Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Disney Enterprise, Inc.

Efthimis Stefanidis

Michael J Strein

Vladislav Feldman

Craig L Beardsley

James L Jackson

Joseph Kenny

Steven Machanic

David A Stankoski

Dan Fogel

Reinaldo Jimenez

James R Wolan, Ii

Systems and methods to determine when to rejoin a live media broadcast after an interruption are presented herein. Weighting information including individual weights conveying importance of attribute values for a set of broadcast attributes of the live media broadcast may be obtained. One or more of the weighting information, the attribute values, and/or other information may facilitate making a determination of a rejoin point in time in the live media broadcast for rejoining the live media broadcast upon a completion of an interruption.

Systems and methods to determine when to rejoin a live media broadcast after an interruption

In one implementation, an automated content compilation system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a content integration software code. The hardware processor executes the content integration software code to receive commercials for presentation with a media content including primary content segments and predetermined advertising intervals, and to assemble commercial clusters corresponding respectively to the predetermined advertising intervals, each of the commercial clusters including a subset of the commercials. The content integration software code further compiles a content file including a data structure having the commercial clusters linked with the primary content segments, the data structure including one or more playlist(s) identifying a location of each of the commercials in the data structure, and provides the content file for playout of the media content as an integrated content stream including the primary content segments and the commercial clusters.

Automated content compilation

Techniques for controlling the performance of remote operations on computing devices within a video processing environment are described. One embodiment determines to perform a remote operation on a remote device in a media processing environment and determines a signal chain within the media processing environment that includes the remote device. An operational status of the signal chain is determined, based on a media processing schedule for the signal chain. Upon determining that the operational status indicates that the remote device is available for performance of the remote operation, embodiments initiate the performance of the remote operation on the remote device.

System to protect critical remotely accessible media devices

Techniques for selectively initiating security scanning operations on remote devices are described. Embodiments determine to perform a security scanning operation on a remote device in a media processing environment. A signal chain within the media processing environment that includes the remote device is determined. Embodiments determine an operational status of the signal chain, based on a media processing schedule for the signal chain. Upon determining that the operational status indicates that the remote device is available for performance of the security scanning operation, performance of the security scanning operation on the remote device is initiated.

System to manage security scanning in media environments

According to one implementation, a multi-protocol message distribution system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a multi-protocol messaging software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the multi-protocol messaging software code to receive a first video stream including programming content and at least one command message for distribution to multiple destination devices. The first video stream further includes multiple command message protocols for enabling execution of the command message. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the multi-protocol messaging software code to identify a command message protocol requirement of each of the destination devices, and to selectively address a second video stream including the programming content, the command message, and at least one of the command message protocols for enabling execution of the command message to each of the destination devices based on its respective command message protocol requirement.

Multi-protocol message distribution system

A network navigation system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a routing software code, and communicatively coupled to multiple hardware nodes of a communication network. The hardware processor executes the routing software code to monitor performance data for each hardware node, identify a network destination for a content stream, identify a source hardware node for providing source content of the content stream based on the performance data, and identify hardware transmission nodes for delivery of the content stream based on the performance data. The source and transmission nodes determine a first network route for delivery of the content stream. The routing software code also receives test data for the first network route during delivery of the content stream, and determines a second network route for delivery of the content stream if the test data fails to meet a predetermined test standard.

Automated network navigation

In one embodiment, a change over application distributes video content received from multiple origination sources. The change over application computes a first score based on a portion of first origination video content received from a first origination source, where the first origination source is associated with a first IP address. The change over application then determines a second origination source of second origination video content based on the first score and a selection criterion, where the second origination source is associated with a second IP address. Subsequently, the change over application transmits portions of the second origination video content received from the second origination source to the destination as portions of the distribution video content. Advantageously, unlike previous approaches to optimizing distribution video content, because a processor executes the change over application, dedicated hardware is not required.

