Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080221942 | Automatic Generation of Trailers Containing Product Placements - This invention relates to a method and computer system for automatic generation of trailers. More specifically it relates to a method for generating revenues from providers of content data. The method generally comprises the steps of finding product placement data in a super set of data. When these product placements have been found they are preferably matched with a user profile and segments, of the superset comprising these product placements with a positive match, are selected and merged into a subset of data. A counter may keep track of which product placement that has been chosen and how many times a product placement has been chosen and viewed. Based on the value of the counter an invoice is created. | 09-11-2008 |
20080235808 | Method and Apparatus for Protection of Content Using Biometric Watermarks - A method and apparatus are that restrict access to digital content to an authorized user on one or more systems using biometric watermarks. The disclosed biometric watermarking techniques allow an authorized user to be uniquely identified. Access to digital content is restricted to digital content in accordance with the present invention by embedding a biometric watermark, such as a biometric image, in the content. Thereafter, a user can only access the content if a biometric sample of the user matches the embedded biometric watermark. In one variation, the user can only access the content if the biometric sample is a live biometric sample. The embedded biometric watermark optionally includes information describing a system employed by the user to obtain the content. The user can optionally be permitted to access the content, without a biometric evaluation, if the content is on a system that has been previously authorized for the user using a biometric evaluation. | 09-25-2008 |
20080253617 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Shot Type of an Image - A method and apparatus for determining the type of shot of an image is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of: assigning ( | 10-16-2008 |
20080267290 | Coding Method Applied to Multimedia Data - The invention relates to a coding method applied to digital video data available in the form of a video stream consisting of consecutive frames divided into macroblocks. These frames are coded in the form of at least I-frames, coded independently, P-frames, predicted from at least a previous I- or P-frame, and B-frames, bidirectionally predicted from at least two frames between which they are disposed. According to the invention, the coding method comprises the following steps:
| 10-30-2008 |
20080270373 | Method and Apparatus for Content Item Signature Matching - An apparatus for content item signature matching comprises a database ( | 10-30-2008 |
20090016441 | CODING METHOD AND CORRESPONDING CODED SIGNAL - The invention relates to a coding method applied to digital video data available in the form of a video stream consisting of consecutive frames. These frames, divided into macroblocks, include at least I-frames, independently coded, or P-frames, temporally disposed between said I-frames and predicted from at least a previous I- or P-frame, or B-frames, temporally disposed between an I-frame and a P-frame, or between two P-frames, and bidirectionally predicted from at least these two frames between which they are disposed, said predictions of P- and B-frames being performed by means of a weighted prediction with unequal amount of prediction from the past and the future. According to the invention, this coding method comprises the following steps: a structuring step, provided for capturing coding parameters characterizing the said weighted prediction; a computing step, for delivering statistics related to said parameters; an analyzing step for determining a change of preference regarding the direction of prediction; a step provided for detecting the occurrences of gradual scene changes; a step provided for generating description data of said occurrences; and a step for encoding the description data thus obtained and the original digital video data. | 01-15-2009 |
20090041356 | Method and Device for Automatic Generation of Summary of a Plurality of Images - Method and device for providing a summary of a plurality of images, e.g. a video sequence. The method includes dividing the video sequence into a plurality of segments. The segments are analyzed with respect to content and a set of content descriptors are associated to the segments. Preferably, additional textual information about the segments, screenplay etc., is used to determine the content descriptors. A graph representing relations between the segments is constructed indicating relations between segments. Weights are associated to the relations so as to represent a measure of relation, e.g. a logical correlation, between segments. The weights are based on the calculated content descriptors. A relevance measure for a segment is determined based on all weights associated with relations to said segment. Finally, a summary is generated by selecting the most relevant segments. The method can create an automatic summary of a film that preserves all the logical plot of the original but is shorter in duration (e.g. | 02-12-2009 |
