Stephanie M Morrison

US Patent:

20150215683, Jul 30, 2015

Filed:

Apr 6, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/679265

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
David Crawford Gibbon - Lincroft NJ, US
Zhu Liu - Marlboro NJ, US
Bernard Simon Renger - New Providence NJ, US
Behzad Shahraray - Freehold NJ, US
Mitchell J. Weinraub - Englewood CO, US
Stephanie A. Morrison - Mendham NJ, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/8545
H04N 21/858
H04N 21/235
H04N 21/4722
H04N 21/233
H04N 21/234

Abstract:

A system and method is provided to automatically generate content for ITV products and services by processing primary media sources. In one embodiment of the invention, keywords are automatically extracted from the primary media sources using one or more of a variety of techniques directed to video, audio and/or textual content of the multimodal source. In some embodiments, keywords are then processed according to one or more disclosed algorithms to narrow the quantity of downstream processing that is necessary to associate secondary sources (reference items) with the primary video source. Embodiments of the invention also provide automatic searching methods for the identification of reference items based on the processed keywords in order to maximize the value added by the association of reference items to the video source.

US Patent:

20140150020, May 29, 2014

Filed:

Feb 3, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/171276

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
David Crawford Gibbon - Lincroft NJ, US
Zhu Liu - Marlboro NJ, US
Bernard Simon Renger - New Providence NJ, US
Behzad Shahraray - Freehold NJ, US
Mitchell J.. Weinraub - Englewood CO, US
Stephanie A. Morrison - Mendham NJ, US

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

H04N 21/8545
H04N 21/4722
H04N 21/233
H04N 21/235
G11B 27/034
H04N 21/234

US Classification:

725 34

Abstract:

A system and method is provided to automatically generate content for ITV products and services by processing primary media sources. In one embodiment of the invention, keywords are automatically extracted from the primary media sources using one or more of a variety of techniques directed to video, audio and/or textual content of the multimodal source. In some embodiments, keywords are then processed according to one or more disclosed algorithms to narrow the quantity of downstream processing that is necessary to associate secondary sources (reference items) with the primary video source. Embodiments of the invention also provide automatic searching methods for the identification of reference items based on the processed keywords in order to maximize the value added by the association of reference items to the video source.