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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2017
Netflix Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Apurvakumar Dilipkumar Kansara, San Jose, CA (US);
NETFLIX, INC., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
A sequence analyzer compares different episodes of an episodic serial to identify portions of a current episode of the serial that have already been played back to a user. Those portions may include introductory material such as credits, or a recap section that includes content from previous episodes. The sequence analyzer parses previous episodes of the serial and selects a representative frame for each shot sequence. The sequence analyzer then generates a fingerprint for each shot sequence based on the associated representative frame. The sequence analyzer compares fingerprints associated with a current episode of the serial to fingerprints associated with one or more previous episodes of the serial to identify shot sequences that have already been played. The user may then skip those repeated sequences via a playback interface.