20090052537 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING CODED VIDEO DATA - The present invention relates to a method of processing digital coded video data available in the form of a video stream consisting of consecutive frames divided into slices. The frames include at least I-frames, coded without any reference to other frames, P-frames, temporally disposed between said I-frames and predicted from at least a previous I- or P-frame, and B-frames, temporally disposed between an I-frame and a P-frame, or between two P-frames, and bidirectionally predicted from at least these two frames between which they are disposed. The processing method comprises the steps of determining for each slice of the current frame related slice coding parameters and parameters related to spatial relationships between the regions that are coded in each slice, collecting said parameters for all the successive slices of the current frame, for delivering statistics related to said parameters, analyzing said statistics for determining regions of interest (ROIs) in said current frame, and enabling a selective use of the coded data, targeted on the regions of interest thus determined. | 02-26-2009 |
20090055746 | MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION CREATION - The present invention enables combining personal media content and additional content with the purpose of generating a more appealing and engaging experience to the user when being presented the personal media content. The invention therefore relates to a method and a device for generating a multimedia presentation, comprising obtaining a user selection of a first media file (step | 02-26-2009 |
20090077137 | METHOD OF UPDATING A VIDEO SUMMARY BY USER RELEVANCE FEEDBACK - Method of updating an initial summary ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090119704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CATCH UP WITH A RUNNING BROADCAST OR STORED CONTENT | 05-07-2009 |
20090132510 | DEVICE FOR ENABLING TO REPRESENT CONTENT ITEMS THROUGH META SUMMARY DATA, AND METHOD THEREOF - The invention relates to a method of enabling to represent content items, the method comprising a step of obtaining a plurality of content item summary data of a respective one of the content items. The invention also relates to a device ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090144836 | DECODING/DECRYPTING BASED ON SECURITY SCORE - A security system provides a security score ( | 06-04-2009 |
20090183198 | METHOD OF CONTENT SUBSTITUTION - A method of substituting a primary content ( | 07-16-2009 |
20090185626 | DATA SUMMARIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUMMARIZING A DATA STREAM - In order to further develop a method for summarizing at least one data stream ( | 07-23-2009 |
20090196569 | VIDEO TRAILER - A method of creating a collection ( | 08-06-2009 |
20090210533 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR SHARING RESOURCES IN A NETWORK OF PEERS - A device and a method for sharing resources in a network of peers are disclosed. A user may compile a wish list ( | 08-20-2009 |
20090240355 | MULTIUSER PLAYLIST GENERATION - Multi-user playlist generation is provided. Users submit their playlists; a pie chart ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090251614 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A SUMMARY OF A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ITEM - A summary of a multimedia content item input at step ( | 10-08-2009 |
20090316989 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CREATING AN IMAGE COLLAGE - The method of creating an image collage of the invention comprises the steps of determining a region of interest ( | 12-24-2009 |
20100002137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SUMMARY OF A VIDEO DATA STREAM - Representation of textual information (such as a Scoreboard) is detected ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100002149 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SLOW MOTION - The occurrence of slow motion in a video sequence is detected by: extracting a feature of luminosity for each of a plurality of frames of a video sequence, step | 01-07-2010 |
20100007726 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING A PERSON - Photo or video content of a person is acquired ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100017716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SUMMARY - A method and apparatus for generating a summary of a plurality of distinct data streams (for example video data streams). A plurality of related data streams are collected. The data streams comprise a plurality of segments and each segment is synchronized ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100067864 | VIDEO DEPTH MAP ALIGNMENT | 03-18-2010 |
20100111498 | METHOD OF CREATING A SUMMARY - Method of creating a summary ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100177247 | AMBIENT LIGHTING - A system for facilitating accompanying an image or video rendering with a concurrent controlled ambient lighting, comprises a color selector ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100185628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SUMMARIES OF A MULTIMEDIA FILE - A plurality of summaries of a multimedia file are automatically generated. A first summary of a multimedia file is generated (step | 07-22-2010 |
20100289959 | METHOD OF GENERATING A VIDEO SUMMARY - A method of generating a video summary of a content signal including at least a video sequence ( | 11-18-2010 |
