Timed Text Analysis for Future Program Recording

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users are limited in recording TV programs as they need to search for shows in an electronic program guide, and if a program is not listed, it cannot be scheduled for recording, especially for future programs not yet included in the guide.

Innovation Solution

Analyzing Timed Text data accompanying audiovisual content to detect future programs and generating a tag for scheduling recordings, allowing for automatic or user-initiated recording even if the program is not yet in the electronic program guide.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users rely on the electronic program guide to schedule recordings, then they can record programs that are listed in the guide, but they cannot record future programs that are not yet included in the guide

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverecording capabilityVSAvoidfuture program information

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary extraction of future program information from Timed Text data before the programs are officially added to the electronic program guide. By detecting and storing program identifiers, titles, and air times in advance from promotional content, the system enables users to schedule recordings of future programs earlier than traditional EPG-based systems allow.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If users manually search for programs in the electronic program guide, then they can find and record listed programs, but the process is time-consuming and programs not in the guide cannot be found

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprogram searchVSAvoidsearch time

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically extracts program information from Timed Text data without requiring user initiation or manual searching. The television receiver autonomously detects future programs, generates tags with program details, and makes them available for recording, thereby eliminating the time users would otherwise spend searching through the electronic program guide.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system analyzes Timed Text data to detect future programs, then users can record programs not yet in the guide, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprogram detectionVSAvoidcontent analysis system

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses Timed Text data as an intermediary carrier that already contains structured program information (identifiers, titles, air times) embedded within promotional content. Rather than implementing complex image or audio analysis, the system extracts information from this existing structured data format, reducing system complexity while enabling future program detection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10097896B2Recommend future video recordings for users from audiovisual content

Publication Date: 2018.10.09 DISH TECHNOLOGIES LLC

AI summary

Embodiments are directed towards analyzing content, such as Timed Text data that separately accompanies program content, to detect a future program. When a future program is detected in the content, a tag or other data structure is generated with identifying information for the future program. The tag is stored and later used to schedule a recording for the future program. An electronic program guide may be analyzed based on the identifying information in the tag to determine if the future program has been added to the electronic program guide.