Methods and apparatus for media search, characterization, and augmented reality provision

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having one or more computer programs stored thereon, the one or more computer programs operative to be executed by a digital processor apparatus of a computerized user device, the computerized user device configured for data communication with a digital content delivery network, the one or more computer programs comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to, when executed on the digital processor apparatus, cause the computerized user device to:

• receive, at the computerized user device via the digital content delivery network, at least one first digital content asset;
• identify whether the at least one first digital content asset has been previously processed;
• based at least in part on an identification that the at least one first digital content asset has been previously processed, cause access of previously generated characterizing data associated with the at least one first digital content asset;
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• based at least in part on an identification that the at least one first digital content asset has not been previously processed:
• at least partially decode the at least one first digital content asset;
• cause identification of at least one user-cognizable digital element within the at least partially decoded at least one first digital content asset;
• cause performance of object analysis on the identified at least one user-cognizable digital element, the object analysis comprising at least identification of one or more shapes associated with the at least one user-cognizable digital element;
• generate characterizing data based at least in part on the object analysis, the characterizing data comprising at least data indicative of an object classification associated with at least one of the one or more shapes;
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• cause storage of at least a portion of the generated characterizing data associated with identifying data for the at least one first digital content asset.

A method for automatically mapping one or more objects in a first digital content asset via one or more computer programs operative to run on a computerized user device, the computerized user device in data communication with a digital content delivery network, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the computerized user device via the digital content delivery network, at least one first digital content asset, the at least one digital content asset comprising a plurality of frames of image data;
• processing, using the one or more computer programs, the at least one first digital content asset, the processing comprising:
• at least partially decoding the at least one first digital content asset;
• identifying at least one user-cognizable digital element within the at least partially decoded at least one first digital content asset;
• performing algorithmic object analysis on the identified at least one user-cognizable digital element in at least one of the plurality of frames of image data, the algorithmic object analysis comprising identifying each of (i) a first shape corresponding to at least a portion of a human being, and (ii) a second shape corresponding to a sub-object associated with the at least portion of the human being;
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• based at least in part on the identifying of the first shape, generating mapping data for the at least one of the plurality of frames of image data and one or more others of the plurality of frames of image data, the mapping data comprising data indicative of coordinates of the first shape corresponding the at least portion of the human being in the at least one of the plurality of frames of image data and the one or more others of the plurality of frames of image data, the mapping data configured to (i) enable estimation of a location of the second shape corresponding to the sub-object in at least each of the one or more others of the plurality of frames of image data, and (ii) enable generation of an augmentation layer;
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• enabling storage of at least a portion of the generated mapping data associated with identification data for the at least one first digital content asset.

A method for automatically providing second digital content relating to a user-cognizable digital element present in first digital content via one or more computer programs operative to run on a computerized user device, the computerized user device in data communication with a digital content delivery network, the digital content delivery network comprising at least a digital content database, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the computerized user device via the digital content delivery network, the first digital content, the first digital content comprising a plurality of frames of digital image data;
• processing, via the one or more computer programs operative to run on the computerized user device, the received first digital content, the processing comprising:
• performing object analysis on at least one user-cognizable digital element within the received first digital content;
• generating characterizing data related to the at least one user-cognizable digital element based at least on the object analysis;
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• generating mapping data corresponding to coordinates of the at least one user-cognizable digital element based at least on the object analysis;
• causing transmission, from the computerized user device to the digital content database, of at least a portion of the characterizing data and at least a portion of the mapping data, the transmission enabling storage, at the digital content database, of the at least portion of the generated characterizing data and the at least portion of the mapping data associated with at least identifying data for the first digital content;
• causing rendering of the first digital content on one or more of a display device associated with the computerized user device or a display device associated with at least one other computerized user device;
• enabling utilization of (i) the at least portion of the characterizing data and (ii) the at least portion of the mapping data to generate a digital augmentation layer, the digital augmentation layer comprising at least one user-selectable indicator corresponding to the at least one user-cognizable digital element, the user-selectable indicator configured to enable access to second digital content related to the at least one user-cognizable digital element;
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• based at least in part on receipt of data indicative of a user selection of the user-selectable indicator at one of the computerized user device or the at least one other computerized user device, enabling automatic access to the second digital content for the one of the computerized user device or the at least one other computerized user device.