Systems and methods for determining attributes of media items accessed via a personal media broadcaster
AssigneeSling Media, Inc.
InventorsShashidhar BANGER, Satish IYER, Ruben Thomas JACOB, Padmanabha RAO, Thiygarajan VENKATESAN, Amey Mangesh SHIRALI
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Abstract
Systems, devices and methods are described for determining attributes identifying media items from other media items. A first video sequence of a first media item is received from a media source, the video sequence including one or more images having first banner information embedded therein. The attributes of the first media item are determined. The determined attributes of the first media item can then be stored or otherwise processed as desired.
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A computer-implemented method for determining attributes identifying media items from other media items, the method comprising:
- receiving a first video sequence representing a first media item from a media source;
- receiving a second video sequence representing a second media item subsequent to receiving the first video sequence of the first media item;
- detecting a transition from the first video sequence to the second video sequence;
- in response to detecting the transition, extracting identifying information from the second video sequence;
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- identifying the second media item received in the second video sequence based on the identifying information extracted from the second video sequence.
An apparatus for sending a media item to a client device via a network, comprising:
- an input interface configured to receive the media item from a media source;
- a signal processor module coupled to the input interface and configured to construct a datastream suitable for transmission over the network that includes the media item, the datastream including images in a first resolution;
- an attribute extractor module configured to extract first attribute data from the datastream, the first attribute data representing data for identifying the first media item from other media items;
- a transition detect module coupled to the input interface and configured to detect a transition in the media item received from the media source;
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- a network interface configured to transmit the media stream and the first attribute data of the media item to the client device over the network.
A method of selecting and storing media items received from a personal media broadcaster via a network, comprising:
- receiving a first video sequence of a first media item from the personal media broadcaster;
- receiving a second video sequence of a second media item subsequent to the first video sequence of the first media item;
- receiving attribute data associated with the second media item from the personal media broadcaster, the attribute data representing data for identifying the second media item from other media items;
- determining attributes of the second media item using the attribute data responsive to detecting a transition from the first video sequence to the second video sequence in response to receiving user input selecting the second media item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.