Detecting and responding to an event within an interactive videogame

    公开(公告)号:US11068042B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16947969

    申请日:2020-08-26

    Applicant: Roku, Inc.

    Abstract: As a user is being presented with interactive media by a presenting device, a separate monitoring device may be used to monitor the presentation of the interactive media and detect an event that occurs therein. Such a monitoring device may be configured and positioned to access media content from the presentation of the interactive media. For example, the monitoring device may be configured and positioned to record video content with a camera and record audio content with a microphone. Having accessed this media content, the monitoring device may generate an identifier, such as a fingerprint or watermark, of the media content and compare the generated identifier with a reference identifier that is generated from the source of the media content. Based on the generated identifier matching the reference identifier, the monitoring device may detect that an event has occurred within the interactive media presentation and present a corresponding notification.

    DETECTION OF MUTE AND COMPENSATION THEREFOR DURING MEDIA REPLACEMENT EVENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220124404A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17563713

    申请日:2021-12-28

    Applicant: Roku, Inc.

    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) presenting, by a playback device, first media content from a first source; (ii) encountering, by the playback device, a trigger to switch from presenting the first media content from the first source to presenting second media content from a second source; (iii) determining, by the playback device, that the playback device is presenting the first media content from the first source in a muted state; and (iv) responsive to encountering the trigger, and based on the determining that the playback device is presenting the first media content from the first source in a muted state, presenting, by the playback device, the second media content from the second source in the muted state.

    Dynamic control of fingerprinting rate to facilitate time-accurate revision of media content

    公开(公告)号:US11290770B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-29

    申请号:US17196762

    申请日:2021-03-09

    Applicant: Roku, Inc.

    Abstract: A computing system identifies a media stream being received by a client, based on fingerprint matching conducted with query fingerprints generated by the client at a frame rate. The computing system then causes the client to increase the frame rate, in order to facilitate establishment by the computing system of synchronous lock between true time within the media stream and client time according to an clock of the client. The computing system then uses the established synchronous lock as a basis to map a true-time point at which a content revision should be performed in the media stream to a client-time point at which the client should perform the content revision. And the computing system causes the client to perform the content revision at the determined client-time point.

    Inserting advertisements into video content

    公开(公告)号:US11265617B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16779547

    申请日:2020-01-31

    Applicant: Roku, Inc.

    Abstract: Methods and systems to insert advertisements and/or other supplemental or replacement content into a stream of video content are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems receive a request to replace a portion of video content currently playing at a client device with supplemental video content, such as an advertisement. In response to the request, the methods and systems determine one or more fingerprints of the video content plating at the client device, identify one or more frames of the video content at which to insert the supplemental video content based on the one or more fingerprints, and insert the supplemental video content at the identified one or more frames of the video content.

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