Automation of media content playback

Number: 12236979
Published: 2025-02-25
Filed: 2022-07-14
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Briand; Manuel et al.
CPC: G11B27/005; G11B27/34
Verdict: Set aside playback automation, business
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

A system includes processing hardware and a memory storing software code. The processing hardware executes the software code to receive automation data for media content having a default playback experience, analyze, using the automation data, at least one parameter of the media content, and generate, based on the analyzing, one or more automation instruction(s) for at least one portion(s) of the media content. The automation instruction(s) include at least one of: one or more bounding timestamps of the media content portion(s), an increased or reduced playback speed for the media content portion(s) relative to the default playback experience, or a variable playback speed for the media content portion(s). The software code is further executed to outputs the automation instruction(s) to a media delivery platform configured to distribute and control the quality of the media content or to a media player configured to automate playback of the media content.

Background

BACKGROUND (1) Due to its nearly universal popularity as a content medium, ever more audio-video (AV) content is being produced and made available to consumers. As a result, the efficiency with which audio and video content can be analyzed and assessed has become increasingly important to the producers, owners, and distributors of that media content. (2) Analysis of media content is typically performed manually. For example, the analysis of the video quality, audio quality, or both, of AV content is typically performed by human quality control (QC) technicians. Although performing a full end-to-end review of media content provides the most reliable QC results, that process is typically undesirably time consuming and may require the participation of multiple QC technicians in order to be completed in a timely manner. As a result, the efficiency of QC review could be considerably enhanced by greater use of spot-checks and less reliance on complete end-to-end reviews. (3) However, there is considerable risk associated with spot-checks because some features of a media content asset that fail to meet quality standards may not be identified if their associated timestamps are not aligned with predetermined spot-check intervals. For example, if a defect in media content occurs at timestamp twenty minutes (00:20:00) of a media content asset, but QC spot-checks are performed at intervals 00:15:00-00:16:00 and 00:30:00-00:31:00, i.e., before and after the defect is detectable, the oppor

Claims

1. A system comprising: a processing hardware; and a system memory storing a software code; the processing hardware configured to execute the software code to: receive automation data for a media content having a default playback speed and a plurality of media modes including a first media mode and a second media mode; analyze, using the automation data, (i) a first parameter of the media content corresponding to the first media mode, and (ii) a second parameter of the media content corresponding to the second media mode; generate, based on analyzing, one or more automation instructions for at least one portion of the media content, wherein the one or more automation instructions comprise at least one of: one or more bounding timestamps of the at least one portion of the media content, one of an increased playback speed or a reduced playback speed for the at least one portion of the media content, relative to the default playback speed, or a variable playback speed for the at least one portion of the media content; and output the one or more automation instructions to one of a media delivery platform configured to distribute and control a quality of the media content or a media player configured to automate playback of the media content. || 9. A method for use by a system including a processing hardware and a system memory storing a software code, the method comprising: receiving, by the software code executed by the processing hardware, automation data for a media content having a default playback speed and a plurality of media modes including a first media mode and a second media mode; analyzing, by the software code executed by the processing hardware and using the automation data, (i) a first parameter of the media content corresponding to the first media mode, and (ii) a second parameter of the media content corresponding to the second media mode; generating, by the software code executed by the processing hardware based on analyzing, one or more automation instructions for at least one portion of the media content, wherein the one or more automation instructions comprise at least one of: one or more bounding timestamps of the at least one portion of the media content, one of an increased playback speed or a reduced playback speed for the at least one portion of the media content, relative to the default playback speed, or a variable playback speed for the at least one portion of the media content; and outputting, by the software code executed by the processing hardware, the one or more automation instructions to one of a media delivery platform configured to distribute and control a quality of the media content or a media player configured to automate playback of the media content.