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US 12,321,377 · App. 17/157,143 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

System and method for improving work load management in ACR television monitoring system

Inventors: Zeev Neumeier (Berkeley, CA); Michael Collette (San Rafael, CA)
Assignee: INSCAPE DATA, INC.
G06F16/48H04N21/23418H04N21/44008H04N21/8126
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Patent No.
US 12,321,377
App. No.
17/157,143
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Resource utilization of an automated content recognition (ACR) system can be optimized by delaying the identification of certain large quantities of media cue data. The delayed identification of the media may be for the purpose of, for example, generating usage statistics or other non-time critical workflow, among other non-real-time uses. In addition, real-time identification of a certain subset of media cue data is performed for the purposes of video program substitution, interactive television opportunities or other time-specific events.

Claims (73)

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media containing instructions which when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:

storing a first set of known content identifiers associated with a first subset of known media content in a non-real-time database;

storing a second set of known content identifiers associated with a second subset of known media content in a real-time database, wherein the second set of known content identifiers are stored in the real-time database based on the second subset of known media content having associated contextually-related data;

receiving unknown content identifiers corresponding to unknown media content being displayed by a media system;

searching the real-time database using the unknown content identifiers to determine whether the unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers associated with the second subset of known media content of the real-time database, wherein the real-time database is searched for matching unknown content identifiers before the non-real-time database is searched;

selecting known media content associated with known content identifiers of the real-time database based on the unknown content identifiers corresponding to the known content identifiers in the real-time database; and

facilitating substitution of the unknown media content using contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content when the unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers of the second set of known content identifiers in the real-time database, wherein the contextually-related data includes data related to the selected known media content; and

facilitating display on the media system of the retrieved contextually-related data.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the known content identifiers of the first set of known content identifiers is associated with known media content of the second subset of known media content in the real-time database.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving additional unknown content identifiers corresponding to additional unknown media content being displayed by a media system;

searching the real-time database using the additional unknown content identifiers to determine whether the additional unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers associated with the second subset of known media content in the real-time database;

searching the non-real-time database using the additional unknown content identifiers when the additional unknown content identifiers do not correspond to known content identifiers of the second set of known content identifiers of the real-time database;

selecting additional known media content associated with known content identifiers of the first set of known content identifiers of the non-real-time database; and

identifying the additional unknown media content as the selected additional known media content from the non-real-time database.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the operations further comprise facilitating substitution of the additional unknown media content using contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein facilitating substitution of the additional unknown media content using the contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content comprises:

retrieving contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content when the additional unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers of the first set of known content identifiers in the non-real-time database; and

sending the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content to the media system for display of the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein facilitating substitution of the unknown media content using the contextually-related data associated with the known media content comprises:

retrieving the contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content when the unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers of the second set of known content identifiers in the real-time database; and

sending the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content to the media system for display of the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content.

8. A computer-implemented method comprising:

storing a first set of known content identifiers associated with a first subset of known media content in a non-real-time database;

storing a second set of known content identifiers associated with a second subset of known media content in a real-time database, wherein the second set of known content identifiers are stored in the real-time database based on the second subset of known media content having associated contextually-related data;

receiving unknown content identifiers corresponding to unknown media content being displayed by a media system;

searching the real-time database using the unknown content identifiers to determine whether the unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers associated with the second subset of known media content of the real-time database, wherein the real-time database is searched for matching unknown content identifiers before the non-real-time database is searched;

selecting known media content associated with known content identifiers of the real-time database based on the unknown content identifiers corresponding to the known content identifiers in the real-time database; and

facilitating substitution of the unknown media content using contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:

retrieving contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content when the unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers of the second set of known content identifiers in the real-time database, wherein the contextually-related data includes data related to the selected known media content; and

facilitating display on the media system of the retrieved contextually-related data.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the known content identifiers of the first set of known content identifiers is associated with known media content of the second subset of known media content in the real-time database.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving additional unknown content identifiers corresponding to additional unknown media content being displayed by a media system;

searching the real-time database using the additional unknown content identifiers to determine whether the additional unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers associated with the second subset of the known media content in the real-time database;

searching the non-real-time database using the additional unknown content identifiers when the additional unknown content identifiers do not correspond to known content identifiers of the second set of known content identifiers of the real-time database;

selecting additional known media content associated with known content identifiers of the first set of known content identifiers of the non-real-time database; and

identifying the additional unknown media content as the selected additional known media content from the non-real-time database.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising facilitating substitution of the additional unknown media content using contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein facilitating substitution of the additional unknown media content using the contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content comprises:

retrieving contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content when the additional unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers of the first set of known content identifiers in the non-real-time database; and

sending the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content to the media system for display of the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein facilitating substitution of the unknown media content using the contextually-related data associated with the known media content comprises:

retrieving the contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content when the unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers of the second set of known content identifiers in the real-time database; and

sending the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content to the media system for display of the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processor to perform operations comprising:

storing a first set of known content identifiers associated with a first subset of known media content in a non-real-time database;

storing a second set of known content identifiers associated with a second subset of known media content in a real-time database, wherein the second set of known content identifiers are stored in the real-time database based on the second subset of known media content having associated contextually-related data;

receiving unknown content identifiers corresponding to unknown media content being displayed by a media system;

searching the real-time database using the unknown content identifiers to determine whether the unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers associated with the second subset of known media content of the real-time database, wherein the real-time database is searched for matching unknown content identifiers before the non-real-time database is searched;

selecting known media content associated with known content identifiers of the real-time database based on the unknown content identifiers corresponding to the known content identifiers in the real-time database; and

facilitating substitution of the unknown media content using contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content when the unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers of the second set of known content identifiers in the real-time database, wherein the contextually-related data includes data related to the selected known media content; and

facilitating display on the media system of the retrieved contextually-related data.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving additional unknown content identifiers corresponding to additional unknown media content being displayed by a media system;

searching the real-time database using the additional unknown content identifiers to determine whether the additional unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers associated with the second subset of the known media content in the real-time database;

searching the non-real-time database using the additional unknown content identifiers when the additional unknown content identifiers do not correspond to known content identifiers of the second set of known content identifiers of the real-time database;

selecting additional known media content associated with known content identifiers of the first set of known content identifiers of the non-real-time database; and

identifying the additional unknown media content as the selected additional known media content from the non-real-time database.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise facilitating substitution of the additional unknown media content using contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein facilitating substitution of the additional unknown media content using the contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content comprises:

retrieving contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content when the additional unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers of the first set of known content identifiers in the non-real-time database; and

sending the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content to the media system for display of the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected additional known media content.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein facilitating substitution of the unknown media content using the contextually-related data associated with the known media content comprises:

retrieving the contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content when the unknown content identifiers correspond to known content identifiers of the second set of known content identifiers in the real-time database; and

sending the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content to the media system for display of the retrieved contextually-related data associated with the selected known media content.

Assignments (2)
ENTITY CONVERSION Recorded Jun 1, 2023
From: VIZIO INSCAPE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: INSCAPE DATA, INC.
Reel/Frame 063822/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2023
From: NEUMEIER, ZEEV; COLLETTE, MICHAEL
To: VIZIO INSCAPE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 063825/0365 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15211508 · Jul 15, 2016
Provisional Application 62193345 · Jul 16, 2015
Related Publication 20210216582A1 · Jul 15, 2021
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