IP Library Granted Patent US 11,012,737
Granted Patent B1
US 11,012,737 · App. 16/859,736 · Granted May 18, 2021

Systems and methods for audio adaptation of content items to endpoint media devices

Inventor: Kate Megan Carney Landow (Denver, CO)
Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
H04N21/4398H04N21/4394H04N21/4524H04N21/64322
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Patent No.
US 11,012,737
App. No.
16/859,736
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

Methods, systems, and non-transitory, machine-readable media are disclosed for audio adaption of content items to device operations of an endpoint media device. First observation data corresponding to media device operations associated with a first media device and mapped to first content items may be processed. A first content composite including an adaptable content item may be received. The first content composite may be adapted with a first audio segment. Based on the first observation data, the first audio segment may be selected. The first content composite may be configured with the first audio segment so that the adapted first content composite plays the first audio segment when the adapted first content composite is presented. The adapted first content composite may be output for presentation, where the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device performs at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite.

Claims (58)

1. A method for audio adaption of content items to device operations of an endpoint media device, the method comprising:

processing, by one or more processing devices, a first set of observation data corresponding to indications of detected media device operations associated with a first media device and mapped to a first set of content items;

receiving, by the one or more processing devices, a first content composite comprising an adaptable content item corresponding to a set of one or more audio and/or video packets corresponding to audio and/or video content, the first content composite from a content provider system;

adapting, by the one or more processing devices, the first content composite with a first audio segment, the adapting comprising:

selecting, based at least in part on the first set of observation data, the first audio segment from a plurality of audio segments; and

configuring the first content composite with the first audio segment so that the adapted first content composite plays the first audio segment for at least part of a first presentation time when the adapted first content composite is presented;

outputting, by the one or more processing devices, the adapted first content composite for presentation where, consequent to providing the adapted first content composite to a first endpoint media device or a second endpoint media device, the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device performs at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite;

processing, by the one or more processing devices, at least one communication received from the first endpoint media device, the second endpoint media device, or a remote system that is remote from the one or more processing devices, the first endpoint media device, and the second endpoint media device, the at least one communication indicative of the at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite;

adapting, by the one or more processing devices, a second content composite with a second audio segment, the adapting comprising:

selecting, based at least in part on the at least one communication indicative of the at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite, the second audio segment; and

configuring the second content composite with the second audio segment so that the adapted second content composite plays the second audio segment for at least part of a second presentation time when the adapted second content composite is presented; and

outputting, by the one or more processing devices, the adapted second content composite for presentation where, consequent to providing the adapted second content composite to the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device, the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device performs at least one operation relating to the adapted second content composite.

2. The method for audio adaption of content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving the plurality of audio segments from the content provider system.

3. The method for audio adaption of content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 2 , where the plurality of audio segments are received with the first content composite.

4. The method for audio adaption of content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 3 , where the first content composite is adapted with the first audio segment as a function of time.

5. The method for audio adaption of content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 4 , where the first set of observation data comprises a viewer metric as a function of time, and the first content composite is adapted with the first audio segment as a function of the viewer metric.

6. The method for audio adaption of content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 5 , where the first set of observation data comprises a current geolocation of the first endpoint media device, and the first content composite is adapted with the first audio segment as a function of the current geolocation.

7. The method for audio adaption of content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 6 , where the at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite corresponds to storing a code corresponding to the first audio segment by the first endpoint media device and/or the second endpoint media device.

