US 12,256,130 B2
Content schedule detection and adjustment
Brian Curtis, Washington, DC (US); Erik Schwartz, Kensington, MD (US); Stefan Deichmann, Alexandria, VA (US); and Jan Neumann, Arlington, VA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/534,644.
Application 17/534,644 is a continuation of application No. 15/259,598, filed on Sep. 8, 2016, granted, now 11,218,775.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337913 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4821 (2013.01) [H04N 21/262 (2013.01); H04N 21/26241 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a server; and
one or more computing devices,
wherein the server is configured to:
determine, based on a comparison of text from one or more closed captions corresponding to a first video content item to one or more keywords, a predicted end time of the first video content item;
determine that the predicted end time of the first video content item is later than a scheduled end time of the first video content item; and
change, based on the predicted end time of the first video content item and prior to the scheduled end time of the first video content item, an indication of a video stream from which a second video content item is scheduled to be recorded, wherein the second video content item is scheduled after the first video content item; and
wherein the one or more computing devices are configured to receive the changed indication of the video stream from which the second video content item is scheduled to be recorded.