Distributed content analysis network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorScott Anthony White
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Abstract
A master node in a multimedia content network includes a processor, a content interface coupled to the processor and configured to receive, from a media source, a multimedia stream including a multimedia program, a network interface coupled to the processor and configured to provide an interface to a broadband network, processor executable instructions for performing operations including: identifying a group of subordinate nodes available to analyze a multimedia program, assigning different analysis tasks for the multimedia program to the available subordinate nodes, receiving analysis results from the subordinate nodes; and modifying electronic programming guide information for the multimedia program based on the analysis results.
Claims20
A multimedia content network server, comprising:
- a processor;
- a content interface coupled to the processor and configured to receive, from a media source, a multimedia stream including a multimedia program;
- a network interface coupled to the processor and configured to provide an interface to a broadband connection;
- and
- processor executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a group of subordinate nodes available to analyze a multimedia program;
- assigning different analysis tasks associated with the multimedia program to the subordinate nodes in the group;
- receiving analysis results from the subordinate nodes;
- and
- modifying electronic programming guide information for the multimedia program based on the analysis results.
A multimedia content service method, comprising:
- identifying, by a master node of a broadband network, a group of subordinate nodes available to analyze a multimedia program;
- assigning different analysis tasks for the multimedia program to the subordinate nodes in the group;
- receiving analysis results from the subordinate nodes;
- and
- modifying electronic programming guide information for the multimedia program based on the analysis results.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including processor-executable program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:
- identifying, by a master node of a broadband network, a group of subordinate nodes available to analyze a multimedia program;
- assigning different analysis tasks for the multimedia program to the subordinate nodes in the group;
- receiving analysis results from the subordinate nodes;
- and
- modifying electronic programming guide information for the multimedia program based on the analysis results.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.