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- Patent Title: Programmatically determining when credits appear during a video in order to provide supplemental information
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Application No.: US14259204Application Date: 2014-04-23
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Publication No.: US09723374B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Andrew Abramson , Benjamin David Poiesz
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Morris & Kamlay LLP
- Main IPC: H04N21/234
- IPC: H04N21/234 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/235 ; G06K9/00 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N21/236 ; H04N21/462

Abstract:
Described is a system and method for programmatically determining credits for a video content item. By determining a point at which credits are displayed, a content provider may effectively provide supplementation information in a contextual and non-intrusive manner. In order to determine when credits are displayed, individual frames of content may be decoded and various characteristics of the individual frames may be analyzed.
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