Frame 049644/0946 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 16363919 · Mar 25, 2019
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