Broadcast Content Screening System with Real-Time and Precision Segmentation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for screening broadcast content, such as advertising, adult, or violent content, often require blocking entire programs rather than specific objectionable segments, and struggle with distinguishing content of interest from regular programming, especially when advertisers change recognizable characteristics or present advertising seamlessly.
Innovation Solution
A system that generates real-time and precision screening signals by reconciling viewer inputs to identify and block specific content of interest segments, using a processor to transmit local action signals to control the presentation of broadcast programming based on user preferences, both in real-time and during playback of recorded content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional methods block content of interest by identifying specific transmission characteristics, then advertising and other content can be screened, but advertisers change characteristics to avoid blockage and content becomes difficult to distinguish from regular programming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the screening process into two distinct phases: real-time screening during broadcast and precision screening during playback. Real-time screening provides immediate blocking capability, while precision screening refines the screening accuracy by analyzing recorded content with more sophisticated algorithms and multiple screening signals, thereby resolving the contradiction between initial screening effectiveness and final identification accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary real-time screening during broadcast to identify and block obvious content of interest, then uses the recorded broadcast and additional precision screening signals to further refine and improve screening accuracy during playback, effectively preparing the screening process in advance and enhancing overall performance
2Object-affected harmful factors
If entire programs are blocked to screen adult or violent content, then objectionable content is removed, but useful programming content is also lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes only the specific content of interest segments (such as adult or violent portions) from the broadcast programming while preserving the rest of the useful programming content. This is achieved through precise segment identification and selective blocking, allowing users to watch the majority of the program while excluding only the objectionable portions
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies different screening treatments to different segments of the same program. Rather than uniformly blocking entire programs, it applies selective blocking only to specific time segments containing objectionable content, thereby maintaining local quality control and preserving useful content while removing harmful elements
3Speed
If real-time screening is performed during broadcast, then immediate content control is achieved, but screening accuracy is limited compared to post-recording analysis
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the screening process into two temporal segments: real-time screening during broadcast for immediate response, and precision screening during playback for enhanced accuracy. This segmentation allows each phase to optimize for its specific strength while compensating for its limitations through the complementary second phase
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous screening action across both real-time and playback phases. The real-time screening provides immediate content control, while the precision screening during playback continues and refines the screening process, ensuring that useful screening action occurs continuously without interruption and progressively improves accuracy
Data Source
AI summary
Mechanisms for screening broadcast programming are provided. A viewer is configured to receive broadcast programming, to receive commands from a user, to receive commands from an interface coupled to the viewer, to present the received broadcast programming to the user based on commands from the user, and to present the received broadcast programming to the user based on commands from the interface. A processor is coupled to the interface and configured to receive a screening signal, to receive user input from the interface, to store the received user input, to generate a local action signal based on the user input and the received screening signal, and to transmit the local action signal to the interface. The interface is configured to receive the local action signal, to transmit commands to the viewer based on the local action signal, and to receive user input from the user, the user input comprising at least an action preference.