Abstract: This disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for managing the secure management and distribution of electronic content over broadcast and/or broadband communication channels. Certain embodiments disclosed herein may allow for implementation of a digital rights management service in connection with bidirectional communication channels and/or unidirectional communication channels, such as a broadcast signal. Various embodiments may allow for the generation and/or transmission of a digital rights management license in a field included in a broadcast signal. The license may be used by a client device to securely manage a received broadcast signal in accordance with associated rules and/or rights.

Abstract: A system and method for providing an online broadcast platform that adds a face effect to a live video may be disclosed herein. The system may include a device wirelessly connected to at least one adult toy, wherein the device includes a processor to actuate the at least one adult toy, a buffer storage, wherein the buffer storage stores at least one face effect, and an image recognition module, wherein the image recognition module recognizes a face of a model, wherein the processor includes an installed software application. The method may include receiving a tip from a user to activate a face effect, recognizing a face of a model, retrieving a face effect, combining the retrieved face effect with the face of the model, and broadcasting a video to the user with the retrieved face effect on the face of the model.

Abstract: A computing system identifies a media stream being received by a client, based on fingerprint matching conducted with query fingerprints generated by the client at a frame rate. The computing system then causes the client to increase the frame rate, in order to facilitate establishment by the computing system of synchronous lock between true time within the media stream and client time according to a clock of the client. The computing system then uses the established synchronous lock as a basis to map a true-time point at which a content revision should be performed in the media stream to a client-time point at which the client should perform the content revision. And the computing system causes the client to perform the content revision at the determined client-time point.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer storage media are described herein for optimizing adaptive bitrate streaming for content (e.g., streams of live events). Bitrate selections may be made based at least in part on the current state of the playback. When the playback is in a transient state (e.g., when the user has recently played or navigated within the content), bitrate selections may be determined utilizing a virtual buffer that simulates a playback buffer. The virtual buffer may be initialized with a predetermined fullness value. As content fragments are received and queued on the playback buffer, the fullness values for the virtual buffer and the playback buffer may be adjusted differently. When the fullness of the playback buffer exceeds the virtual buffer, subsequent bitrate selections may be determined utilizing the playback buffer. The virtual buffer may be utilized to simulate a steady state playback buffer while the playback buffer populates.

Abstract: Method for receiving video streams (1001, 1003, 1004) from a video server (10) in a client device (20), the video streams comprising a sequence of videos in a binary data format, the method comprising: receiving (101) a linear video stream (1001) from the video server in the client device; receiving (102) a switching signal (1002) from the video server in the client device; and in response to the switching signal, switching (104) from receiving the linear video stream to receiving (105) a personalized video stream (1003) from the video server in the client device, wherein a last video finishes (103) before switching to the personalized video stream, wherein the last video is a video that is being received in the linear video stream when the switching signal is received in the client device.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes determining a content-transmission delay between a content-distribution system and a content-presentation device. The method also includes using at least the determined content-transmission delay as a basis to select, from among a plurality of reference fingerprint data sets, a reference fingerprint data set that corresponds with the determined content-transmission delay. The method also includes transmitting to the content-presentation device, the selected reference fingerprint data set that corresponds with the determined content-transmission delay to facilitate the content-presentation device detecting a match between query fingerprint data representing content received by the content-presentation device and at least a portion of reference fingerprint data in the transmitted reference fingerprint data set.

Abstract: A method provides content decisions for a personalized channel that is to be deliverable to a prescribed set of client devices as a linear channel streaming adaptive bit rate (ABR) video. In the method, a request is received for a resolution to a decision point in an ABR manifest of a linear video stream for a content asset to be inserted in the linear video stream at a specified time. The linear video stream is to be presented on the personalized channel. Responsive to the request, a network location is provided for accessing a specified content asset to be inserted in the linear video stream at the specified time.

Abstract: An elementary module of a workflow of a system for distributing audiovisual contents is disclosed. Content is received as a succession of segments which are distributed following a transmission of a request and are obtained by an application of a workflow to a portion of a content. The elementary module executes a processing operation of a predefined type of the workflow and comprises: a variable plurality of processing units available for executing the processing operation of the predefined type, the elementary module regularly obtaining information representing each processing unit added to or removed from the plurality, an allocation module able to manage allocations or disallocations of processing units of the plurality according to requests for first data received; and a load management module able to choose, for each request received, at least one processing unit among the processing units allocated for processing second data in order to obtain first data requested.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically determining when a single party is playing or requesting conflicting content on two different devices, and resolving the conflict accordingly. Systems automatically identify when a single user is playing back a content stream on one device, then requests another content stream on another device. If the two content streams conflict, the conflict is automatically resolved in a number of ways, including by automatically pausing or redirecting one of the content streams. Conflict identification may also be carried out with the assistance of an added state flag that indicates a device or stream that has audio priority in a conflict. Thus, for example, when one user requests two conflicting content streams, and only one stream is associated with the conditional audio enabled flag, audio of the flagged stream may be played, while the other stream is muted.

