Iterative, maximally probable, batch-mode commercial detection for audiovisual content

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8995820
APP PUB NO 20140126887A1
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14154999

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Identification of starting and ending times of commercial breaks and commercials within those commercial breaks found in audiovisual content is disclosed. A solution to a “batch optimization” problem is used in which commercial locations within a set of audiovisual content are detected as a group by choosing a set of commercial locations which optimizes a cost function which can include considerations of, for example, 1) one or more cues, 2) relative locations of commercials within the audiovisual content, and/or 3) probability models based on statistics obtained regarding characteristics of typical commercial and commercial breaks. Optimization can be done over the total set of commercial location decisions, rather than on a per-commercial basis. Additionally, the cost function can be iteratively evaluated and many more types of cues and combinations of cues can be used in detection of commercials.

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  • INTERVAL LICENSING LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Harville, Michael L Palo Alto, US 10 470

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