Tracking source and usage of a media asset
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsVidur Apparao, John Bandhauer, Christopher Robert Waterson
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Abstract
An enhanced metadata structure and associated process is provided which captures and stores metadata gathered about the source and usage of a media asset or file. The source and usage metadata is integrated, such as by encoding within the enhanced media file, as the media asset is transferred and used. The integrated metadata accumulates, as a trail of source information and usage information in the enhanced media asset, and can be extracted upon arrival at a target computer system.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting, using at least one processor, a media asset;
- integrating source information associated with the media asset within the media asset;
- tracking, using the at least one processor, usage of the media asset;
- and
- integrating usage information associated with the tracked usage within the media asset.
A method comprising:
- detecting, using at least one processor, a media asset;
- integrating source information associated with the media asset within the media asset;
- determining, using at least one processor, usage information associated with the media asset;
- integrating the usage information within the media asset;
- and
- providing access to the one or more of the source information or the usage information.
A computer program product for use at a computer system, the computer program product comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer system to perform a method, including the following:
- detect a media asset:
- integrate source information associated with the media asset within the media asset;
- track usage of the media asset;
- and
- integrate usage information associated with the tracked usage within the media asset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.