20100299344 | METHOD OF SUGGESTING ACCOMPANIMENT TRACKS FOR SYNCHRONISED RENDERING WITH A CONTENT DATA ITEM - A method of suggesting accompaniment tracks for synchronised rendering with a content data item includes obtaining data descriptive of the content data item. A database query based at least partly on the data descriptive of the content data item to identify auxiliary content items to a user is resolved. The database (14;28) includes records, each configured to associate descriptive data with an auxiliary content data item for forming an accompaniment track. Data representative of a selection of an auxiliary content data item is received in association with the query, and a database record for the selected auxiliary content data item is caused to be amended to reflect the selection in association with at least part of the descriptive data included in the query. | 11-25-2010 |
20110029510 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING A PLURALITY OF STORED DIGITAL IMAGES - A plurality of stored digital images are searched. Images are retrieved in accordance with a search query (step | 02-03-2011 |
20110075924 | COLOR ADJUSTMENT - To adjust colors in an input image (II) to colors of a reference image (RI), matching reference points (RP) are provided in the input image (II) and the reference image (RI), dominant colors of the matching reference points (RP) are determined ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110229111 | MERGING OF A VIDEO AND STILL PICTURES OF THE SAME EVENT, BASED ON GLOBAL MOTION VECTORS OF THIS VIDEO - It is quite common for users to have both video and photo material that refer to the same event. Adding photos to home videos enriches the content. However, just adding still photos to a video sequence has a disturbing effect. The invention relates to a method to seamlessly integrate photos into the video by creating a virtual camera motion in the photo that is aligned with the estimated camera motion in the video. A synthesized video sequence is created by estimating a video camera motion in the video sequence at an insertion position in the video sequence at which the still photo is to be included, creating a virtual video sequence of sub frames of the still photo where the virtual video sequence has a virtual camera motion correlated to the video camera motion at the insertion position. | 09-22-2011 |
20110246607 | PHASED OFFLOADING OF CONTENT INFORMATION - A user of a mobile client requests electronic content information for being downloaded via a data network. The client first receives a semantically summarized version of the requested content information. If the downloading is prematurely interrupted, the user has at least a meaningful summary available. | 10-06-2011 |
20110320482 | CONTEXT-BASED RECOMMENDER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a recommender system and method comprising a first extractor (S | 12-29-2011 |
20120036084 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RATING ITEMS - Items are rated for use in a recommender. A record of a plurality of previously rated items and their associated ratings is maintained and upon receiving a rating for a first item ( | 02-09-2012 |
20120124635 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNELS TO AT LEAST ONE DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER - A method and system for transmitting channels to at least one digital video recorder is described. A server receives at least one recording schedule from a plurality of digital video recorders (step | 05-17-2012 |
20130097153 | Profile Based Content Retrieval for Recommender Systems - The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a computer program product for controlling a recommender system, wherein a user profile normally used by a recommender to predict user ratings is employed to generate a targeted query for the remote database yielding a set of results that can be scored by the recommender and provided as suggestions to the user. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097477 | CONTENT TRANSFORMATION FOR LEAN-BACK ENTERTAINMENT - The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a computer program product for adapting a document with actively selectable content, e.g., web-based content, for consumption in a lean-back mode. The document is rendered in a way that it can be optimally consumed in the lean-back mode. The multimedia content of the document (images, text, etc.) is transformed into a continuous information flow (e.g. video) that can be rendered as if it were a television channel, for example. | 04-18-2013 |
20130117102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPLACING AN ADVERTISEMENT - A method and apparatus ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130151340 | COORDINATED AUTOMATIC AD PLACEMENT FOR PERSONAL CONTENT CHANNELS - The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a computer program product for automatically inserting advertisements into a media stream, wherein subscription information which specifies categories of advertisements to be scheduled for insertion is stored and a category of a target advertisement is determined. Based on the result of the determination those advertisements of a stored list of scheduled advertisements, which according to their subscription information are subscribed to the determined category, are triggered and subjected to a predetermined modification processing selected based on the result of the determination. | 06-13-2013 |
20130204740 | RECOMMENDER SYSTEM FOR STIMULATING A USER TO RECOMMEND AN ITEM TO A CONTACT OF THE USER - The present invention is related to a recommender system ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130268975 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PERSONAL CHANNEL - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 10-10-2013 |
