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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:
Oct. 12, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Inventors:

Galen Trevor Gattis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Hong Kwon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jennifer Metz, Haverford, PA (US);

Leslie Chapman, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Assignee:

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/4725 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/2407 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/4725 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects discussed herein relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods to identify, in near real-time, points of interest of viewers of a content item concurrently being transmitted in a linear stream to the viewers. A point of interest may refer to a segment of the content item that caused a surge in user reactions. During a subsequent transmission of the content item, identified points of interests may be displayed to the viewer. The viewer may select the point of interest in the content item to begin playback of the point of interest in the content item. Further, a playlist of points of interest in one or more content items may be generated for playback of the points of interest to a viewer.


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