Amazon Technologies, Inc.

A9.com, Inc.

Imdb. Com, Inc.

Interactions Corporation

Jeromey Russell Goetz

Adam Carlson

Danny Ryan Stephens

Felicia Yue

Brandon William Porter

Jeff Bradley Beal

Alan Stuart Robbins

Joseph L Ellsworth

Douglas Andrew Hungarter

Alexandria Way-Wun Kravis

Brandon Scott Love

Varadarajan Gopalakrishnan

Grant Alexander Macdonald McAlister

Colin Jon Taylor

Douglas Ryan Gray

Lars Christian Ulness

Ismet Zeki Yalniz

Ashutosh Vishwas Kulkarni

Peter A Larsen

Michael Eric Cloran

Christopher Shingee Park

Charles Guest Tritschler

Joshua Danovitz

Zachary Christopher Mouri

David Paul Heitzman

Mitchell Gregory Shields

Michael Steffen Vance

Grant A M McAlister

John Russell Seghers

Adam David Gray

Lorne Millwood

Ike Eshiokwu

Theron Justin Lamm

Jason Aaron Kolb

Carolin Jessel

Steven Matthew Pyke

Fredrik Magnus Blomqvist

William Richard Komarek

Willie Morris

Dat Tien Nguyen

Techniques are described for providing alternative media content to a client device along with primary media content.

Providing alternative live media content

Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying and recommending events of interest in real-time media content. Video of a media content stream is analyzed to determine whether an event of interest is occurring in real-time. Upon determining that an event of interest is occurring in real-time, a user interface is generated that includes at least two concurrently visible options to begin viewing video content corresponding to the event of interest.

Identifying and recommending events of interest in real-time media content

Various embodiments of a system and method for tracking service requests are described. Embodiments may include call tree generation logic configured to receive multiple request identifiers associated with a respective one of multiple service requests. Each given request identifier may include an origin identifier, a depth value, and a request stack comprising one or more interaction identifiers. The call tree generation logic may also be configured to, based on multiple request identifiers that each include an origin identifier associated with a particular root request, generating a data structure that specifies a hierarchy of services called to fulfill that particular root request. Based on one or more of the interaction identifiers and one or more of the depth values, the generated data structure may specify for each given service of the hierarchy: a parent service that called the given service, and one or more child services called by the given service.

System and method for tracking service requests

Techniques for resolving ambiguous recipient users and/or recipient devices are described. A system receives input data from a device. The system may determine the input data corresponds to a spoken utterance requesting a call be established. When the system determines the recipient user and/or the recipient device is ambiguous, the system determines communications pattern data associated with the originating device. The system also determines context data. Based on the communications pattern data and the context data, the system may resolve an identity of the recipient user and/or resolve an identity of the recipient device. The system may also use communications pattern data and context data to determine when a device is likely to receive a communication and output content indicating same to a user.

Voice user interface entity resolution

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

System and method for tracking service results

Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying and recommending events of interest in real-time media content. Individual ones of multiple media content streams are analyzed to determine whether events of interest are occurring in real-time. It is then determined that an event of interest is occurring in real-time in a particular media content stream of the multiple media content streams. A user interface is generated that recommends the particular media content stream based at least in part on the event of interest.

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 determining whether a client device is authorized to receive media content based at least in part on the call signs of broadcast stations that the client device is able to receive. A computing device receives a broadcast station identifier and a program identifier from a client computing device. The computing device determines that the client computing device is authorized to access media content identified by the program identifier based at least in part on the broadcast station identifier. Finally, the computing device streams the media content to the client computing device in response to determining that the client computing device is authorized to access the media content.

Streaming media authorization based on call signs

Disclosed are various embodiments that facilitate playback of content via multiple display devices. Playback may be synchronized among multiple display devices and/or auxiliary content rendered by a companion device may be synchronized to playback of content by a primary device. A server device receives a request from a first client device to commence a playback of a content feature upon an identified second client device. The server device sends an instruction to the second client device to commence the playback of the content feature upon a display of the second client device in response to the request. Status updates regarding the playback may be provided to the first client device by the server device.

Playback of content using multiple devices

Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying events in media content based on user actions with respect to the rendering of such media content. To this end, media content is rendered in a computing device. User actions are obtained relative to a user interaction with the media content item. Such user actions are sent in the form of user behavior reports to at least one server. Each user behavior report indicates the user action and a timestamp associated with the user action, the timestamp indicating a point in the media content item. An application on the server identifies events in the media content based on the information in the behavior reports.

Analyzing user behavior relative to media content

This disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for facilitating video communications between users in environments including a plurality of imaging devices. For example, an environment can include first and second imaging devices having associated fields of view providing multiple perspectives of a user. Upon initiating a video communication session, a network device can receive image data from the imaging devices to determine an identity of a user. A user profile of the user can include preferences for the communication, such as device selection, zoom selection, audio selection, subject framing, and the like. Further, the network device can utilize machine learned algorithms to determine an optimal view of the user for the video communication based on the fields of view associated with each imaging device. The network device can intelligently add users to a communication session and provide output to devices to provide a seamless videoconferencing experience.

Device selection for video based communications

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