CLOSED CAPTIONING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

Media content typically includes closed captioning information such as subtitled in domestic and foreign languages. Techniques and mechanisms provide that closed captioning information may be toggled on/off using menu options and preferences as well as automatically managed by intelligently monitoring the environment surrounding a device. Device sensors such as microphones and vibration monitors determine the noise level of an environment as well as the spectral characteristics of the noise to determine whether the noise profile would interfere with the video playback experience. A particular environmental noise profile could automatically trigger the display of closed captioning information or present an easy access, otherwise unavailable toggle to display closed captioning information associated with a video stream.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving a request from a viewer to play media content at a device; monitoring environmental noise using a sensor associated with the device; determining that environmental noise has reached a threshold where environmental noise would adversely impact a viewing experience of the media stream; automatically activating closed captioning to display text corresponding to the media content upon determining that the environmental noise has reached the threshold.