Patent ID: 11917246
Assignee: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. An automated process to be performed by a content management system having a processor, non-transitory data storage and an interface to a network, wherein the automated process comprises:
analyzing first and second television programs of a television series to recognize different scenes in the first and second programs;
assigning each of the different scenes in the first and second programs a segment identifier;
generating, for each of the different scenes in the first and second programs, a digital fingerprint that represents the content of the scene;
comparing the digital fingerprints for each of the scenes to identify duplicate scenes in the first and second programs; and
responding to a request from a player device via the network by transmitting, to the player device via the network, a listing of the duplicate scenes identified in the first and second programs, wherein the player device is configured to render video streams encoding the first and second programs for presentation to a viewer and to process the listing of duplicate scenes during playback of the second program so that if the second program is rendered to the viewer within about one hour of the first program, the media player device automatically advances so that the duplicate scene in the second program is skipped, and to otherwise render the second media stream including the duplicate scene.