Techniques for optimizing video content based on redundant internet protocol addresses

Embodiments herein describe a content distribution system that verifies a media presentation (or portions thereof) using a broadcast schedule. In one embodiment, the content verification system evaluates the media presentation to identify a unique identification data for the presentation such as a fingerprint or watermark. Using the broadcast schedule, the content verification system can identify what content the media presentation should (or is expected) to contain. The content verification system can retrieve a previously stored unique identifier from a database corresponding to the content identified using the broadcast schedule. If the stored unique identifier matches the unique identifier derived by the content verification system, the system verifies the content in the media presentation is correct. The verified media presentation can then be transmitted to a content distribution network&#x2014;e.g., a broadcast network or video-on-demand provider.

Program verification and decision system

Systems and methods to provide video signals and control signals over an internet protocol (IP) communications network are presented herein. Video signals and control signals may be obtained via an IP communications network. The control signals may be associated with the video signals using synchronization source identifiers as described in IETF RFC 3550.

Systems and methods to provide video and control signals over an internet protocol communications network

There is provided a system including an Internet Protocol (IP) switch, a client, a content source, a content monitor, a system manager having a hardware processor and a memory storing a content management software code, wherein the client is communicatively coupled to the IP switch via a network path. The system receives, using the IP switch, a source content stream from the content source, transmits the source content stream to the client via the network path, replicates, at the client, the source content stream to generate a client content stream, sends, from the client, the client content stream via the network path to the content monitor, and compares, using the content monitor, the client content stream with the source content stream.

Automatically rebroadcasting video streams for confidence review

According to one implementation, a tally management system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a tally management software code. The hardware processor executes the tally management software code to receive video production data identifying multiple video signals, and to map the video signals to corresponding video feed monitors for displaying the video signals. In addition, the hardware processor executes the tally management software code to receive selection data via a packet-switched network, the selection data identifying a primary monitor for displaying a video presentation, wherein a subset of the video signals contribute to the video presentation. The hardware processor further executes the tally management software to generate tally data identifying each of the video feed monitors corresponding respectively to the subset of video signals contributing to the video presentation, and to transmit the tally data via the packet-switched network.

Tally management system for cloud-based video production

There is provided an event tag insertion system. The system includes a memory and a processor configured to receive a media content, receive an input from an event indicator device, the input corresponding to an event in the media content, generate an event tag, the event tag including the input from the event indicator device and a position of the event in the media content, and insert the event tag as metadata into the media content.

System and method for creating and inserting event tags into media content

Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving a first unit of video data on a first input/output (I/O) channel, of a plurality of I/O channels of a digital video recorder, computing a first value by applying an error-detecting function to the first unit of video data, attempting to write the first unit of video data to a storage location of a storage device communicably coupled to the digital video recorder, computing, after attempting to write the first unit of video data, a second value by applying the error-detecting function to a data stored at the storage location of the storage device, and upon determining that the first and second values are not equal, storing an indication that the first unit of video data was not successfully written to the storage location of the storage device.

Write confirmation of a digital video record channel

There is provided a video playback system comprising a plurality of video playback channels, a memory, and a processor configured to transmit a first video content over a first playback channel, store a first video transmission being transmitted over the first video playback channel in the memory, start transmitting, at a second time, the first video transmission from the memory over a second playback channel, receive an update segment for replacing a first segment of the first video transmission and a location of the first segment in the first video transmission, detect the location of the first segment in the first video transmission, transmit the update segment in place of the first segment over the second video playback channel, revert to transmitting the first video transmission over the second video playback channel, and store a second video transmission being transmitted over the second video playback channel in the memory.

Multi-channel video playback system with variable time delay

There is provided a system and method for determining the latency of components of a video system comprising a video latency determination device. The video latency determination device includes a memory and a processor configured to detect a test video pattern appearing at a known time in the video signal at the video output of each component, calculate the latency of each component based on the known time of the test video pattern and the time at which the video latency determination device detects the test video pattern, and store the latency of each component in the memory.

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Douglaston, NY, United States of America

Efthimis Stefanidis