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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2020
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Mario Kosseifi, Roswell, GA (US);
Joseph Thomas, Marietta, GA (US);
Kumar Vadlamudi, Frisco, TX (US);
AT & T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
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.