H04N21/2625

Dynamic insertion of content within live streaming video
11778247 · 2023-10-03 · ·

Systems and methods are described for server-side manipulation of underlying video content in order to dynamically place overlay content or other supplemental content within a video stream in a manner whereby a viewing user sees the advertisement content over or integrated within a portion of the base video content. Segments of the original video file may be modified by a server to display overlay content over a portion of the original content or integrated within the portion of the original content, and revised manifest data may be generated by the server and sent to a client device for playback. The systems and methods may include introducing a delay in the live stream relative to its original source in order to provide time for server-side creation of replacement video portions that include overlay content or other supplemental content.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NOTIFICATION INTERFACES SYNCHRONIZED WITH BROADCAST EVENTS AND LOCAL INTERACTIONS
20230300422 · 2023-09-21 ·

Systems and methods for generating notification interfaces synchronized with broadcast events and local interactions are disclosed. The system can receive a plurality of interactions corresponding to a conditional event opportunity of a live event from a respective plurality of client devices, and identify a broadcast receiver device that is presenting a broadcast of the live event. The system can generate instructions for a broadcast receiver device that causes an application executing on the broadcast receiver device to display one or more content items corresponding to the conditional event opportunity. The system can transmit the instructions to the broadcast receiver device to cause the application to display the one or more content items with the broadcast of the live event.

Publishing a disparate live media output stream that complies with distribution format regulations

A system and a method is provided for publishing a disparate live media output stream that complies with distribution format regulations. The system includes a memory for storing instructions and a processor that executes the instructions. Based on the instructions, the processor is manipulates a manifest of a live input stream based on a media segment identified for an edit. The manipulation of the manifest corresponds to removal of references to the media segment prior to a live event start indicator and after a live event end indicator, maintenance of indicators that mark locations of a non-programming content, and removal of duration information and referenced media segment that corresponds to originally scheduled non-programming content. A pre-encoded media asset is generated for a repeated playback based on the manipulation of the manifest of the live input stream.

Publishing disparate live media output streams in mixed mode

A system generates disparate live output stream manifests. A disparate live media output stream manifest is generated based on a programming schedule, an additional parameter, and one of a first live input stream manifest or a first pre-encoded media asset manifest. Based on a first transition or a second transition, a different pre-encoded media asset manifest or a different live input stream manifest is inserted to the disparate live media output stream manifest. Based on the insertion, a first live input stream or a first pre-encoded media asset is switched to a different pre-encoded media asset or a different live input stream. The first live input stream manifest or the first pre-encoded media asset manifest is modified. The modification causes retransmission of media segments of the first live input stream or segments of the first pre-encoded media asset on a disparate live media output stream.

Publishing a disparate live media output stream that complies with distribution format regulations

Provided is a system and method for publishing a disparate live media output stream that complies with distribution format regulations. The system generates an updated schedule in real-time based on an event identified in a low-latency preview of a plurality of live input streams. The system further generates a disparate live media output stream manifest based on manipulation of manifests of the plurality of live input streams and a plurality of pre-encoded media assets in accordance with the updated schedule.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS LOCAL ACCESS TO LIVE BROADCAST CONTENT
20230138122 · 2023-05-04 ·

Systems and methods for simultaneous local access to live broadcast content are disclosed. The system can receive a request to create a viewing session for a broadcast of a live event displayed at a broadcast receiver device, and identify a plurality of player profiles that are participating in the viewing session. The system can identify, based on the plurality of player profiles, a plurality of conditional events associated with the live event, and detect an outcome of the plurality of conditional events. The system can transmit, responsive to detecting the outcome of the plurality of conditional events, instructions that cause an application executing on the broadcast receiver device to display a notification corresponding to the outcome of the plurality of conditional events with the broadcast of the live event.

Forecasting and reservation of transcoding resources for live streaming

The present disclosure provides a system and methods for determining and reserving an optimized amount of required cloud instance resources in order to provide quality streaming to viewers while also reducing overhead costs. For content providers, the choice of appropriate cloud location to transcode the live streams and appropriate number of video representations to serve the current viewership is a key in minimizing cost. However, this task cannot typically be done on the fly due to the properties of live streaming characterized by its dynamic, heterogeneity and wideness. The provided system helps predict the incoming load and the exact number of resources to allocate at each cloud site to help prevent the content provider from over-provisioning resources, leading to an extra cost, or under-provisioning resources, leading to viewers' dissatisfaction.

Publishing a disparate live media output stream that complies with distribution format regulations

A system is provided that publishes a disparate live media output stream that complies with distribution format regulations. The system generates an updated schedule based on a low-latency preview of a live input stream. The system further generates a disparate live media output stream manifest based on manipulation of manifests of the live input stream and a pre-encoded media asset based on the updated schedule.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING LIVE PROGRAMMING CONTENT BASED ON THIRD-PARTY DATA
20230136292 · 2023-05-04 ·

Systems and methods for validating live programming content based on data are provided. A system can access an initial schedule for a live broadcast event provided by a broadcast provider computing system, and identify an initial start time for the live broadcast event and a duration for the live broadcast event. The system can receive an update relating to the live broadcast event from a data source. The system can determine that the initial schedule is invalid based on the update, and set a flag for the live broadcast event indicating that the initial schedule has changed. The system can then modify a selection policy for content to display with the live broadcast event responsive to the flag.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NOTIFICATION INTERFACES BASED ON INTERACTIONS WITH BROADCAST EVENTS
20230133998 · 2023-05-04 ·

Systems and methods for generating notification interfaces based on interactions with broadcast events are provided. The system can maintain content items corresponding to a live event, and identify interactions provided via a broadcast receiver device while the broadcast receiver device presented corresponding historic live event broadcasts. The system can determine an arrangement of the content items corresponding to the live event based on attributes of the historic live event broadcasts. The system can generate display instructions for the broadcast receiver device that cause the broadcast receiver device to display the content items with a broadcast of the live event according to the arrangement, and transmit the display instructions to the broadcast receiver device to cause the broadcast receiver device to display the content items with the broadcast of the live event.