Disney patents method to sync time markers with video content
This filing describes a computer method for aligning time markers with media files like video or audio. It works by comparing two sets of time labels to find differences or calculating frame-by-frame shifts to ensure the markers match the content exactly.
In the filing’s own words
Techniques for alignment of temporal markers and media content. These techniques include identifying a first plurality of temporal markers for alignment with a first item of media content, and determining, using a computer processor, alignment for the markers and media content. This includes: (i) identifying a plurality of differences between the first plurality of temporal markers and a second plurality of temporal markers, where the second plurality of markers relate to the first item of media content and are alternatively labeled compared with the first plurality of temporal markers, or (ii) determining a cumulative frame-by-frame difference (CD) for each temporal marker of the plurality of temporal markers, the first item of media content, and a second item of media content. The techniques further include performing an alignment action for the first plurality of temporal markers and the first item of media content.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying a first plurality of temporal markers for alignment with a first item of media content; determining, using a computer processor, alignment for the first plurality of temporal markers and the first item of media content, comprising identifying a plurality of differences between the first plurality of temporal markers and a second plurality of temporal markers, wherein the second plurality of temporal markers relate to the first item of media content and are alternatively labeled compared with the first plurality of temporal markers; and performing, based on the determined alignment for the first plurality of temporal markers, an alignment action for the first plurality of temporal markers and the first item of media content.
Facts
- Company
- Disney (Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
- Official title
- MEDIA COMPONENT ALIGNMENT AND TRANSFER
- Publication number
- US20260332862A1
- Application number
- 19467380
- Filed
- Feb 2, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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