Granted Patent B2

US 12,395,702 · App. 18/498,717 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Inventors: Donald Jude Loheide (Mableton, GA); Matthew Paul Giles (Marietta, GA); Gregory McClain Stigall (Douglasville, GA); Nishith Kumar Sinha (Mableton, GA); Cindy Loren Campbell (Atlanta, GA); James J Arnzen (Atlanta, GA); Nicolas Paul Webb (McDonough, GA)

Assignee: TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.

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Abstract

Claims (42)

1. A system comprising memory and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

receive a media content of a media stream that comprises a tag with a candidate time-period, a playback duration, and a descriptor;

identify the tag in the media content of the media stream based on a user-attribute of a client device;

identify the candidate time-period and the playback duration of the media content based on the tag in the media content;

identify an overlay-graphic item corresponding to the tag based on the descriptor;

identify a presentation attribute of the overlay-graphic item; and

initiate a presentation of the overlay-graphic item at the candidate time-period in the media content based on the presentation attribute that is identified for the overlay-graphic item, wherein the overlay-graphic item is presented based on a degree of correlation between the tag in the media content and a corresponding context for the media content at the candidate time-period.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the candidate time-period is identified based on the tag corresponding to the overlay-graphic item at a specified time in the media content.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the candidate time-period corresponds to a time duration to display the overlay-graphic item over programming media content.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the candidate time-period comprises at least one of credit periods, start credits, end credits, lull points, time-based marked regions, location-based marked regions, context-based marked regions, explicit scene start and end, product placement opportunities or an ad duration, within the media content.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the presentation attribute comprises a defined position within each frame of the media content, a resolution, a size, a transition effect, a digital video effect for the overlay-graphic item.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the media stream is received from a media presentation and distribution system via a network and comprises the media content and the tag,

wherein the media content comprises programming media content and non-programming media content, and

wherein the media content is presented via an adaptive bitrate streaming technique based on a first variation in a bandwidth of the network.

7. The system according to claim 1 , further configured to:

identify a notification for presentation that is associated with the overlay-graphic item; and

initiate presentation of the notification in the media content with the overlay-graphic item.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the notification comprises information associated with the overlay-graphic item or a user-interactive notification.

9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a media content of a media stream that comprises a tag with a candidate time-period, a playback duration, and a descriptor;

identifying the tag in the media content of the media stream based on a user-attribute of a client device;

identifying the candidate time-period and the playback duration of the media content based on the tag in the media content;

identifying an overlay-graphic item corresponding to the tag based on the descriptor;

identifying a presentation attribute of the overlay-graphic item; and

initiating presentation of the overlay-graphic item at the candidate time-period in the media content based on the presentation attribute that is identified for the overlay-graphic item, wherein the overlay-graphic item is presented based on a degree of correlation between the tag in the media content and a corresponding context for the media content at the candidate time-period.

10. The computer-implemented method according to claim 9 , wherein the candidate time-period is identified based on the tag corresponding to the overlay-graphic item at a specified time in the media content.

11. The computer-implemented method according to claim 10 , wherein the candidate time-period corresponds to a time duration to display the overlay-graphic item over programming media content.

12. The computer-implemented method according to claim 11 , wherein the candidate time-period comprises at least one of credit periods, start credits, end credits, lull points, time-based marked regions, location-based marked regions, context-based marked regions, explicit scene start and end, product placement opportunities or an ad duration, within the media content.

13. The computer-implemented method according to claim 9 , wherein the presentation attribute corresponds to at least a behavior, a position, or an interactivity of the overlay-graphic item.

14. The computer-implemented method according to claim 13 , wherein the presentation attribute comprises a defined position within each frame of the media content, a resolution, a size, a transition effect, a digital video effect for the overlay-graphic item.

15. The computer-implemented method according to claim 9 , wherein the media stream is received from a media presentation and distribution system via a network and comprises the media content and the tag,

wherein the media content comprises programming media content and non-programming media content, and

wherein the media content is presented via an adaptive bitrate streaming technique based on a first variation in a bandwidth of the network.

16. The computer-implemented method according to claim 9 , further comprising rendering the overlay-graphic item based on the tag from a client manifest.

17. A computer program product including one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive a media content of a media stream that comprises a tag with a candidate time-period, a playback duration, and a descriptor;

identify the tag in the media content of the media stream based on a user-attribute of a client device;

identify the candidate time-period and the playback duration of the media content based on the tag in the media content;

identify an overlay-graphic item corresponding to the tag based on the descriptor;

identify a presentation attribute of the overlay-graphic item; and

initiate a presentation of the overlay-graphic item at the candidate time-period in the media content based on the presentation attribute that is identified for the overlay-graphic item, wherein the overlay-graphic item is presented based on a degree of correlation between the tag in the media content and a corresponding context for the media content at the candidate time-period.

18. The computer program product according to claim 17 , wherein the candidate time-period is identified based on the tag corresponding to the overlay-graphic item at a specified time in the media content.

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