20140020027 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PERSONAL CHANNEL - The present invention relates to an apparatus ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140067847 | GENERATING A QUERY - A system for generating a query comprises a term unit ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140115082 | RECOMMENDER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - The present invention relates to a method of operating a recommender system arranged for being coupled to a computer implemented social network ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140136621 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF GENRE-SPECIFIC RELEVANCE OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - The present invention relates to an operating method of operating a recommender system, a filtering apparatus ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140173436 | EASY 2D NAVIGATION OF VIDEO DATABASE - The present invention relates to a method of operating an apparatus for displaying content items on a display, a corresponding computer program for operating an apparatus and to an apparatus ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140214839 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SORTED LIST OF ITEMS - An electronic device and method for automatic generation of a sorted list of items related to a seed item comprises a relatedness determinator to compare the seed item with a plurality of further items and to determine a relatedness value for each further item with respect to the seed item. The device also has a clustering engine to cluster the further items by determining a relative relatedness between (among) the further items. Each further item is assigned to one cluster. The device also has a list generator to generate a sorted result list by sorting the further items according to both, their relatedness value and their belonging (or membership) to a cluster in that once an item is added to the sorted list, the relatedness value depending ranking of the further items in that cluster is at least momentary lowered so as to promote adding items of further clusters. | 07-31-2014 |
20140223488 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS - A recommender engine for recommending content items to a user comprises a profile generation unit having a pre-profile input unit, which is configured to receive pre-profile data comprising pre-profile text data suitable for identifying entities of interest to a given user, and having a pre-profile analysis unit, the entities of interest and to generate an initial user profile data set for the given user from the extracted identification data; a query generation unit, to generate at least two queries semantically different from each other to be directed to at least one content repository; a content retrieval unit, to issue the generated queries to the content repository and to receive in response to the queries, content-related response data comprising respective hit lists and an interleaver unit to generate from the different hit lists a single recommendation list. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236989 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF RATING REQUESTS FROM A RECOMMENDER SYSTEM - The recommender system uses stored representations of relations between users. Access to an item by one or more first users in the storage system is recorded. When the recommender system detects a request for a rating of the item from a second user, the recommender system selects at least one of the first users that occurs in a stored relation with the second user. A query message that refers to the second user is then automatically transmitted to enter a rating for the item to a user address associated with the selected first users. Preferably at least one first user is selected for which it has been recorded that it has accessed the item but for which it has not yet given a rating. Preferably, the rating from the first user is passed to the second user via the recommender system, which records the rating for further use. The selection of the first user may be based on recorded data that measures correlation between ratings from the first and second user. | 08-21-2014 |
20140276243 | BEHAVIORAL RISK ANALYZER AND APPLICATION THAT ESTIMATES THE RISK OF PERFORMING UNDESIRED BEHAVIOR - A method for coaching a subject, including receiving data corresponding to at least one of a desired behavior of the subject or an undesired behavior of the subject, receiving a level of available self control of the subject via an input source, calculating a level of required self control needed to perform the desired behavior or suppress the undesired behavior, analyzing a risk based on the level of available self control and the level of required self control, where the risk is associated with predicting whether the subject will perform the undesired behavior or not perform the desired behavior, and intervening when the risk analyzed is above a particular threshold. | 09-18-2014 |
20140331241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATED MEDIA-FILE-BASED QUIZZING - Automatic generation of questions and evaluation answers about a media item is provided for a system such as a video on demand system. A virtually unlimited number of questions can be generated without the need for subjective information. Questions about a media item are generated by selecting a media segment of the media item. At least part of the media item within the selected media segment is shown to a user. The user is asked to indicate a position within the media item where the user thinks that the segment is located. The indicated position is compared to the actual position of the segment to evaluate the answer. | 11-06-2014 |