IP Library Granted Patent US 12,081,845
Granted Patent B2
US 12,081,845 · App. 18/235,384 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Computing system with channel-change-based trigger feature

Inventors: Wilson Harron (Berkeley, CA); Konstantinos Antonios Dimitriou (Berkeley, CA)
Assignee: Roku, Inc.
H04N21/84G06V20/41G06V20/46G06V20/48H04N21/23418H04N21/23424H04N21/242H04N21/4383H04N21/44008H04N21/4756H04N21/6125H04N21/812H04N21/845G06N20/00
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Patent No.
US 12,081,845
App. No.
18/235,384
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one aspect, an example method includes receiving, by a computing system, media content; generating, by the computing system, a fingerprint of the received media content; determining, by the computing system, that a channel-change operation was performed; 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 performing an action based on the identified media content.

Claims (45)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by at least one computer processor, media content;

generating a fingerprint of received media content;

determining that a channel-change operation was performed via a classifier trained to determine that the channel-change operation was performed;

responsive to determining that the channel-change operation was performed, transmitting the fingerprint to a content identification server to identify the received media content;

identifying supplemental content based on the fingerprint associated with the channel-change operation; and

inserting the supplemental content into the received media content, wherein the supplemental content is provided for display in conjunction with the received media content.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the media content comprises receiving the media content from a receiver, and wherein determining that the channel-change operation was performed comprises determining that the receiver performed the channel-change operation.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the media content comprises receiving the media content from a receiver, and wherein determining that the channel-change operation was performed comprises determining that a synchronization handshake between a media presentation device and the receiver was lost.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the fingerprint of the received media content occurs in response to determining that the channel-change operation was performed.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the fingerprint of the received media content and transmitting the fingerprint to the content identification server both occur following a predetermined time period after the determining that the channel-change operation was performed.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

presenting, via a user interface of a media presentation device, the received media content; and

causing supplemental content to be presented in conjunction with the media content being presented by the media presentation device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

recording presentation of the media content for use in a channel ratings system.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the media content is video content.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that upon execution by at least one processor, cause at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving media content;

generating a fingerprint of received media content; determining that a channel-change operation was performed via a classifier trained to determine that the channel-change operation was performed;

responsive to determining that the channel-change operation was performed, transmitting the fingerprint to a content identification server to identify the received media content;

identifying supplemental content based on the fingerprint associated with the channel-change operation; and

inserting the supplemental content into the received media content, wherein the supplemental content is provided for display in conjunction with the received media content.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein receiving the media content comprises receiving the media content from a receiver, and wherein determining that the channel-change operation was performed comprises determining that the receiver performed the channel-change operation.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein receiving the media content comprises receiving the media content from a receiver, and wherein determining that the channel-change operation was performed comprises determining that a synchronization handshake between a media presentation device and the receiver was lost.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein generating the fingerprint of the received media content occurs in response to determining that the channel-change operation was performed.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein generating the fingerprint of the received media content and transmitting the fingerprint to the content identification server both occur following a predetermined time period after the determining that the channel-change operation was performed.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the at least one computing device is a media presentation device, and wherein the operations further comprise:

presenting via a user interface of the media presentation device, the received media content;

causing supplemental content to be presented in conjunction with the media content being presented by the media presentation device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising:

recording presentation of the media content for use in a channel ratings system.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the media content is video content.

17. A system comprising:

one or more memories; and

at least one processor each coupled to at least one of the memories and configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving media content;

generating a fingerprint of received media content;

determining that a channel-change operation was performed via a classifier trained to determine that the channel-change operation was performed;

responsive to determining that the channel-change operation was performed, transmitting the fingerprint to a content identification server to identify the received media content;

identifying supplemental content based on the fingerprint associated with the channel-change operation; and

inserting the supplemental content into the received media content, wherein the supplemental content is provided for display in conjunction with the received media content.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein receiving the media content comprises receiving the media content from a receiver, and wherein determining that the channel-change operation was performed comprises determining that the receiver performed the channel-change operation.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein receiving the media content comprises receiving the media content from a receiver, and wherein determining that the channel-change operation was performed comprises determining that a synchronization handshake between a media presentation device and the receiver was lost.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein generating the fingerprint of the received media content occurs in response to determining that the channel-change operation was performed.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2024
From: HARRON, WILSON; DIMITRIOU, KONSTANTINOS ANTONIOS
To: GRACENOTE, INC.
Reel/Frame 067130/0363 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2024
From: GRACENOTE, INC.
To: ROKU, INC.
Reel/Frame 067130/0718 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17175788 · Feb 15, 2021
Continuation 15399404 · Jan 5, 2017
Provisional Application 62275081 · Jan 5, 2016
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