8. A system to audio adapt content items to device operations of an endpoint media device, the system comprising:

one or more processing devices; and

memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processing devices and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

processing a first set of observation data corresponding to indications of detected media device operations associated with a first media device and mapped to a first set of content items;

processing a first content composite comprising an adaptable content item corresponding to a set of one or more audio and/or video packets corresponding to audio and/or video content, the first content composite from a content provider system;

adapting the first content composite with a first audio segment, the adapting comprising:

selecting, based at least in part on the first set of observation data, the first audio segment from a plurality of audio segments; and

configuring the first content composite with the first audio segment so that the adapted first content composite plays the first audio segment for at least part of a first presentation time when the adapted first content composite is presented:

outputting the adapted first content composite for presentation where, consequent to providing the adapted first content composite to a first endpoint media device or a second endpoint media device, the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device performs at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite;

processing at least one communication received from the first endpoint media device, the second endpoint media device, or a remote system that is remote from the one or more processing devices, the first endpoint media device, and the second endpoint media device, the at least one communication indicative of the at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite;

adapting a second content composite with a second audio segment, the adapting comprising:

selecting, based at least in part on the at least one communication indicative of the at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite, the second audio segment; and

configuring the second content composite with the second audio segment so that the adapted second content composite plays the second audio segment for at least part of a second presentation time when the adapted second content composite is presented; and

outputting the adapted second content composite for presentation where, consequent to providing the adapted second content composite to the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device, the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device performs at least one operation relating to the adapted second content composite.

9. The system to audio adapt content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving the plurality of audio segments from the content provider system.

10. The system to audio adapt content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 9 , where the plurality of audio segments are received with the first content composite.

11. The system to audio adapt content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as received in claim 10 , wherein the first content composite is adapted with the first audio segment as a function of time.

12. The system to audio adapt content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 11 , where the first set of observation data comprises a viewer metric as a function of time, and the first content composite is adapted with the first audio segment as a function of the viewer metric.

13. The system to audio adapt content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 12 , where the first set of observation data comprises a current geolocation of the first endpoint media device, and the first content composite is adapted with the first audio segment as a function of the current geolocation.

14. The system to audio adapt content items to device operations of an endpoint media device as recited in claim 13 , where the at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite corresponds to storing a code corresponding to the first audio segment by the first endpoint media device and/or the second endpoint media device.

15. One or more non-transitory, machine-readable media having machine-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

processing a first set of observation data corresponding to indications of detected media device operations associated with a first media device and mapped to a first set of content items;

processing a first content composite comprising an adaptable content item corresponding to a set of one or more audio and/or video packets corresponding to audio and/or video content, the first content composite from a content provider system;

adapting the first content composite with a first audio segment, the adapting comprising:

selecting, based at least in part on the first set of observation data, the first audio segment from a plurality of audio segments; and

configuring the first content composite with the first audio segment so that the adapted first content composite plays the first audio segment for at least part of a first presentation time when the adapted first content composite is presented;

outputting the adapted first content composite for presentation where, consequent to providing the adapted first content composite to a first endpoint media device or a second endpoint media device, the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device performs at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite;

processing at least one communication received from the first endpoint media device, the second endpoint media device, or a remote system that is remote from the one or more processing devices, the first endpoint media device, and the second endpoint media device, the at least one communication indicative of the at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite;

adapting a second content composite with a second audio segment, the adapting comprising:

selecting, based at least in part on the at least one communication indicative of the at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite, the second audio segment; and

configuring the second content composite with the second audio segment so that the adapted second content composite plays the second audio segment for at least part of a second presentation time when the adapted second content composite is presented; and

outputting the adapted second content composite for presentation where, consequent to providing the adapted second content composite to the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device, the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device performs at least one operation relating to the adapted second content composite.

16. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable media as recited in claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving the plurality of audio segments from the content provider system.

17. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable media as recited in claim 16 , where the plurality of audio segments are received with the first content composite.

18. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable media as recited in claim 17 , where the first content composite is adapted with the first audio segment as a function of time.

19. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable media as recited in claim 18 , where the first set of observation data comprises a viewer metric as a function of time, and the first content composite is adapted with the first audio segment as a function of the viewer metric.

20. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable media as recited in claim 19 , where the first set of observation data comprises a current geolocation of the first endpoint media device, and the first content composite is adapted with the first audio segment as a function of the current geolocation.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: DISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; DISH NETWORK L.L.C.; DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
To: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 058295/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2020
From: CARNEY LANDOW, KATE MEGAN
To: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 053255/0698 →
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