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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:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gabriel C. Dalbec, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Nicholas Lovell, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Lance G. O'Connor, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/164 (2022.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for displaying subjects of a portion of content. Media data of content is analyzed during playback, and a number of action signatures are identified. Each action signature is associated with a particular subject within the content. The action signature is stored, along with a timestamp corresponding to a playback position at which the action signature begins, in association with an identifier of the particular subject. Upon receiving a command, icons representing each of a number of action signatures at or near the current playback position are displayed. Upon receiving user selection of an icon corresponding to a particular signature, a portion of the content corresponding to the action signature is played back.


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