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Method and apparatus for augmenting media content

US9451335B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Raghuraman Gopalan · Dublin, US
Lee Begeja · Gillette, US
David Crawford Gibbon · Lincroft, US
Zhu Liu · Marlboro, US
Amy Ruth Reibman · Chatham, US
Bernard S. Renger · New Providence, US
Behzad Shahraray · Holmdel, US
Eric Zavesky · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 29, 2014
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 6, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/858
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating narrative descriptions corresponding to visual features, visual events, and interactions there between for media content, where the narrative descriptions are associated with time stamps of the media content, and presenting the media content and an audio reproduction of the narrative descriptions, wherein the audio reproduction is synchronized to video of the media content according to the time stamps. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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