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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:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2020
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Mario Kosseifi, Roswell, GA (US);

Joseph Thomas, Marietta, GA (US);

Kumar Vadlamudi, Frisco, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 5/14 (2006.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2343 (2013.01); G06V 20/46 (2022.01); G06V 20/48 (2022.01); G06V 20/49 (2022.01); H04N 5/147 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/23418 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include obtaining a first media content item comprising a plurality of content segments. For each content segment of the plurality of content segments of the first media content item, comparing the content segment and a prior content segment to identify a content transition, analyzing the content segment to identify a content marker in the content segment, determining a viewing characteristic of the content segment according to the content transition and the content marker, determining if the content segment is unnecessary according to the viewing characteristic, and updating a set of skipping instructions associated with the first media content item responsive to the determining the content segment is unnecessary, and presenting the first media content item at a first device according to the set of skipping instructions associated with the first media content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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