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AssigneeVerance Corporation
InventorsJoseph M. Winograd, Rade Petrovic, Jian Zhao
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Methods, devices, systems and computer program products facilitate accessing metadata associated with a primary audio visual content. Upon reception of a primary content, one or more watermark messages are extracted from the primary content obtain a server code and an interval code. A query to a metadata server is initiated based on the information obtained from the extracted watermark messages. In response to the query, service recovery information is received that includes information identifying one or more timed events, where each timed event identifies an operation to be performed at a corresponding instance in time as the primary content is being presented by the receiver device. One or more operations identified the timed events are initiated at the corresponding instance(s) in time.
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A method for reporting usage information associated with a content, comprising:
The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission to the service function server is triggered in response to detection of a change of the content.
The method of claim 1, wherein the change of the content includes a change of the content's rendering timeline.
The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission to the service function server is triggered in response to receiving a poll.
The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission to the service function server is triggered based on a timed event that identifies the usage monitoring operation to be performed at a corresponding instant in time as the content is being presented by the receiver device.
The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission to the service function server includes an indication as to whether or not a watermarked segment of the content is received by the receiver device.
The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission to the service function server is carried out based on a service identifier that identifies a service associated with the content.
The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission to the service function server includes timing information associated with one or more boundaries of the one or more watermark messages.
The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission to the service function server includes one of a service message or a service file that includes data elements encapsulated in a file of a prescribed format.
The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission to the service function server includes a watermark state indicator including one or more of an inactive state, an active state or a gap state.
A method for receiving usage information associated with a content, comprising:
A method for receiving usage information associated with a content, comprising:
A method for receiving usage information associated with a content that includes a plurality of watermark messages, the method comprising:
A device, comprising:
A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for reporting usage information associated with a content, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.