Method and apparatus for scanning, personalizing, and casting multimedia data streams via a communication network and television

An method for scanning, personalizing, and casting multimedia data streams, the method comprising steps of:

• classifying media streams based on media cues and generating a media concept hierarchy based on the classifications;
• receiving and storing the media concept hierarchy, wherein the media concept hierarchy stores descriptive information regarding the classified media streams in the form of metadata;
• receiving user information and generating a plan based on the user information for searching the metadata stored in the media concept hierarchy to locate media streams that match the user information;
• and
• receiving user information and providing the user information for use in generating the plan, and receiving information regarding the media streams that match the user information to present the information to the user.

An computer program product for scanning, personalizing, and casting multimedia data streams, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having means stored thereon for:

• classifying media streams based on media cues and generating a media concept hierarchy based on the classifications;
• receiving and storing the media concept hierarchy, wherein the media concept hierarchy stores descriptive information regarding the classified media streams in the form of metadata;
• receiving user information and generating a plan based on the user information for searching the metadata stored in the media concept hierarchy to locate media streams that match the user information;
• and
• receiving user information and providing the user information for use in generating the plan, and receiving information regarding the media streams that match the user information to present the information to the user.

A data parsing apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of components including
• i. media browser;
• ii. a media repository comprising a storage apparatus for storing information related to a semantic segment of data mapped to a hierarchy index;
• iii. a media planner comprising an apparatus that parses and matches a user specific profile with a Media Concept hierarchy that is configured to extract relevant metadata describing one or more data sources that have the contents matched with the users' request;
• iv. a media matcher comprising an apparatus configured to classify data content into a concept hierarchy.
• wherein said plurality of components are configured to locate, extract, and classify real time data based on user profile.

A data parsing method comprising:

• a plurality of steps including:
• i. receiving a user input for specific information;
• ii. storing a semantic segment of data mapped to a hierarchy index on a media repository;
• iii. parsing and matching a user specific profile with a hierarchy based software system that is configured to extract relevant metadata from one or more data sources and have the extracted data matched with the users' request on a media planner;
• iv. using a media matcher to classify the data into a concept hierarchy.
• wherein said plurality of steps locate, extract, and classify real time data based on a users' profile.