	US 12,277,159 B1
	Methods and apparatus to determine tags for media using multiple media features
Morris Lee, Palm Harbor, FL (US)
Assigned to The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/362,756.
Application 18/362,756 is a continuation of application No. 17/493,445, filed on Oct. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,727,044.
Application 17/493,445 is a continuation of application No. 16/457,429, filed on Jun. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,138,253, issued on Oct. 5, 2021.
Application 16/457,429 is a continuation of application No. 14/886,957, filed on Oct. 19, 2015, granted, now 10,380,166, issued on Aug. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/185,965, filed on Jun. 29, 2015.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/432 (2019.01)

CPC G06F 16/433 (2019.01) [G06F 16/434 (2019.01)]

20 Claims

1. A system for tagging a media segment, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause performance of operations comprising:

extracting features from a media segment to generate a plurality of extracted features;

determining weights for the plurality of extracted features, wherein each weight for each extracted feature is based on a type of automated features extraction method used to generate the extracted feature;

determining weighted features corresponding to the plurality of extracted features by weighing the extracted features using the weights determined based on the different types of automated feature extraction methods;

searching a known tag database based on the weighted features, the known tag database including data indicative of extracted media features associated with one or more tags applied to respective ones of pre-tagged media segments;

identifying, based on the searching the known tag database, a list of suggested tags corresponding to the media segment, each of the suggested tags in the list of suggested tags including a relevancy score;

obtaining an indication of approval to associate at least one of the suggested tags with the media segment; and

responsive to the obtaining the indication of approval, tagging the media segment with the at least one of the suggested tags by storing, in the known tag database, data indicative of the weighted features in association with the at least one of the suggested tags associated with the media segment.