Common Media Segment Detection for Accurate Channel Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video matching systems struggle to accurately identify media content when multiple channels display the same content simultaneously, leading to ambiguity and inability to determine which channel a viewer is watching or provide contextually-related information.
Innovation Solution
A video matching system that utilizes timeline events and metadata from media content displayed before and after a common video segment to enhance identification accuracy, reducing the commercial confidence interval and enabling rapid identification of commercials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple channels display the same content simultaneously, then the availability of content increases, but the ability to accurately identify which channel a viewer is watching deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the common video segment into multiple identifiable portions and associates each portion with specific channel metadata. By dividing the content into segments with unique identifiers, the system maintains content availability across channels while enabling precise channel identification through the segmented metadata structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary metadata layer that bridges the common video content and channel identification. This metadata acts as a mediator, containing timeline events and channel-specific information that allows the system to identify which channel is being watched without affecting the common content delivery to multiple channels.
2Device complexity
If video matching systems use only common video segment data for identification, then the simplicity of the matching process is maintained, but the accuracy of media content recognition deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges common video segment data with channel-specific metadata including timeline events. By combining these data sources, the system maintains the simplicity of matching common content while improving recognition accuracy through the additional contextual information from metadata that identifies channel-specific characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary extraction and organization of metadata and timeline events before the video matching process. This preliminary action prepares identification data in advance, allowing the matching system to operate simply by comparing pre-processed metadata while achieving high accuracy through the prepared channel-specific information.
3Measurement precision
If the system disables contextually-related content during common media segments, then the accuracy of content delivery improves, but the amount of content delivered deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies periodic action by enabling contextually-related content during specific time intervals when common media segments are not present, and disabling it only during the actual common segment playback. This periodic enabling/disabling based on timeline events maintains content delivery accuracy during critical periods while maximizing content volume during safe periods.
Data Source
AI summary
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.