Abstract: A system and method for processing multi-modal device interactions in a natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, one or more multi-modal device interactions may be received in a natural language voice services environment that includes one or more electronic devices. The multi-modal device interactions may include a non-voice interaction with at least one of the electronic devices or an application associated therewith, and may further include a natural language utterance relating to the non-voice interaction. Context relating to the non-voice interaction and the natural language utterance may be extracted and combined to determine an intent of the multi-modal device interaction, and a request may then be routed to one or more of the electronic devices based on the determined intent of the multi-modal device interaction.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for controlling consumption of a distributed network service in accordance with rights expression information associated with the distributed network service and specifying a manner of use of the distributed network service, including interpreting the rights expression information associated with the distributed network service, the rights expression information indicating a manner of use of the distributed network service; and controlling consumption of the distributed network service based on the rights expression information.

Abstract: A digital device and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The digital device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit configured to output a content and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain content information of the content being outputted, obtain at least one associated keyword corresponding to the obtained content information, retrieve at least one piece of associated information related to the content using an associated search term containing the obtained at least one associated keyword, and to output the retrieved at least one piece of the associated information.

Abstract: Systems and methods for presentation of content, or a title or link to content or presentation to a user on webpages of a website are provided. In one embodiment, a recommended content platform optimizes the links displayed on web pages based on a portfolio of content sources which determine which links are displayed in a given page view. The algorithms may or may not utilize data relating to user interaction with webpages and may produce different sets of links depending on the content of a webpage and a position on a webpage where the links are to be displayed. A given webpage may present links from multiple content sources displayed using multiple user interface elements distributed throughout the webpage.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system that utilizes a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning and the like, and an application thereof. In particular, an electronic apparatus, a guide providing method thereof, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. An electronic apparatus includes an input interface configured to receive a user input, a display configured to display a guide, and a processor configured to determine whether a task corresponding to the received user input is performable by the electronic apparatus, in response to determining that the task is performable, perform the task corresponding to the received user input, and in response to determining that the task is not performable, determine a candidate task related to the received user input and control the display to provide a guide for guiding the determined candidate task.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards having a user interface that displays a number of cards or windows. A user can implement a command where the user interface will automatically change the position of the displayed cards to show regions of interest which are the parts of the cards that a user may have interested in. The user interest can be determined in accordance with user preference information. Optionally, cards which do not have regions of interest are removed from a display area and such cards are replaced with new cards that do have regions of interest.

Abstract: A method for a tightness test of a test piece (16) in a test chamber (10) whose wall is at least partly made of a flexible material, wherein said test piece is introduced into said test chamber and said test chamber is then evacuated, is characterized in that the tightness test is performed by measuring the gas density inside said test chamber (10) in the area outside said test piece (16).

Abstract: Some embodiments include a production content server system with a computing device processing operations include causing a content reader server to couple to a content source with content using a wired or wireless link, and downloading at least one content file associated with content retrieved from the content source, where content file includes audio and/or a video. The operations include transcoding at least a portion of the at least one content file with a dynamic range compression to a specified dynamic range, equalization and duration, and processing at least one content audio file from the at least one content file. The operations further include storing the at least one content audio file to a production content database. Some embodiments include processing a production break audio file including blending the at least one production break audio file with at least one other content file.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a system for providing users access to audio/visual content, the system comprising means for storing content, means for broadcasting content on a scheduled basis, means for downloading the stored content from the storage means, means for enabling a user to access the downloaded content only within a specified time period, means for streaming content off the storage means, and means for receiving the content broadcast on a scheduled basis.

Abstract: A display device can include a tuner to receive a broadcast signal; a network interface to receive an application; an external device interface; a display module to display a broadcast program, the received application or video data received from the external device interface; and a controller to display the received broadcast program in a first area, receive a request for displaying a list from a remote controller, and display the list in a second area within the first area, the list includes a first item including information identifying a recently accessed application, a second item including information identifying a recently accessed broadcast program, or a third item including information identifying an external device recently connected to the display device or an access path of the external device, and a specific information item including a main screen of a last accessed webpage is included in the list.

