Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Imdb. Com, Inc.

A9.com, Inc.

Other

Adam Carlson

Colin Jon Taylor

Douglas Ryan Gray

Joseph C Lee

Ashutosh Vishwas Kulkarni

Brian M Wilson

Douglas M Treder

Kintan Dilipkumar Brahmbhatt

Brent D Aliverti

Jordan M Timmermann

Kelvin C Young

Jeromey Russell Goetz

Jim L Dantzler

Ismet Zeki Yalniz

Andrew C Berg

Michael John Wyman

David Erdmann

Douglas Andrew Hungarter

Danny Ryan Stephens

Olia Kerzhner

Peter A Larsen

Charles Guest Tritschler

Richard David Williams

James Lee Dantzler

Rachel Jane MacTaggart

Simon Alexander Poole

Anna Makris

Hilliard Bruce Siegel

Francis J Kane, Jr

Andrej Gregov

Alexandre Edelman

Nicole A Deflaux

Alexandria Way-Wun Kravis

Brandon Scott Love

George E Rabatin, Iii

Justin M Campbell

Brian A Ecker

Michael J Ortlieb

Carolin Jessel

Steven Matthew Pyke

Corey Anthony Masanto

Ahmed Mustafa

Jordan M Timmerman

Kintan D Brahmbhatt

Richard N Anton

Michael Wayne Smith

Richard J Winogard

A weightlifting exercising system includes a frame having a pair of columns. A pair of lifting assemblies is provided and each of the columns has one of the lifting assemblies mounted thereon. The lifting assemblies each include a mount and an axle extending through the mount and rotational relative to the mount. A first arm is fixedly attached to the axle. A second arm is rotationally coupled to the axle. A lift angle is defined between the first and second arms and is alterable from 0&#xb0; to 180&#xb0;. A locking member releasably locks the second arm with respect to the axle such that the lift angle is releasably retained. One of the first and second arms has a handle attached thereto and the other of the first and second arms has a weight receiver attached thereto. One or more weight plates is removably positionable on the weight receiver.

Weightlifting exercising system

Disclosed are various embodiments for presenting a user interface in association with video content features. A video content feature is rendered on at least one display. A current scene in the video content feature is determined. Cast members are determined who have appeared in the current scene from a beginning of the current scene up to a current time in the current scene. A user interface is rendered on at least one display. The user interface includes selectable cast member components that each include an image of a cast member, a name of the cast member, and a name of a respective character performed by the cast member.

User interface for video content

Disclosed are various embodiments for creating and providing narratives associated with a type of subject entity (e.g., person, movie, place, etc.). A narrative for the subject entity can be generated according to a narrative template. The narrative template can be selected based on a variety of factors. Following the selection of a narrative template, fields in the selected template are filled with stored data associated with the subject entity. The new or updated narrative may be stored in a memory. In response to a request for information related to the subject entity, the narrative can be transmitted to a client device.

Dynamic creation and storage of narratives in multiple languages

The playback of video content upon a display is enhanced through the unobtrusive presentation of extrinsic data upon the same display. A video content feature is rendered on a display. A quantity of extrinsic data relevant to a current time in the video content feature is determined based at least in part on viewing history of a user. A graphical element presenting at least a portion of the extrinsic data is rendered on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display.

Unobtrusively enhancing video content with extrinsic data

Disclosed are various embodiments for employing approximate string matching in search queries to locate quotes, such as popular quotes in movies or other media. A quote database may be constructed to respond to search queries that include a quote by identifying approximate matches of the quote in closed captioning files. If an approximate match of a quote resides in the closed captioning file, information associated with the closed captioning file, such as a start time and an end time, may be added to the quote database for use in future searches.

Approximate string matching in search queries to locate quotes

A video segmentation system can be utilized to automate segmentation of digital video content. Features corresponding to visual, audio, and/or textual content of the video can be extracted from frames of the video. The extracted features of adjacent frames are compared according to a similarity measure to determine boundaries of a first set of shots or video segments distinguished by abrupt transitions. The first set of shots is analyzed according to certain heuristics to recognize a second set of shots distinguished by gradual transitions. Key frames can be extracted from the first and second set of shots, and the key frames can be used by the video segmentation system to group the first and second set of shots by scene. Additional processing can be performed to associate metadata, such as names of actors or titles of songs, with the detected scenes.

Video segmentation techniques

Techniques are described for providing functionality to allow a viewer of a television show to watch a 'previously on' segment of an episode of the television show and be able to watch the scenes from prior episodes referenced in the 'previously on' segment.

Expanded previously on segments

Relationships and descriptions are inferred for entities that appear in media content, such as movies and television programs. In one embodiment, media content is analyzed to infer relationships among entities that appear in the media content over an entirety of the media content. Relationships between two or more entities may change over time in the media content. A request is received from a client device for entity information regarding one or more entities relative to a particular time in the media content. Relationships that have been inferred via this analysis are then identified based at least in part on the particular time. The entity information presenting the identified relationships is sent to the client device.

Inferring entity information in media content

Disclosed are various embodiments for creating and providing narratives associated with a type of subject (e.g., person, movie, place, etc.). Following a detected change in the system, a narrative template is selected based on a variety of factors. The template may provide variations of sentences based on the amount of data provided. Following the selection of the optimal narrative, fields in the selected template are filled with stored data associated with the subject. Some of the stored data may need to be translated prior to adding to the template depending on whether the selected narrative template is in a different language. The new or updated narrative may be stored in a memory. The system may encode a network page with the narrative and send the encoded network page to a client device.

Dynamic creation and storage of narratives in multiple languages based in part on the popularity of the subject entity

Disclosed are various embodiments for providing extrinsic data relevant to a video content feature. In one embodiment, where a single cast member performs as multiple characters in the video content feature, the extrinsic data may include character images for each character played by the cast member. In another embodiment, where multiple generic images of a cast member are available, a particular generic image is selected to be included in the extrinsic data according to a measure of relevancy of the generic image to the video content feature. In another embodiment, when a generic image of a cast member is unavailable, an image of the cast member in character is included in the extrinsic data.

Providing extrinsic data for video content

Various embodiments identify differences between frame sequences of a video. For example, to determine a difference between two versions of a video, a fingerprint of each frame of the two versions is generated. From the fingerprints, a run-length encoded representation of each version is generated. The fingerprints which appear only once (i.e., unique fingerprints) in the entire video are identified from each version and compared to identify matching unique fingerprints across versions. The matching unique fingerprints are sorted and filtered to determine split points, which are used to align the two versions of the video. Accordingly, each version is segmented into smaller frame sequences using the split points. Once segmented, the individual frames of each segment are aligned across versions using a dynamic programming algorithm. After aligning the segments at a frame level, the segments are reassembled to generate a global alignment output.

Video content alignment

The playback of video content upon a display is enhanced through the unobtrusive presentation of extrinsic data upon the same display. A video content feature is rendered on a display. It is determined whether to present extrinsic data relevant to a current time in the video content feature based at least in part on appearance control metadata. A graphical element presenting at least a portion of the extrinsic data is rendered on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display in response to determining to present the extrinsic data.

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Adam Carlson