IP Library Granted Patent US 11,140,446
Granted Patent B2
US 11,140,446 · App. 16/536,229 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Sensitivity assessment for media production using artificial intelligence

Inventors: Hitesh Pau (South Pasadena, CA); Geoffrey P. Murillo (Valencia, CA); Rajiv R. Lund (Los Angeles, CA); Anshul Kumar (Los Angeles, CA); Tasha T. Mehta (Los Angeles, CA); Alejandro Bringas (Santa Clarita, CA); Tarundeep Kaur (Mission Hills, CA); Ty Y. Tanita (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.
H04N21/45455G06N20/00H04N21/4318H04N21/45452H04N21/466
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Patent No.
US 11,140,446
App. No.
16/536,229
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automatic flagging of sensitive portions of a digital dataset for media production includes receiving the digital dataset comprising at least one of audio data, video data, or audio-video data for producing at least one media program. A processor identifies sensitive portions of the digital dataset likely to be in one or more defined content classifications, based at least in part on comparing unclassified portions of the digital dataset with classified portions of the prior media production using an algorithm, and generates a plurality of sensitivity tags each signifying a sensitivity assessment for a corresponding one of the sensitive portions. The processor may save the plurality of sensitivity tags each correlated to its corresponding one of the sensitive portions in a computer memory for use by a media production or localization team.

Claims (29)

1. A computer-implemented method for flagging sensitive portions of a digital dataset for media production, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, the digital dataset comprising at least one of audio data, video data, or audio-video data for producing at least one media program;

identifying, by the one or more processors, sensitive portions of the digital dataset likely to be in one or more defined content classifications, based at least in part on comparing unclassified portions of the digital dataset with classified portions of the prior media production using an algorithm;

generating, by the one or more processors, a plurality of sensitivity tags each signifying a sensitivity assessment for a corresponding one of the sensitive portions;

relating, by the one or more processors, the plurality of sensitivity tags to one of a plurality of distribution profiles, wherein generating the plurality of sensitivity tags is based in part on the one of the plurality of distribution profiles, wherein each of the distribution profiles identifies a set of sensitive topics each correlated to one or more content control rules;

assigning, by the one or more processors, a sensitivity score to each of the sensitivity tags based on the one of the plurality of distribution profiles; and

saving the plurality of sensitivity tags each correlated to its corresponding one of the sensitive portions in a computer memory.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the plurality of sensitivity tags comprises assessing a sensitivity that each corresponding one of the sensitive portions does not comply with the one or more content control rules correlated thereto.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing the generating and the saving for distinct pluralities of the sensitivity tags each signifying a corresponding sensitivity assessment based on a different one of the plurality of distribution profiles.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising saving the distinct pluralities of the sensitivity tags as a multidimensional tensor.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, by the one or more processors, a display of the digital dataset with indications of the plurality of sensitivity tags.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising providing, by the one or more processors, additional content coordinated with the plurality of sensitivity tags.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying, by the one or more processors, the plurality of sensitivity tags for one or more frames of the video or audio-video data.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying further comprises using one or more machine learning components trained to recognize similarity between the one or more sensitive portions and the classified portions of the prior media production.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the identifying further comprises predicting a level of sensitivity of the one or more sensitive events using the one or more machine learning components.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensitivity assessment includes, for each corresponding one of the sensitive portions, a type of the corresponding sensitivity tags, an intensity map, a bar graph representing a level of sensitivity, or a combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensitive portions are defined by at least one of imagery or language prohibited by law or flagged for one or more of a localization issue, a commercial contract issue, a content licensing issue, a scene change inconsistency, an unresolved frame composition for one or more platforms, an end reel credits amendment, or a combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensitivity assessment includes metadata for targeting localization or distribution of the electronic dataset.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the classified portions of the prior art are defined by at least one of imagery or language prohibited by law or flagged for one or more of a localization issue, a commercial contract issue, a content licensing issue, a scene change inconsistency, an unresolved frame composition for one or more platforms, an end reel credits amendment, or a combination thereof, and the comparing comprises providing at least the classified portions of the prior media production to an artificial intelligence routine as training input.

14. An apparatus for automatically flagging sensitive portions of a digital dataset for media production, the apparatus comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory, the memory holding program instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the apparatus to perform:

receiving the digital dataset comprising at least one of audio data, video data, or audio-video data for producing at least one media program;

identifying sensitive portions of the digital dataset likely to be in one or more defined content classifications, based at least in part on comparing unclassified portions of the digital dataset with classified portions of the prior media production using an algorithm;

generating a plurality of sensitivity tags each signifying a sensitivity assessment for a corresponding one of the sensitive portions;

relating the plurality of sensitivity tags to one of a plurality of distribution profiles, wherein generating the plurality of sensitivity tags is based in part on the one of the plurality of distribution profiles, wherein each of the distribution profiles identifies a set of sensitive topics each correlated to one or more content control rules;

assigning a sensitivity score to each of the sensitivity tags based on the one of the plurality of distribution profiles: and

saving the plurality of sensitivity tags each correlated to its corresponding one of the sensitive portions in a computer memory.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the memory holds further instructions for generating the plurality of sensitivity tags at least in part by assessing a sensitivity that each corresponding one of the sensitive portions does not comply with the one or more content control rules correlated thereto.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the memory holds further instructions for performing the generating and the saving for distinct pluralities of the sensitivity tags each signifying a corresponding sensitivity assessment based on a different one of the plurality of distribution profiles.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the memory holds further instructions for saving the distinct pluralities of the sensitivity tags as a multidimensional tensor.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2025
From: WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.; WARNER MEDIA, LLC; TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.; HOME BOX OFFICE, INC.; DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; WARNERMEDIA DIRECT LLC; DISCOVERY.COM LLC; WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.; CNN INTERACTIVE GROUP, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 072995/0858 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2020
From: PAU, HITESH; MURILLO, GEOFFREY P; LUND, RAJIV R; KUMAR, ANSHUL; MEHTA, TASHA T; BRINGAS, ALEJANDRO; KAUR, TARUNDEEP; TANITA, TY T
To: WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 052397/0084 →
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