Abstract: A virtual assistant uses context information to supplement natural language or gestural input from a user. Context helps to clarify the user's intent and to reduce the number of candidate interpretations of the user's input, and reduces the need for the user to provide excessive clarification input. Context can include any available information that is usable by the assistant to supplement explicit user input to constrain an information-processing problem and/or to personalize results. Context can be used to constrain solutions during various phases of processing, including, for example, speech recognition, natural language processing, task flow processing, and dialog generation.

Abstract: Methods and systems which perform information retrieval using natural language dialog for navigating an inventory of items are described. One example provides an information retrieval system to a user using natural language dialog. The system comprises a user input receiving device, an output device, a database comprising an inventory of items, and a processor. The processor is configured to retrieve one or more items from the inventory of items using an iterative process by: in response to receiving from the user input receiving device a user input, identifying a subset of the inventory based on the user input. The processor is configured to automatically process the subset of items to determine a classification for distinguishing between items of the subset, to generate an enquiry for a user using the classification and to transmit the enquiry to the output device. The user input and/or the enquiry may use natural language.

Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) accessing a first set of ordered content items and a second set of active/inactive status attributes; (ii) identifying a subset of the first set based on each content item of the subset corresponding to an active status attribute in the second set; (iii) using the content items of the identified subset to generate video content that includes the content items of the identified subset, as ordered in the first set; (iv) determining that a particular content item of the first set satisfies a condition, wherein the particular content item corresponds to a particular active/inactive status attribute of the second set; (v) based on the determination, modifying the particular active/inactive status attribute; and (vi) after modifying the particular active/inactive status attribute, repeating the identifying and using acts, thereby causing modification of the generated video content.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for synchronizing playback of media assets from multiple sources. For example, if a media asset is being delivered from two sources, a media guidance application may compare features in the media asset from the two sources and determine the amount of time that the two sources are out of synchronization. If the amount of time is greater than a threshold amount of time, the media guidance application may transmit supplemental content to a device receiving the media asset from the source that is ahead, such that the two sources are synchronized after the supplemental content is finished. If the amount of time is less than a threshold amount of time, the media guidance application may instruct the device receiving the media asset from the source that is ahead to pause the media asset until the two sources are synchronized.

Abstract: On-demand systems and methods are provided to manage locally-stored on-demand content. A user's equipment controls the deletion of and/or access to on-demand content from a local storage device based on constraining criteria that may include rental conditions, dynamic factors, and keys.

Abstract: A system that maps media content information to an interactive program guide displayed on a screen includes, among other things, a memory with logic, and a processor configured with the logic to display at least one personal video recording display channel in the interactive program guide. The processor is further preferably configured with the logic to display media content instance listings in the personal video recording display channel for corresponding media content instance recordings.

Abstract: A content control system includes: a pattern module configured to determine a filter pattern on a display content; a decision module, coupled to the pattern module, configured to generate an alteration decision based on the filter pattern failing to meet a community standard; and a replacement module, coupled to the decision module, configured to generate a replacement content based on the alteration decision for displaying on a device.

Abstract: A method and a device for processing a speech instruction are provided. With the method, a speech instruction is recognized so as to generate text information corresponding to the speech instruction. Semantic analysis is performed on the text information so as to obtain a semantic analysis result of the text information. Whether a corresponding operation is executable based on the semantic analysis result of the text information is determined. If it is determined that the corresponding operation is not executable based on the semantic analysis result of the text information, whether the text information belongs to instruction text data is determined. If yes, the text information is corrected so as to obtain corrected text information. Semantic analysis is performed on the corrected text information, and the corresponding operation is executed according to a semantic analysis result of the corrected text information.

