Automation of User-Initiated Content Modification

Number: 20230239527
Published: 2023-07-27
Filed: 2022-01-25
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Yaacob; Yazmaliza et al.
CPC: H04N21/2668; H04N21/2393; H04N21/251
Verdict: Set aside content modification automation, business
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

A system for performing user-initiated content modification includes a computing platform having processing hardware and a system memory storing a software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to receive a request to perform a modification to content, determine, in response to the request, whether the modification is permissible or impermissible, and when the modification is determined to be impermissible, deny the request. When the modification is determined to be permissible, the processing hardware is configured to further execute the software code to obtain the content, obtain or produce alternate content for use in modifying the content per the request, and perform the modification to the content, using the alternate content, to provide modified content.

Background

BACKGROUND

As digital content has become more prevalent, the desire to personalize or tailor content to a user's preferences has increased. A user's preferences may vary, for example, based on geographic location, demographics, personal values, experiences, beliefs, the presence of others (e.g., children) during the viewing experience, or the like. In addition, the standards by which users judge the desirability of images, sounds, and language present in that content may change, for example, over time or between instances of content consumption. Because the desirability of particular images, sounds, language, or a combination thereof can vary widely among users, making global modifications to content is insufficient in many instances.

At present, the correction of undesirable images, sounds, or language included in existing content requires that each source content file be searched for the content requiring correction, and that such content be removed or replaced by one or more of imagery, sounds, and language that is/are preferred by the content owner or distributor. Then, that new source content is provided to the digital platforms that deliver content to consumers. As other content presently deemed to be acceptable becomes undesirable in the future, the same search, removal or replacement, and redistribution process would need to be repeated. Due to the present pace at which society is becoming more culturally sensitive and inclusive, the existing techniques

Claims

1: A system comprising: a computing platform including processing hardware and a system memory storing a software code; the processing hardware configured to execute the software code to: receive a request to perform a modification to a first content; determine, in response to the request, whether the modification is permissible or impermissible; when the modification is determined to be impermissible, deny the request; when the modification is determined to be permissible: obtain the first content; obtain or produce a second content for use in modifying the first content per the request; and perform the modification to the first content, using the second content, to provide a third content. || 12: A method for use by a system including a computing platform having processing hardware and a system memory storing a software code, the method comprising: receiving, by the software code executed by the processing hardware, a request to perform a modification to a first content; determining, by the software code executed by the processing hardware in response to the request, whether the modification is permissible or impermissible; when the modification is determined to be impermissible, denying the request by the software code executed by the processing hardware; when the modification is determined to be permissible: obtaining, by the software code executed by the processing hardware, the first content; obtaining or producing, by the software code executed by the processing hardware, a second content for use in modifying the first content per the request; and performing the modification to the first content, by the software code executed by the processing hardware and using the second content, to provide a third content.