US 2026/0019683 A1 · METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA SEARCH, CHARACTERIZATION, AND AUGMENTED REALITY PROVISION

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for providing attribute-based search of media assets such as video and audio assets, and associated augmented reality functions including dynamic provision of relevant secondary content relating to the identified attribute(s). In one embodiment, media or content assets are ingested into a processing system and processed according to one or more attribute detection, identification, and characterization algorithms. Attributes detected may include for example the presence of tangible items such as clothing or chattels, particular persons such as celebrities, and/or certain contexts such as sporting activities and musical performances, as rendered within the media asset. In one implementation, the characterized assets are provided a unique ID, and stored so as to permit cross-correlation based on, e.g., the identified and characterized attributes. Secondary content (e.g., advertising or promotional content) is correlated to each identified asset, and dynamically served upon a user providing some threshold level of interaction with the attribute.

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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 device, 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 device to:

access at least one digital content asset;
process at least a portion of the at least one digital content asset to identify at least one object represented within the processed at least portion;
and
perform a hierarchical algorithmic classification of the identified at least one object represented within the processed at least portion, the hierarchical algorithmic classification comprising:
classification of the identified object into at least one of a plurality of categories;
and
selection, based at least on the classification of the identified object, of one or more algorithms from a plurality of possible algorithms, the selected one or more algorithms configured to, when executed, identify a plurality of elements or attributes of the at least one object in order to enable recognition of a particular instance of the classified identified object.

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A method of processing digital media assets in order to enable subsequent utilization of the digital media data for efficient search, the method comprising:

decoding at least a portion of a digital media asset;
processing the decoded at least portion in order to detect an object rendered in the decoded at least portion;
performing an algorithmic classification of the detected object;
performing an algorithmic detection of a plurality of different attributes of the detected object;
and
storing in one or more databases data relating to (i) the algorithmic classification of the detected object, and (ii) each of the plurality of different attributes of the detected object, such that the data relating to the classification and the data relating to each of the plurality of different attributes are each independently accessible via search of the one or more databases.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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

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

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