Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for cultural distance prediction operations of a media asset, such as determining events in a media asset, determining geographical region corresponding to the culture of origin and the culture of destination, accessing weight values of cultural attribute categories respectively associated with the geographical regions of the culture of origin and the culture of destination, generating cultural distance score of events, and causing display of the cultural distance score on a user interface of a client device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of associating by a computerized system, labels with the order of execution of steps of solving a puzzle, game or activity, for one or more parts of one or more solution-paths for the puzzle, game or activity are described. Execution of the puzzle solution and also the particular sequence of steps in the solution paths are used to evaluate a relative efficiency of one sequence of steps over the other sequence. By quantifying efficiency of the solution path it becomes possible to logically and objectively compare the efficiency of two or more solutions or completions of the puzzle, game or activity.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for predicting a rating for a media asset for one geographic region based on a reference rating of the media asset for another geographic region.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for annotation of a media asset, such as an audio asset or a video asset, based on one or more events identified within content of the media asset. In particular, some embodiments can determine one or more of the following details with respect to content of a given media asset, which can represent annotations that enable determination of contextual information for the given media asset: events; event classification labels for events; subclassifications labels for events; scenes comprising events; attributes of scenes; themes presented by the content; and title-level attributes of the given media asset.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for predicting a rating for a media asset for one geographic region based on a reference rating of the media asset for another geographic region.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for cultural distance prediction operations of a media asset, such as determining events in a media asset, determining geographical region corresponding to the culture of origin and the culture of destination, accessing weight values of cultural attribute categories respectively associated with the geographical regions of the culture of origin and the culture of destination, generating cultural distance score of events, and causing display of the cultural distance score on a user interface of a client device.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for content genome generation and management operations of a media asset, such as accessing content data of a media asset and a set of input cues associated with the media asset; identifying a set of elements based on the content data of the media asset and the set of input cues; assigning a set of weight values to the set of elements based on a priority rule; identifying one or more relevant elements from the set of elements based on a ranking of the set of weight values; analyzing the one or more relevant elements to generate a set of classified features based on a set of tags; and using a machine learning algorithm to generate a content genome of the media asset based on the set of classified features.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for cultural distance prediction operations of a media asset, such as determining events in a media asset, determining geographical region corresponding to the culture of origin and the culture of destination, accessing weight values of cultural attribute categories respectively associated with the geographical regions of the culture of origin and the culture of destination, generating cultural distance score of events, and causing display of the cultural distance score on a user interface of a client device.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for cultural distance prediction operations of a media asset, such as determining events in a media asset, determining geographical region corresponding to the culture of origin and the culture of destination, accessing weight values of cultural attribute categories respectively associated with the geographical regions of the culture of origin and the culture of destination, generating cultural distance score of events, and causing display of the cultural distance score on a user interface of a client device.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for predicting a rating for a media asset for one geographic region based on a reference rating of the media asset for another geographic region.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for annotation of a media asset, such as an audio asset or a video asset, based on one or more events identified within content of the media asset. In particular, some embodiments can determine one or more of the following details with respect to content of a given media asset, which can represent annotations that enable determination of contextual information for the given media asset: events; event classification labels for events; subclassifications labels for events; scenes comprising events; attributes of scenes; themes presented by the content; and title-level attributes of the given media asset.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for predicting a rating for a media asset for one geographic region based on a reference rating of the media asset for another geographic region.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of associating by a computerized system, labels with the order of execution of steps of solving a puzzle, game or activity, for one or more parts of one or more solution-paths for the puzzle, game or activity are described. Execution of the puzzle solution and also the particular sequence of steps in the solution paths are used to evaluate a relative efficiency of one sequence of steps over the other sequence. By quantifying efficiency of the solution path it becomes possible to logically and objectively compare the efficiency of two or more solutions or completions of the puzzle, game or activity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for collecting and aggregating user-generated data based on user provided parameters and measures of relevance of underlying content. A user's data is combined with already existing collective data to generate relevant mark-ups for a document or other consumable data file, such as audio or video. The marked-up version of the document or data file is then displayed to users to, inter alia, help increase efficiency and assist in comprehension.

Abstract: A system and method of communication based on the Reverse Multiple-Choice Method of teaching and testing is disclosed where at least one communicant is a machine. The method is applicable for training a machine for knowledge engineering and artificial intelligence oriented applications, as well as for a trained machine to assist a human being engaged in the activity of teaching or testing.

Abstract: A system and method of communication based on the Reverse Multiple-Choice Method of teaching and testing is disclosed where at least one communicant is a machine. The method is applicable for training a machine for knowledge engineering and artificial intelligence oriented applications, as well as for a trained machine to assist a human being engaged in the activity of teaching or testing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for collecting and aggregating user-generated data based on user provided parameters and measures of relevance of underlying content. A user's data is combined with already existing collective data to generate relevant mark-ups for a document or other consumable data file, such as audio or video. The marked-up version of the document or data file is then displayed to users to, inter alia, help increase efficiency and assist in comprehension.

Abstract: A document is stored at each of a number of database replicas communicatively connected with a newly created database replica. The newly created database replica stores an indicator for the document denoting the database replicas at which the document is stored. A probable time to retrieve the document from each database replica is retrievable from the newly created database replica. For each database replica, a real-time analysis of network parameters in relation to the database replica is able to be performed based on the probable time retrieved. This analysis yields an updated probable time to retrieve the document from the database replica. This enables the document to be retrieved from the database replica having the lowest updated probable time.

Abstract: A document is stored at each of a number of database replicas communicatively connected with a newly created database replica. The newly created database replica stores an indicator for the document denoting the database replicas at which the document is stored. A probable time to retrieve the document from each database replica is retrievable from the newly created database replica. For each database replica, a real-time analysis of network parameters in relation to the database replica is able to be performed based on the probable time retrieved. This analysis yields an updated probable time to retrieve the document from the database replica. This enables the document to be retrieved from the database replica having the lowest updated probable time.

Abstract: A document stored at each of a number of database replicas communicatively connected with a current database replica is desired to be opened. The current database replica is initially opened. The current database replica stores an indicator for the document denoting the database replicas at which the document is stored. A probable time to retrieve the document from each database replica is retrieved from the current database replica. For each database replica, a real-time analysis of network parameters in relation to the database replica is performed based on the probable time retrieved. This analysis yields an updated probable time to retrieve the document from the database replica. The document is thus retrieved from the database replica having the lowest updated probable time.