Abstract: Techniques for generating customized rating systems for use in a DVR are described. According to one technique, a user submits a rating system definition that comprises two or more different ratings of the user's choosing. The rating system definition is stored. The rating system definition defines a customized ratings system. That system's creator and other users may then associate various entities, such as channels, series, and episodes, with ratings from the customized rating system. DVRs may use these associations between entities and ratings for various purposes. For example, DVRs may use these associations to allow a user to search for entities that satisfy specified rating criteria. For another example, DVRs may use these associations to restricting which entities and information about those entities can be displayed or recorded when the DVR is in a restricted mode of operation. Customized rating systems may be modified by multiple users in collaboration.

Abstract: A method and system for switching television channels. A mobile terminal receives channel information, and displays the channel information on a display screen, to allow a user operating the mobile terminal to submit an instruction for switching to a user desired channel. The mobile terminal transmits the user instruction to a set-top box to instruct the set-top box to switch to the user desired channel according to the user instruction. A registration code generated using IMEI or MEID of the mobile device is registered at the set-top box to verify the mobile device before receiving or executing the user instruction. The transmission or the execution of the user instruction may be delayed to a scheduled time without affecting the currently played program.

Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable media for managing a compute environment are disclosed. The method includes importing identity information from an identity manager into a module performs workload management and scheduling for a compute environment and, unless a conflict exists, modifying the behavior of the workload management and scheduling module to incorporate the imported identity information such that access to and use of the compute environment occurs according to the imported identity information. The compute environment may be a cluster or a grid wherein multiple compute environments communicate with multiple identity managers.

Abstract: Systems, computer-readable storage mediums, and methods for discovering and displaying media content related to an electronic document. At a first computing device, document identifying information—which is one of: at least a portion of a network identifier or source code for the electronic document—for the electronic document is obtained. One or more media entities associated with the electronic document are then obtained from a server. The media entities correspond to media content including scheduled TV programming, streaming media or locally stored media. A representation of a subset of the media entities is displayed, and a user selection from the representation of a respective media entity from the subset is obtained. In response, selection information identifying the respective media entity is sent to a second computing device, which is configured to access and display respective media content corresponding to the respective media entity based on the selection information.

Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and computer-program products for identifying a media content stream when the media content stream is playing an unscheduled media segment. A computing device may receive a plurality of media content streams, where at least two of the plurality of media content streams concurrently includes a same unscheduled media segment. The computing device may determine that the media display device is playing the unscheduled media segment by examining the media content available at the current time in each of the plurality of media content streams. The computing device may determine identification information from the media content included in the media content stream. The computing device may determine contextually-related content, which may be disabled while the unscheduled media segment is being played by the media display device. The computing device may display the media content stream and the contextually-related content after the unscheduled media segment has been played.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes identifying a computer-based portable program module, automatically altering code in the portable program module to permit display of the module on a television-based display so that the displayed module has a substantially similar appearance on the television-based display as on a computer display, and providing the altered code for execution on a processor connected to a television-based display.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for dynamically including or excluding a video from a media guidance interface based on indications of user interest. To this end, the systems and methods generate a video for display using user equipment and receive a command from a user to display a media guidance interface while the video is being generated for display, the media guidance interface including a plurality of video identifiers. In response to receiving the command, the systems and methods determine whether the user has interest in the video. In response to determining that the user has interest in the video, the systems and methods generate the media guidance interface for display along with the video. In response to determining that the user has no interest in the video, the systems and methods generate the media guidance interface for display without the video.

Abstract: A dynamically created video preview can be provided to a viewer by stitching relevant video clips from a target video based on a viewer profile of the viewer. In various embodiments, a computer receives a request from a viewer to preview a video. The computer can then select one or more clips from the video based on the viewer profile of the viewer. Thereafter, the computer can generate a customized video preview from the one or more selected clips for the viewer based on the viewer profile. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: A message directed to a recipient of a messaging client is intercepted and prevented from reaching the messaging client in a native sent message format as sent from a sender of the message. One or more portions of the message are rendered to a format that is incapable of execution by a device and the message in the format that is incapable of execution is delivered to the messaging client for viewing and/or printing by the recipient.

