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Apparatus, systems and methods for control of media content event recording

US9465996B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 2015
Grant dateOct 11, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/45
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are operable to record a media content event at a media device. An exemplary embodiment grabs a series of subsequently received image frames from the media content event that is being recorded after a monitored real time reaches a closing credits monitor time, wherein the closing credits monitor time is a recording end time less a predefined duration. The embodiment then analyzes each of the image frames to identify an occurrence of text presented in the analyzed image frame, determines that the identified text corresponds to closing credits of the media content event if the at least one attribute of the identified text matches a corresponding predefined closing credits attribute, and initiates an end of the recording of the media content event in response to determining that the identified text corresponds to the closing credits of the media content event.

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