Method and apparatus for callback supplementation of media program metadata
AssigneeHulu, LLC
InventorTing-hao Yang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for obtaining media program metadata is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving a media program callback message in a content delivery system from a client device displaying a webpage retrieved from a host server, the media program embedded in the retrieved webpage, the callback message comprising a callback address to the webpage, and storing the address as metadata associated with the media program in the database.
Claims15
A method for obtaining metadata associated with a media program, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a media program callback message in a content delivery system from a client device displaying a webpage retrieved from a host server, the media program embedded in the retrieved webpage, the callback message comprising a callback address to the webpage;
- and
- storing the address as metadata associated with the media program in the database.
An apparatus for obtaining metadata associated with a media program, comprising:
- a content delivery system comprising a communications module for receiving a media program callback message from a client device displaying a webpage retrieved from a host server, the media program embedded in the retrieved webpage, the callback message comprising a callback address to the webpage;
- and
- a database for storing the address as metadata associated with the media program.
An apparatus for obtaining metadata associated with a media program, comprising:
- means for receiving a media program callback message in a content delivery system from a client device displaying a webpage retrieved from a host server, the media program embedded in the retrieved webpage, the callback message comprising a callback address to the webpage;
- and
- means for storing the address as metadata associated with the media program in the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.