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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Si Ying Diana Hu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eduardo Jimenez, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joaquin A. Delgado, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/462 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary method includes a media content management system receiving a media content stream, independently processing the media content stream in accordance with a multi-stage feature detection heuristic and in accordance with a signature matching heuristic, and classifying, based on the independent processing, a media content block included in the media content stream as including an advertisement break. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.