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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2023
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4884 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for selectively modifying output of one more portions of a content item. Selective modifications may comprise enabling closed captioning for portions with difficult-to-understand dialogue, alerts of upcoming portions of a content item, skipping or replaying portions of a content item, volume adjustments, and/or contrast adjustments. Output modification may be automatic or partially automatic (e.g., based on acceptance after a prompt).