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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2015
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Douglas M. Treder, Seattle, WA (US);

Brent D. Aliverti, Seattle, WA (US);

Kintan D. Brahmbhatt, Redmond, WA (US);

Adam Carlson, Seattle, WA (US);

Jim L. Dantzler, Newcastle, WA (US);

Jordan M. Timmermann, Seattle, WA (US);

Brian M. Wilson, Seattle, WA (US);

Kelvin C. Young, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/236 (2011.01); H04N 21/4725 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/236 (2013.01); H04N 21/25 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/4725 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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