US 11,838,605 B1
Automated trailer generation
Abhishek Bambha, Burlimgame, CA (US); Ronica Jethwa, Mountain View, CA (US); Rohit Mahto, San Jose, CA (US); Nam Vo, San Jose, CA (US); Fei Xiao, San Jose, CA (US); and Lian Liu, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to ROKU, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by ROKU, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/076,476.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/8549 (2011.01); G06F 16/783 (2019.01)
CPC H04N 21/8549 (2013.01) [G06F 16/783 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for automated trailer generation, the method comprising:
(a) generating, by one or more computing devices, an initial set of candidate points to generate a trailer for a media content;
(b) determining conversion data for each of the initial set of candidate points;
(c) generating an updated set of candidate points based on the conversion data;
(d) determining an estimated mean for each of the updated set of candidate points;
(e) determining an upper bound for each of the updated set of candidate points;
(f) computing a value for each of the updated set of candidate points, wherein the value is computed based on adding the estimated mean and the upper bound for each of the updated set of candidate points;
(g) generating a ranked list based on the value computed for each of the updated set of candidate points; and
(h) performing (b)-(g), using a new initial set of candidate points generated and input into a Multi-Armed Bandit (MAB) model until a termination condition is reached, wherein the termination condition results in an output indicating an optimal point for generating the trailer.