Abstract: A network system includes a receiving apparatus for receiving contents, and a recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing the contents received by the receiving apparatus, the receiving apparatus and the recording and reproducing apparatus being interconnected via a network. The receiving apparatus includes a viewing age limit compliance information acquisition section, and a determination section. The recording and reproducing apparatus includes a storage section, and an address information delivery section.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for initialization of entropy encoders and decoders.

Abstract: A natural language understanding model is trained using respective natural language example inputs corresponding to a plurality of applications. A determination is made as to whether a value of a first parameter of a first application is to be obtained using a natural language interaction. Using the natural language understanding model, at least a portion of the first application is generated.

Abstract: Systems and processes are disclosed for operating a digital assistant in a media environment. In an exemplary embodiment, a user can interact with a digital assistant of a media device while content is displayed by the media device. In one approach, a plurality of exemplary natural language requests can be displayed in response to detecting a user input of a first input type. The plurality of exemplary natural language requests can be contextually-related to the displayed content. In another approach, a user request can be received in response to detecting a user input of a second input type. A task that at least partially satisfies the user request can be performed. The performed task can depend on the nature of the user request and the content being displayed by the media device. In particular, the user request can be satisfied while reducing disruption to user consumption of media content.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and methods are described for modifying over-the-air (OTA) channels for coaxial distribution. In one example, a method includes capturing at least one set of over the air (OTA) channels, each OTA channel being associated with a broadcast frequency within an OTA frequency spectrum; selecting a subset of OTA channels from the at least one set of OTA channels; translating the selected subset of OTA channels to a set of secondary frequencies within a secondary frequency spectrum; combining the translated subset of OTA channels and one or more satellite transponder signals into a coaxial feed; and transmitting the coaxial feed to a receiving device.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a media server, a request to create a media content summary. The request includes a user-specified criterion. The method also includes generating resized segments by automatically changing a size of each of one or more segments of media content until a total size of the resized segments satisfies the user-specified criterion and including the resized segments in the media content summary.

Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a computer-implemented method for recommending a recommendation for at least one data item by a collaborative video server. The method includes receiving a data descriptive including at least one data item consumed from a first electronic device when the first electronic device and a second electronic device are in a video event, where the at least one data item is displayed on the second electronic device. Further, the method includes determining a recommendation for the at least one data item and a location information of the recommendation. Further, the method includes causing to display the recommendation corresponding to the at least one data item and the location information on the second electronic device.

Abstract: A system for remotely controlling client recording and storage behavior schedules the recording, storing, and deleting of multimedia content on a client system storage device. The viewer may request that certain content be captured. Capture requests also allow the service to determine content to be recorded by the client system in the same manner that a viewer requests that certain content are recorded but are more powerful than what a viewer can request. Recording requests for a capture request can preempt viewer requests or be entered at the same or lower priority as a viewer request. Capture requests can adjust all aspects of a recording request and affect the capture request itself. Client system operational functionality are also manipulated by the service using capture requests.

Abstract: An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are played back from the media servers and over real-time cached copies of the programs. The program guide also provides users with an opportunity to designate gift recipients for whom programs may be recorded.

Abstract: An exemplary method includes an automatic media summary creation system analyzing presentation data of a media program that includes at least one of an audio component and a video component, generating, based on the analyzing of the presentation data of the media program, a set of text data, selecting, based on an attribute of the media program, a predefined media summary template from a group of predefined media summary templates, and automatically generating a summary of the media program by using the generated set of text data to populate the selected predefined media summary template. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling a mobile device at a headend includes the mobile device communicating a request for content to the headend. The headend requests geographic coordinate location data from the mobile device and, when geographic coordinate data is available, determines a first geographic region associated with the mobile device in response to the geographic coordinate location data. When geographic coordinate data is not available from the mobile device, the headend extracts an IP address from the request and determines a second geographic region based on the IP address and a confidence level. When the confidence level is below a threshold, the headend determines a third geographic region based on subscriber data for the mobile device. The headend controls the mobile device in response to one of the first geographic region, the second geographic region and the third geographic region.