Abstract: A content delivery network (100) for streaming digital video content across a data network. The content delivery network (100) is configured to receive digital video content. The content delivery network is configured to store the digital video content in a storage format comprising a base layer (B) and an enhancement layer (E), wherein the base layer (B) is decodable to present the digital video content at a base level of video reproduction quality, and the enhancement layer (E) is decodable with the base layer to present the digital video content at an enhanced level of video reproduction quality which is higher than the base level of reproduction quality. The content delivery network (100) is configured to determine, based on a target quality which is to be provided to a client device, which layers to use in order to achieve the target quality; and to use the determined layers (B, E) to provide the client device with the digital content at the target level of quality.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for processing at least first and second audiovisual signals in a rendering system. Each of the first and second audiovisual signals include a video content and an audio content. The rendering system having a main display, an auxiliary display and a first audio output. The method includes: displaying the video content of the first audiovisual signal on the main display and the video content of the second audiovisual signal on the auxiliary display and playing the audio content of the first audiovisual signal on the first audio output, detecting an event in the audio content of the second audiovisual signal, and upon detection of the event, playing the audio content of the second audiovisual signal, instead of the audio content of the first audiovisual signal.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine audio source impact on an audience of media are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes dividing monitored audio into successive audio segments including a first audio segment and a second audio segment. The example method also includes generating a first confidence value from the first audio segment and a second confidence value from the second audio segment, the first confidence value associated with a presence of a first audio source in the first audio segment, the second confidence value associated with a presence of the first audio source in the second audio segment. The example method includes determining an impact of the presence of the first audio source on audience ratings associated with the monitored audio based on the first confidence value, the first quantity of audience members, the second confidence value and the second quantity of audience members to determine.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for summarizing content or preparing missed portions of content based on natural language queries. A natural language query can be received. One or more portions of summarized or missed content can be determined based on the natural language query, and transmitted to a user device.

Abstract: A cable modem (CM) system for utilizing additional bandwidth is disclosed. The system includes a receiver path, a feedback path, and a feedback receiver. The receiver path is configured to obtain a base signal having a base bandwidth from a downstream signal. The feedback path is configured to obtain an additional signal having an additional bandwidth from the downstream signal and convert the additional signal to a feedback bandwidth. The feedback receiver of a cable modem tuner is configured to process the additional signal using the feedback bandwidth.

Abstract: Techniques are described for optimizing event-adaptive live video encoding profiles.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that includes a variate acquisition unit that acquires a first variate related to a content of action, and a second variate related to context in which the action is taken and a score calculation unit that calculates a score for evaluating the action on a basis of the first variate and the second variate.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for presenting additional information related to an emergency alert. A media guidance application may detect that a new emergency alert has been received. The media guidance application may then perform a search of various content sources (e.g., program listings, the Internet, etc.) for content related to the emergency alert. The media guidance application may then present the search results in a contextual menu enabling the user to access content of the search results. The media guidance application may also provide more options, such as, recording or pausing media content that the user was in the process of consuming when the emergency alert was generated, and an option to the user not to bring up the contextual menu again if the same emergency alert is repeated.

Abstract: Synchronous acquisition of a plurality of pieces of image data on the reception side is provided. Each of the plurality of pieces of image data is encoded by an encoder to obtain a plurality of streams. A container of a predetermined format containing the plurality of streams is transmitted. A plurality of encoders performs encoding so as to achieve matching in display timings of corresponding pictures of the plurality of pieces of image data. Alternatively, the plurality of encoders inserts information for associating pictures with each other into each of encoded image data of corresponding pictures of the plurality of pieces of image data.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for receiving a request from a user to access a video that is scheduled for transmission, simultaneously to a plurality of users, beginning from a scheduled start time. The request is received after the scheduled start time the transmission is performed by a linear service to which the user subscribes. In response to receiving the request, the systems and methods may generate for display the video to the user, and may receive, during display of the video, a command from the user to start playback of the video over from the beginning. In response to receiving the command, the systems and methods may identify a non-linear service to which the user subscribes that offers a non-linear copy of the video, and may play back the non-linear copy of the video from the beginning.

Abstract: The invention relates to a television broadcast system comprising a number of television cameras (C1, C2); at least one production unit (12) which is configured to generate a series of production images from the camera images of the number of television cameras (C1, C2) and to issue said images as production signals (S3); a number of analysis modules (A1, A2) which are configured to analyse each individual camera image, to calculate camera-image metadata (M) and an associated camera-image hash value (H) for each camera image and to issue the camera-image metadata (M) and the camera-image hash value (H) for each camera image asynchronously; a synchronisation module (14) connected to the production unit (12) and the analysis modules (A1, A2) and configured to receive the production images from the production unit (12) as synchronously buffered images and to calculate, for each production image, an associated production image hash value (HR).