Patent ID: 11917222
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A media distribution system comprising:
at least one computer processor; and
at least one data store,
wherein the data store has instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one computer processor, cause the media distribution system to perform a method comprising:
identifying first data regarding a script of a media program, wherein the script comprises a first plurality of sets of words intended to be spoken by actors during the media program and a plurality of descriptions of the media program;
identifying second data regarding a set of subtitles of the media program, wherein the second data comprises a second plurality of sets of words actually spoken by actors during the media program and a plurality of times, wherein each of the plurality of times is associated with one of the second plurality of sets of words;
providing each of the first plurality of sets of words and each of the second plurality of sets of words as inputs to an alignment algorithm;
determining that a first set of words of the first plurality of sets of words corresponds to a second set of words of the second plurality of sets of words based at least in part on at least one output received from the alignment algorithm in response to the inputs;
in response to determining that the first set of words corresponds to the second set of words,
identifying a time associated with the second set of words;
selecting one of the plurality of descriptions based at least in part on the first set of words;
determining that the one of the plurality of descriptions references predetermined content; and
storing an indication that the media program depicts the predetermined content at the time associated with the second set of words.