Abstract: Systems and methods for using caller data to add a phone number to an outbound-call list. In one aspect, a method involves (i) a device receiving caller data corresponding to a phone call sent by a phone switch to a phone terminal; (ii) retrieving a school record corresponding to the received caller data; (iii) making a determination that the school record is associated with a type of operational status; and (iv) responsive to making the determination that the school record is associated with the type of operational status, setting an operational mode of the phone switch, wherein in the operational mode, the phone switch refrains from sending any phone calls to the phone terminal.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for superimposing a program guide browser onto a video stream. The method includes receiving a request from the client while media content is displayed at the host; in response to the request, transmitting a user interface (UI) to the client; and displaying the UI at the client without interrupting the displayed media content; wherein the UI comprises a horizontally scrollable ribbon. Additional or alternate features may be provided as desired.

Abstract: A user terminal, hands-free device and method for hands-free automatic interpretation service. The user terminal includes an interpretation environment initialization unit, an interpretation intermediation unit, and an interpretation processing unit. The interpretation environment initialization unit performs pairing with a hands-free device in response to a request from the hands-free device, and initializes an interpretation environment. The interpretation intermediation unit sends interpretation results obtained by interpreting a user's voice information received from the hands-free device to a counterpart terminal, and receives interpretation results obtained by interpreting a counterpart's voice information from the counterpart terminal.

Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.

Abstract: An exemplary method includes a computer-implemented media service system 1) establishing a set of one or more conditions for a media-on-demand-based programming channel, 2) selecting, from a repository of on-demand media content and based on the set of one or more conditions, a set of on-demand media programs for inclusion in the media-on-demand-based programming channel, and 3) mapping the selected set of on-demand media programs to the media-on-demand-based programming channel to represent a scheduled, linear playback of the set of on-demand media programs on the media-on-demand-based programming channel in accordance with a linear playback schedule.

Abstract: Content titles are electronically arranged in different groups. An electronic wrapper surrounds all the titles in each group. The electronic wrapper displays content information that is common to all the titles in each group.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing and interfacing with content are disclosed. An example method can comprise providing an interface and receiving an interaction with the interface. The interface can be updated with a first element if the interaction is in a first direction. The first element can provide information based on user data. The interface can be updated with a second element if the interaction is in a second direction.

Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media content presentation system detecting an access event initiated by a user and performed by a media content processing subsystem with respect to a media content program during a time period associated with a provider-scheduled presentation of the media content program, identifying a programming block of which the media content program is a part, determining that the user has failed to direct the media content processing subsystem to perform an additional access event with respect to one or more additional media content programs that are also a part of the programming block during a time period associated with a provider-scheduled presentation of the one or more additional media content programs, and facilitating, in response to the determining, access by the user to the one or more additional media content programs included in the programming block. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for training a Natural Language Understanding (NLU) component of a system using spoken utterances of individuals are described. A server sends a device, such as a speech-controlled device, a signal that causes the device to output audio soliciting content regarding how a user would speak a particular command for execution by a particular application. The device captures spoken audio and sends it to the server. The server performs speech processing on received audio data to parse the audio data into multiple portions. The server then associates a first portion of the audio data with a command indicator and a second portion of the audio data with a content indicator. The associated data is then used to update how the NLU component determines how utterances triggering the command are spoken.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for presenting a video. A method of the present invention includes a link-map, where the link-map comprises one or more segments and one or more links between segments and where each link is associated with a user category. The method further includes retrieving a current segment to play for a user associated with a user category. The retrieving includes traversing a link of the link-map based on the user category. The retrieving further includes selecting the current segment to play from the plurality of segments based on traversing the link-map. The method further includes playing the current segment. The method further includes repeating the retrieving and playing steps until an end condition is reached.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.

Abstract: A device for enabling content selection is configured to display one or more sub-categories of content included within a category of content. The one or more sub-categories of content may be displayed using stack structures. The stack structures may include a plurality of icons representing available content. The stack structures may enable thumbnail browsing of content available from a plurality of diverse sources. The device may enable a user to cycle through sub-category types.