Systems and methods are provided to record portions of media assets. User request is received to record a media asset together with a criterion for recording portions of that media asset. A content recognition algorithm is executed against segments of the media asset to determine a set of keywords associated with those segments. Separately a set of keywords associated with the criterion is generated. Sets of keywords are compared and segments that match the criterion are discovered. If it is determined that a first segment and third segment each match the criterion and a second segment does not, a delete indicator is added to the second segment and the third and first segments are compared. If those segments match the delete indicator is removed from the second segment.

In an embodiment, a method of thinning video captured of a scene comprises identifying and retrieving a segment of the video that occupies an amount of space in storage, processing the segment of the video to determine if the scene qualifies as of interest to a potential analysis of the video, and if the scene does not qualify as of interest to the potential analysis of the video, reducing the amount of space in storage occupied by the segment.

A system and method for determining if a user should be prohibited from accessing over-the-top (“OTT”) content in accordance with predetermined content restrictions within a media gateway appliance (“MGA”). If the OTT source provides a restriction rating for the content, the rating is compared to content restrictions stored in the MGA to determine if access should be restricted. Access to restricted content will only be granted if the user provides the proper key code. This key code is the same one utilized for accessing restricted non-OTT content. If the OTT content has no associated rating, the content is analyzed to determine an equivalent rating. This equivalent rating is compared to content restrictions stored in the MGA to determine if access should be granted, or if entry of the key code will be required. User biometrics may also be utilized to further verify authorized users.

A method and system for providing interactive cinema, by collecting digital data from members of an audience in response to content projected in a cinema, processing the data, interfacing the data using a digital content interface with a digital content server, and providing interactive content based on the data.

Methods and systems are disclosed that allow a user to efficiently navigate media selections in an interactive media guidance application and easily identify media for viewing. The disclosed methods and systems provide an environment wherein video assets are displayed according to a user preference on a mosaic page with multiple cells. A subset of the assets appropriate for display in a particular cell is determined based on the user preference. Relevance scores of the assets meeting the user preference are computed, and the asset having the greatest relevance for the user is selected and displayed the corresponding cell. The relevance scores can be computed based on the user's historic viewing habits, user interaction with a media guidance application, or on specific user input.

A user-friendly graphical user interface is proposed to enable creation of a playlist of data elements of any type. A graphical object is displayed representing a content based logical map arranged in two or three dimensions and defining characteristics at predefined coordinates. A trajectory defined by a mathematical spline function and having a start point, an end point and one or more intermediate points is drawn and can be changed by moving the steering point of at least one of the start point and the end point. The data elements for the playlist are selected by searching in meta-data for characteristics that best match the characteristics of points along the trajectory.

A server apparatus is disclosed. The server apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive a text which corresponds to a voice signal input, and a controller configured to, in response to a keyword, which corresponds to the text, not existing from among a keyword included in a mapping table, search for content information belonging to at least one content genre mapped with a synonym of the text, provide a search result to a display apparatus through the communicator, and update the mapping table by adding the synonym as the keyword. Accordingly, the server apparatus may effectively perform search for content information according to voice input.

Disclosed is a system and method for distributing media content including an engagement system including a stamp server, the stamp server including a memory and a processor, a content system including a content server, the content server including a memory and a processor, and a user system communicatively connected to the engagement system and the content system, the user system configured to receive a stamp from at least one of the engagement system and the content system, and present the stamp and a stamp indicator on a display of the user system.

Embodiments of this application provide a cover image determining method and apparatus, and a device. The method may include: extracting a plurality of key frames from a video; determining at least one first image in the plurality of key frames, where a correlation between a principal object included in the first image and the video is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; obtaining an object type of a principal object in each first image, where the object type is one of the following: a character type, an item type, a landscape type, or a scene type; and determining a cover image of the video based on the at least one first image and the object type of the principal object in each first image. In this way, quality of the determined cover image is improved.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including initiating a creation of a personalized channel responsive to equipment of a user requesting to create the personalized channel, providing a search request to equipment of a content provider for content for the personalized channel according to the request, retrieving content from the content provider according to the search request as retrieved content, classifying the content for the personalized channel according to the content of the retrieved content to generate classified content according to a content type and a content source of the retrieved content, sequencing the classified content to generate sequenced content, assigning the sequenced content to a time slot in a schedule of the personalized channel as ready-for-broadcast content, and delivering the ready-for-broadcast content to the personalized channel according to the time slot in the schedule. Other embodiments are disclosed.